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Ada

McGraw-Hill · 1969 · Hardback

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Ada

Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 1969 · Hardback

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Bend Sinister

Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 1960 · Hardback

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Despair

Petropolis · 1936 · Other

Glory, cover of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971 edition (the Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1972 cover is not yet photographed)McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971 cover
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Glory

Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 1972 · Hardback

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Laughter in the Dark

Sovremennye zapiski and Parabola · 1933 · Other

Lolita first edition cover, Olympia Press 1955
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Lolita

Olympia Press · 1955 · Hardback

Sold £4,200, Jan 2025
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Lolita

Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 1959 · Hardback

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Lolita

Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 1959 · Hardback

Sold £220, Dec 2023
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Mary

Slovo · 1926 · Other

Mary, cover of the Vintage International, 1989 edition (the Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1971 cover is not yet photographed)Vintage International, 1989 cover
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Mary

Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 1971 · Hardback

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Pale Fire

G.P. Putnam's Sons · 1962 · Hardback

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Pale Fire

Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 1962 · Hardback

Printed price on the front flap: 21s. net

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Pnin

Doubleday · 1957 · Hardback

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Pnin

William Heinemann · 1957 · Hardback

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