Ada or Ardor a Family Chronicle by Nabokov Vladimir, First Edition (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gold and blind stamped titles on black cloth, 589 pages plus 14 pages of introductory material. Previous owner's name on front free end-paper. Large, heavy book may require additional postage for priority or international shipment.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition. No markings. Dust jacket in protective cover, $8.95 on the front flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. McGraw-Hill, 1969; stated first edition; 589pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; three of four corners of black cloth boards and ends of spine bumped, else very good; gilt titling remains bright and bold. Single 1/4" closed tear to top edge of rear panel, else, shelfwear is light. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota; due to the size/weight of this book, additional shipping charges may apply.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1969. "Fourth Printing" (stated) of the First (1st) Edition, with code 45720. Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full black cloth, color uniform throughout, with author's name and title blindstamped on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., and design to the spine, yellow endpapers unmarked but for the prior owner's embossed seal on the front free endpaper, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, with the original price ($8.95) intact on the front flap, and with a 1/4" x 1/2" chip out of the heel of the spine, and one 1" tear at the bottom of the front panel at the spine, that has been discreetly closed from behind with archival (pH neutral) materials, See photos. 589 pages. 6" x 8 1/2". Considered to be the author's masterpiece. NOTE: This book is heavy, weighing 1,018 grams / 2 lb., 3.8 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0297179357 / ISBN 13: 9780297179351.

First edition. Hardcover. Edges slightly spotted, ownership inscription on fly-leaf, o/w good in like dustjacket with lettering faded on spine from red to white, and slight wear at extremities.

first edition, red cloth, 589pp, super octavo hardcover, VG(light scuffing and bruising to board edges and spine extrems, prev owners name in ink to fep, moderate foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing and chipping to edges, sl sunning to spine, light soiling).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First UK Edition. Dust jacket is age-toned and particularly sunned at spine with rubbed titling, corners bumped and worn, upper spine and rear upper panel chipped, notable tear to front lower left corner but no loss, price unclipped; boards are slightly darkened at outer edges, gilt titling bright, corners bumped; binding is tight; pages are age-toned but unmarked. A good first UK edition. ; 5.75 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches; 576 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, Fourth Printing. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., only negligible evidence of handling. no flaws or measurable wear. clean. no writing or markings. no bumps, tears, clips, creases. strong binding. price intact. not a book club. fourth printing, 1971.; 589pp. late nabokov novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated first edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Foxing on top edge, dark offsetting to endpapers, else very good in a very good dust jacket.; 589 pages.

[xiv]+589pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper Tiny gift inscription, otherwise a near fine copy. First U.K. edition.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dr Van Veen and his family Spots of foxing to extremities, top edge darkened, else very good in dustwrapper. Juliar A40.2. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Stated first edition. First printing (code 45720 present, no later printings noted, $8.95 on dust jacket). Heavy edge wear and chipping to top of jacket. Closed tear at bottom of front of jacket. Book itself is very good, showing only minor edge wear and a previous seller's price written in pencil on ffep. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition. The longest work by the author of Lolita, an erotic novel exploring the nature of time and its effects on human relations. A fine, clean and unmarked copy with the original $8.95 lap price. Archival Mylar jacket cover included.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Some tear on DJ. Book very good.

589 S. Original-Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Erste Ausgabe. - Geringe Gebrauchsspuren. Gewicht (Gramm): 1070.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first U.K. edition. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy with price (£2.10) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Light fading on jacket spine (as pictured). First line of copyright crossed out (as usual). Sticker remains on front jacket cover (as pictured). Jacket has light fading on spine and some wear to extremities (as pictured), on an otherwise beautiful copy. Fiction-N.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 16-21. Reginald 10558. Touch of foxing to top edge of text block, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket with some light internal foxing to upper edge of rear panel (no show through on outer surface). (#41810).

