Invitation to a Beheading
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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Synopsis
Invitation to a Beheading is a novel by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov. It was originally published in Russian in 1935-1936 as a serial in Contemporary Notes (Sovremennye zapiski), a highly respected Russian émigré magazine. In 1938 the work was published in Paris, with an English translation following in 1959. The English version was translated by Nabokov's son, Dmitri Nabokov, under the author's supervision.
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- Seller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- R68904
- Title
- Invitation to a Beheading
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- small octavo
- Keywords
- Vladimir Nabokov
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