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NABOKOV VLADIMIR: (1899-1977) Also known as Vladimir Sirin. Russian-American Novelist. Well known for his most ...
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NABOKOV VLADIMIR: (1899-1977) Also known as Vladimir Sirin. Russian-American Novelist. Well known for his most noted novel Lolita (1955). Rare A.L.S., `V. Nabokoff´, twice, to the front and verso, one page, to the reverse of a German postcard, Berlin, 24th December 1935, to D. Roche, in French. Nabokov thanks his correspondent for his letter and states in part `.. I like white Christmas because they make any city look like St. Petersburg. As soon as Despair (in Cyrillic) will be published you will of course get a copy. My editor promised it would be ready for Christmas, but you the price of editors´ promises..´ Addressed to the front in Nabokov´s hand, adding his name as sender. VG £1000-1500 Denis Roche, French translator of Nabokov´s works. Despair (1936) Otchayanie. Originally published serially in Russian during 1934, it was further published as a book in 1936, and translated to English by the author in 1937. Most copies of the 1937 English edition were destroyed by German bombs during World War II, only a few copies remain.
