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NABOKOV, Vladimir. The Defence

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NABOKOV, Vladimir. The Defence. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1964. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by John Curtis. A very good or better book, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and gently rolled, the textblock top edge spotted. The contents remain fine. The dust jacket unclipped (21s net) and complete, edges just a trifle rubbed and lightly marked, one or two tiny closed tears, else fine.

Nabokov wrote the novel in 1929 while in the south of France. In his preface, he states it to be the "story of a chess player who was crushed by his genius". He refers to his friend, the German chess master Curt von Bardeleben, who died after jumping (or falling) out of a window.

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NABOKOV, Vladimir. The Defence. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1964. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by John Curtis. A very good or better book, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and gently rolled, the textblock top edge spotted. The contents remain fine. The dust jacket unclipped (21s net) and complete, edges just a trifle rubbed and lightly marked, one or two tiny closed tears, else fine.

Nabokov wrote the novel in 1929 while in the south of France. In his preface, he states it to be the "story of a chess player who was crushed by his genius". He refers to his friend, the German chess master Curt von Bardeleben, who died after jumping (or falling) out of a window.

NABOKOV, Vladimir. The Defence. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1964. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by John Curtis. A very good or better book, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and gently rolled, the textblock top edge spotted. The contents remain fine. The dust jacket unclipped (21s net) and complete, edges just a trifle rubbed and lightly marked, one or two tiny closed tears, else fine.

Nabokov wrote the novel in 1929 while in the south of France. In his preface, he states it to be the "story of a chess player who was crushed by his genius". He refers to his friend, the German chess master Curt von Bardeleben, who died after jumping (or falling) out of a window.

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