Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first Vintage International trade paperback edition, first printing of Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. Second Vintage International
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 straight spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, 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. Appears to be unread.
An ingeniously constructed parody of detective fiction and learned commentary, Pale Fire offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures, at the center of which is a 999-line poem written by the literary genius John Shade just before his death. Surrounding the poem is a foreword and commentary by the demented scholar Charles Kinbote, who interweaves adoring literary analysis with the fantastical tale of an assassin from the land of Zembla in pursuit of a deposed king.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
