Search Results: lectures on russian literature by nabokov vladimir bowers

Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich/Bruccoli Clark, 1981. Hardcover. Good/Poor. GOOD/POOR. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, a few faint smudges on covers, page edges tanned and stained, finger marks on front free endpaper. Jacket faded at spine, worn, creased, heavily chipped at edges and folds. xvii, 324 pp., facsimiles. Size: Small 4to

Picador / Pan Books 1983. Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Harcourt, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. stated First Edition (BCDE sequence) wear to edge of dust jacket - note inside cover - some staining to page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy

Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1982. Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, author's name in gilt to front board, xvii + 324pp, VG (light bruising & soiling/discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional annotation in ink to margins) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps)

New York: Harcourt, 2017. Binding: Hardcover, dust jacket Pages: 324 Complete edition of classical Nabokov's lectures on Russian Literature. His subjects here are "Russian Writers, Censors, and Readers," Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevski, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorki, "Philistines and Philistinism," and "The Art of Translation." Nabokov delivers his remarks with a compelling blend of wit, iconoclasm, and critical genius, skillfully guiding us through the intricacies of plot and character in the books he discusses, caressing the details, explaining their significance, and illuminating the artistic accomplishments of the authors. Thirty-eight illustrations show the care with which Nabokov prepared these lectures. There are, for example, his drawings of a Russian tennis dress and a skating costume similar to those mentioned in Anna Karenin, and a plan for the sleeping car in which Anna rode from Moscow to St. Petersburg. His diligent retranslations of the standard English texts are shown in sample pages from his… Read More

Harvest/ HBJ. Lectures on Literature has spine creasing and edge wear to the wraps with page edge moisture warping to the introduction and fore-ward. Minor edge wear to the slipcase. D7 . Good. Paperback with Slip-case. 1st Edition. 1980.

Harcourt, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!