NABOKOV, V.V. (1899–1977) Dar: roman ['The Gift: A Novel']. New York: Izdatel’stvo imeni Chekhova, 1952.

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411, [3] pp.; 22 × 14.5 cm. Ownership binding, with a fragment of the publisher’s front wrapper mounted on the endpaper. Good condition. Wear to the binding, minor soiling and staining to the text block. First complete edition of the novel. The first Russian-language book by Nabokov published according to the rules of the new Russian orthography. First published in the USSR by Slovo/Slovo, Moscow, in 1990.