McGraw-Hill, 1972 cover
Cover of the McGraw-Hill, 1972 edition of this book. The Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1973 jacket has not been photographed yet.
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Nabokov's novel was first published by McGraw-Hill in New York in 1972. The first British edition is the Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardback, London, 1973, ISBN 0-297-76514-0, issued in publisher's cloth with a dust jacket. Copies of the London edition are dated 1973; a 1972 date belongs to the American McGraw-Hill book (ISBN 0-07-045734-8), which should not be sold as the UK first. Check that the jacket is not price-clipped and that the copyright page carries no later impression statement.
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, in 1973, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 28 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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