Despair – Vladimir Nabokov
F/NF

For sale: a rare first hardcover edition, first printing of Despair by Vladimir Nabokov in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1966 Putnam. First Printing without any subsequent printing.

The book is in Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition without marks, inscriptions, or  other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface wear, heavy edge wear and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new  archival wrap.

Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965–thirty years after its original publication, Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime–his own murder.