[SOLD] Vladimir Nabokov – Lolita – First Single-Volume Edition 1959

A first trade edition of Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel, published in London in 1959, in excellent condition.

The very first copies of the book were printed in two softcover volumes in Paris in 1955, and then banned by the French government a year later. It was then published in the US and the UK several years later. Nabokov wrote the book in English – the novel was not published in Russian until 1967.

First edition, first impression. Published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson. Hardback, with original dust jacket, not price-clipped. A superb example, clean inside with no writing or markings. Top stain still present.