NABOKOV, Vladimir

Invitation to a Beheading

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960 (first UK edition)/ 1935.

Octavo, 208 pages.

Black papered boards lettered in silver on the spine, top edge dyed red (a little unevenly now); extremities a trifle bumped; an excellent copy with the very good unclipped dustwrapper (lightly rubbed and with a few tiny closed tears).

'Translated from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author'; the three-page foreword by the author is new to this edition.

Item #125716

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