first edition Softcover
1955 · Paris
by NABOKOV, Vladimir
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955. Softcover. Good. First edition. Volume One only. Printed wrappers with "Francs 900" on the rear panel. Dampstains on pages, textblock and rear wrap rippled, a couple of tiny chips at the bottom of wraps, good only. The true first edition of one of the highspots of modern literature. Nabokov wrote the screenplay for the 1962 Stanley Kubrick film with James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers, and Sue Lyon in the title role. Remade by Adrian Lyne in 1997 with Jeremy Irons. (Inventory #: 498967)