Hard. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. DJ heavily chipped to edges with sunned spine. Some light staining to top edge, spotting to base edge and light tanning to fore-edge, light crease down spine, contents clean and firm. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Schutzumschlag. Erste Ausgabe. 626 S. Orig.-Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Mit kleinem Namenszug und der Umschlag statt mit der Preisangabe $ 8.95 mit dem gedruckten Vermerk "Book Club Edition", sonst jedoch gut erhaltenes Exemplar der mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren des Umschlags.

Boards in d.j. 1st UK Edition. 1st UK edition. Large octavo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, green endpapers, pp 589. A date stamp to the reverse side of the rear free endpaper, otherwise clean. Near-fine condition in like dustjacket, protected. Novel, set what on appears to be an alternative history of Earth: concerning the life story of a man named Van Veen, his lifelong love affair with his sister Ada, and the nature of time. The New York Time Book Review called it "a great work of art, a necessary book, radiant and rapturous.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 220x150x55mm+1029g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 2kg . . Mcgraw Hill. New York. 1969. First Edition. 4th Printing. . Pp589. Black cloth hard boards. Gilt lettering to spine. In original dust jacket. Unclipped. Yellow endpapers. Large Book is square and tight. Book block foxed - seen when book is closed. Jacket - Wrinkling to top front edge, corner wear: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCE L . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$36.60 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$61.40 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$68.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$17.40.

1st edition dust jacket Nice copy octavo 589pp.,

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Publisher's red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Red top stain. In very good dust jacket with slight edgewear and one short closed tear to head of lower panel. *** A very attractive first UK edition of Nabokov's sprawling novel about a love affair between a brother and sister.

Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Small open tears on spine crown and rear panel side edge. Light edgewear on front panel top corner. Front flap creased.

First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; mauve topstain; dustjacket; [xiv],589,[5]pp. Early owner's ink name to upper front endpaper, two very faint spots of soil to lower edge of textblock, with top line blacked-out by the publisher on the copyright page; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, showing modest wear, a hint of sunning to spine, and a faint, shallow dampstain at base of spine; Very Good+. JULIAR A40.4.

Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Hardcover : pp [14] [2] 3-589 [5 blank] : family tree : black cloth boards : blind debossed lettering to front : small number in gilt to back at tail : gilt lettering and three decorated bands to spine : yellow endpapers : black dust jacket with yellow, green and white lettering (front) : portrait of author to back of jacket by Halsman : jacket clipped at tail but price remains at head : jacket protected in a Demco Paperfold jacket cover. : fore-edge rough trimmed. All edges foxed, mostly to top; tail of spine gently pushed; foxing to inside dust jacket; jacket sleeve at front has corner fold and pen mark; light foxing and marks to endpapers; shelf wear. ''Ada : An erotic masterpiece that explores the nature of time.'' - Alfred Appel, Jr. 1969 The New York Times.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Nabokov's longest work, an erotic novel that explores the nature of time. Fine in very near fine dustjacket. A superior copy of this large fragile book that is now difficult to find in this condition.

First Edition, First State. 8vo, publisher's original black cloth lettered in blind on the upper cover and in gilt on the spine, in the original dustjacket. 589 pp. A very fine copy of the book with just hint of age mellowing, the jacket very attractive and fresh with only a bit of very minor rubbing to the extremities from shelving. FIRST EDITION, the author's longest work and one noted scholar Alfred Appel called "an erotic masterpiece that explores the nature of time. a great work of art, a necessary book, radiant and rapturous.[it] provides further evidence that [Nabokov] is a peer of Kafka, Proust and Joyce." - New York Times Book Review, May, 1969.

Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. Dust Jacket Condition: Wie neu. 1. Auflage. 1. Pale Fire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper. 2. Ada - Or Ardor: A Family Chronicle. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. First Edition, Third Printing (1969). A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. 3. Lectures on Literature: Austen - Dickens - Flaubert - Joyce - Kafka - Proust - Stevenson. Edited by Fredson Bowers, Introduction by John Updike. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. Please note that due to size and weight we will have to charge additional postage.