Lolita: A Casebook – Ellen Pifer (editor)
NF Paperback

Description

Near Fine First Paperback Edition, First Printing of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita: A Casebook. Ellen Pifer (editor).  First Paperback Edition unstated, 2003, Oxford University Press. First Printing with complete number line, 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.

The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, a rubbed spot on the top spine end, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners.

The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

This casebook gathers together an interview with Nabokov as well as nine critical essays about Lolita. The essays follow a progression focusing first on textual and thematic features and then proceeding to broader topics and cultural implications, including the novel’s relations to other works of literature and art and the movies adapted from it.

Ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.