Stalking Nabokov – Brian Boyd
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For sale: a rare first edition, second printing hardcover copy of Stalking Nabokov by Brian Boyd. First  Edition stated, 2011 Columbia Univ. Press. Second Printing with incomplete number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.

The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with clean boards, strong title ink on a concave spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the second blank page. No other marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and no price on the front flap as issued. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

At the age of twenty-one, Brian Boyd wrote a thesis on Vladimir Nabokov that the famous author called “brilliant.” After gaining exclusive access to the writer’s archives, he wrote a two-part, award-winning biography, Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years (1990) and Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (1991). This collection features essays written by Boyd since completing the biography, incorporating material he gleaned from his research as well as new discoveries and formulations.