Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001285, Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:34:40 -0700

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D. Barton Johnson
Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
Phelps Hall
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone and Fax: (805) 687-1825
Home Phone: (805) 682-4618

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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:31:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gennady Barabtarlo <gragb@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
To: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU

A colleague of mine, Bob Aldwinckle, is retiring in Canada and selling part
of his library. As he has a good VN collection, I suggested that he let me
air his list, and here it is. To avoid descriptions, I supplied Bob's list
with Juliar's coding (and an occasional commentary). Inquiries should be
sent to me. Prices are in US$, "relatively firm" (probably rather low in
many cases, as far as I can tell -- I haven;t checked lately, but I do know
that the 1st Lolita, for example, fetched last year $2,500, and that
probably no pre-MacGrawHill 1st edition is less than $75 nowadays and some
many times more). Unless otherwise noted, all are American editions.


# Title Juliar Code Condition Price

1. King-Queen-Knave 1st 9.2 exc 70
2. "" no d/j 50
3. The Eye 1st 12.2 exc 120
4. Invitation to a Beheading 1st 16.2 exc 175
5. " (Russian Ed. Victor 16.7 vg 80
6. Dar (corrected ed., Russian) 17.2b exc 20
7. The Waltz Invention 1st 19.1 exc 100
8. Real Life of SK 1st Brit. 21.2 no d/j 60
9. """ " (2nd Amer. ed.) 21.3 exc. 35
10. Nikolay Gogol, 1st ed., 22.1 (a) super-exc 280
11. 3 Russian Poets (apparently, unopened, with Laughlin's Christmas card
to subscribers and a special envelope, with the New Direction device,
issued for the book or the series. [I imagine, it's very rare in this
condition. Have you seen this "state", Mr Juliar? GB]) 23.1
<400?>

12. Bend Sinister, 1st 24.1 no d/j 60
13. Same, 1st Time-Life ed. 24.4 exc. 10
14 COnclusive Evidence 1st 26.1 exc. 180
15. Drugie Berega 1st 26.3 vg 40
16. Lolita 1st Olympia, 1st Print. 28.1 exc. 1800
17. ' " 1st Russian Phaedra 28.7 a & b (soft and hardbound)

super-exc. 60 + 80

18. Pale Fire 1st 35.1 exc. 180
19. Same, diff. d/j ? exc. ?
20. Eugene Onegin 1st 37.1 in box 280
21. Same, Revised ed. 37.4 exc. 190
22. Quartet 1st 38.1 exc. 120
23. Ada 1st 40.1 exc. 90
24. Tyrants Destroyed 47.1 exc. 50
25. Details of a Sunset 48.1 exc. 40
26. Lectures on Ulysses 52.1 [480 numbered copies printed, don;t
know Bob's #] "new" in wax-paper's wrapper 350
27. COllected Works, Russian-Ardis (unfinished, hardbound) vol. 1, 3, 6, at $25
28. The Anchor review (1st Amer.public. of Lolita) exc. 70
29. 5 bound vls. of ATlantic, 1943-45, with VN's stories 60
30 Unbound issues of New Yorker, 1940s, with VN's stories, memoirs etc. @10

Books on VN:

31. Field, Life in Art (dj) 25
32. Ditto, in Part (dj) 20
33. Ditto, VN (dj) 12
34. COllection by Appel (1970) 30
35. COllection by Dembo 25
36. Rowe SPectral Dimension 10
37. VN - Reference Guide (Schuman) 20
38. Long "Marvell and VN" 18
39. Rampton, VN 20
40. A Book of Things about VN (Ardis) 35
41. KArges, VN's Lepidoptera 10
42. English-Russian Dictionary of Lolita 10
43. Achievements of VN (COrnell) 25

Voila.

GB



Gennady Barabtarlo
451 GCB University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-9454 Fax 573-884-8456