Lolita

New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, (1955). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 319 pp. Original quarter black cloth over white paper-covered boards, stamped in gold, bronze, in original unclipped ($5.00) second-printing dust-jacket. Considerable general edge wear particular to spine ends and corners with tears and loss. Toning and handling wear. Light general handling and shelf wear. Protected in archival mylar. Bright red top stain. Book is tight, square and firm. Light general edge wear - with light curling to the spine ends. Top corners curled and rubbed. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Very Good+

Hardcover: Very Good+

“Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he kidnaps and sexually abuses after becoming her stepfather. The novel has been twice adapted into film: first by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and later by Adrian Lyne in 1997. It has also been adapted several times for the stage and has been the subject of two operas, two ballets, and an acclaimed, but commercially unsuccessful, Broadway musical. It has been included in many lists of best books, such as Time's List of the 100 Best Novels, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, Bokklubben World Library, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, and The Big Read.”