NABOKOV VLADIMIR (1899-1977) Lolita: [roman]; [Lolita: A Novel] translated from the English by the author. New York: Fedra, 1967. - [8], 304 p.; 21x14 cm. First edition of the novel in the Russian language.
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Lolita: [roman]; [Lolita: A Novel] translated from the English by the author. New York: Fedra, 1967. - [8], 304 p.; 21x14 cm.
In colorful publisher's cover. In good condition. Minor crease in the upper corner of the cover.
The novel was written and first published in English in 1958 by Olympia Press in Paris. From V. Nabokov's postscript to the Russian edition: "By publishing 'Lolita' in Russian, I pursue a very simple goal: I want my best English book—or to put it more modestly, one of my best English books—to be correctly translated into my native language. This is a bibliophile's whim..."