The Return of Tchorb," contained in THIS QUARTER
1932 · Paris
by [Nabokov, Vladimir]: "Sirin, Vladimir"
Paris: Edward Titus, 1932. IV:1. Printed wrappers. Usual nicks and shallow losses along overlap wrapper edges, spine darkened, with clean surface split and 1" chip at crown, a couple of late leaves roughly opened at fore-edge, internally very good or better. Edited by Edward Titus. Published bi-monthly, then quarterly. The somewhat more sedate successor to Ernest Walsh and Ethel Moorhead's THIS QUARTER (3 numbers, 1925-7), published by Titus from his bookshop at the Sign of the Black Manikin in tandem with his press. Titus's enterprises, including THIS QUARTER, are well-documented in Ford's PUBLISHED IN PARIS, pp.117-167. The translation into English of Nabokov's story was made by Gleb Struve. (Inventory #: WRCLIT83553)