Vladimir Nabokov; Andrew Field; William Woodin Rowe; Fredson Bowers [ed.]; John Updike [intro.]
Notes on Prosody and Abram Gannibal; Nabokov: His Life in Art; Nabokov&Apos;S Deceptive World; Nabokov: His Life in Part; Lectures on Literature: Austen, Dickens, Flaubert, Joyce, Kafka, Proust, Stevenson
Princeton; Boston; New York, Princeton University Press; Little, Brown and Company; New York University Press; The Viking Press; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1964-1980. First edition. Cloth. Five volumes of literary criticism both by and concerning the work of the renowned author Vladimir Nabokov. The first editions of these works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers, except for Notes on Prosody and Abram Gannibal, which is in the publisher's original paper wraps.Previous owner"s inscription to the half title page of Notes on Prosody and Abram Gannibal, with the occasional ink mark in the text.A five-volume collection of literary criticism, including criticism written by Vladimir Nabokov, and criticism written by other authors on the work of Nabokov.Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), best known for his controversial novel Lolita, was a Russian-American writer and translator.The set comprises:Notes on Prosody and Abram Gannibal by Vladimir Nabokov (1964, Princeton University Press, Princeton)Nabokov: His Life in Art by Andrew Field (1967, Little, Brown and Company, Boston)Nabokov's Deceptive World by William Woodin Rowe (1971, New York University Press, New York)Nabokov: His Life in Part by Andrew Field (1977, The Viking Press, New York)Lectures on Literature: Austen, Dickens, Flaubert, Joyce, Kafka, Proust, Stevenson by Vladimir Nabokov, edited by Fredson Bowers with an introduction by John Updike (1980, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York) In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers, except for 'Notes on Prosody and Abram Gannibal', which is in the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, smart. A little sunned to the spine and the front of the wraps of "Notes on Prosody". Touch of fading to the perimeters of the boards to 'Lectures on Literature&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrappers remain bright and smart. A little edgewear to the dust wrappers to 'Nabokov: His Life in Art', 'Nabokov's Deceptive World' and 'Lectures on Literature&apos. Closed tear to the rear of wrap to 'Lectures on Literature', with an amateur tape repair to the the reverse. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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Keywords: Vladimir Nabokov Literary criticism Andrew Field Literary criticism Not Stated