NABOKOV, Vladimir. Priglashenie na kazn. [Invitation to a Beheading.] Paris: Victor, 1966. 8° (185 x 135mm). Original printed card covers (light wear at the extremities). Provenance: Vladimir Nabokov (presentation inscription to:) -- Véra Nabokov.
INSCRIBED BY NABOKOV TO VERA WITH A POEM, and a small butterfly drawing, in Russian: 'A little parachute lowers towards the steppe And a chap, holding a small baguette Shouts out to another: look, look! The thing! What on earth is it? There, there, there! The Thing! Orange And Violet... From the author to Véra. Montreux. 18 November, 1966.' The gift predates the publication, which Nabokov has given as December in pencil on the title page. Juliard A16.7.
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Priglashenie na kazn. [Invitation to a Beheading.] Paris: Victor, 1966. 8° (185 x 135mm). Original printed card covers (light wear at the extremities). Provenance: Vladimir Nabokov (presentation inscription to:) -- Véra Nabokov.
INSCRIBED BY NABOKOV TO VERA WITH A POEM, and a small butterfly drawing, in Russian: 'A little parachute lowers towards the steppe And a chap, holding a small baguette Shouts out to another: look, look! The thing! What on earth is it? There, there, there! The Thing! Orange And Violet... From the author to Véra. Montreux. 18 November, 1966.' The gift predates the publication, which Nabokov has given as December in pencil on the title page. Juliard A16.7.
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