Mary – Vladimir Nabokov
NF/NF

For sale: a rare first hardcover edition, first printing of Mary by Vladimir Nabokov. First Edition stated, 1970 McGraw-Hill. First Printing without any subsequent printing.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, strong 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, chips and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new  archival wrap.

Lev Ganin is a young officer sharing a boarding house in Berlin with a host of Russian emigres. Alone in his room, he dreams of his first love, Mary. Awash with memories of youth and idyllic scenes of pre-Revolution Russia, Ganin becomes convinced that Mary is in fact the wife of a fellow-boarder, due to arrive at this very house soon. He longs for her arrival, when he can whisk her away and leave everything behind.