A new set of draft pages for the revised and updated bibliography: Nabokov’s translation, with a foreword, commentary, and other apparatus, of the Old Russian epic, Slovo o polku Igoreve, or, The Song of Igor’s Campaign. The translation was first published in 1960 in wrappers by Vintage Books. It is A34 in the 1986 bibliography.
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Since I first posted my draft pages at the end of June for Dmitri and Vladimir Nabokov’s translation and notes for Lermontov’s novel A Hero of Our Time, published in 1958 by Doubleday Anchor Books, I’ve come across new information. With help from Martin Kaaij and Michael Moorey, I can now distinguish at least five variations of the issues with the Edward Gorey cover, ordered here by price.
Variation a (A31.1 first printing and the only one with the “First Edition” line on the copyright page):
- Front cover: “ANCHOR A 133 95¢ | IN CANADA $1.10”
- Back cover: title | author | three-paragraph description | “A DOUBLEDAY ANCHOR BOOK”
- Spine: “ANCHOR | A 133”
- Title page: “1958” at foot
- Copyright page: “First Edition” at foot
- Publisher’s ads: Four unnumbered pages of ads at the back and then two blank pages
Variation b:
- Front cover: “ANCHOR A 133 95¢”
- Back cover: title | author | three-paragraph description | “A DOUBLEDAY ANCHOR BOOK”
- Spine: “ANCHOR | A 133”
- Title page: Without “1958” at foot
- Copyright page: Without “First Edition” at foot but with “Anchor Books edition: 1958”
- Publisher’s ads: Six pages at the back are numbered AN1 to AN6
Variation c:
- Front cover: “A 133 $1.25”
I picked this variation up from a cover photo on amazon.com uploaded by a Thomas G. Obrien. I have no further information about it.
Variation d (A31.1 second printing):
- Front cover: “A 133 $1.45”
- Back cover: “FICTION” | title | author | three-paragraph description | “A DOUBLEDAY ANCHOR BOOK”
- Spine: “ANCHOR | A 133”
- Title page: Without “1958” at foot
- Copyright page: Without “First Edition” at foot but with “Anchor Books edition: 1958”
- Publisher’s ads: Six pages at the back numbered 7Aa (with “19 M” below), 7Ba, 10Aa, 10Ba, 13Aa, and 13Ba
Variation e:
- Front cover: Only “$2.50” across top
- Back cover: “FICTION” | title | author | three-paragraph description | “A DOUBLEDAY ANCHOR BOOK” | ISBN: 0-385-09344-6 [This ISBN is the same as the current draft’s third printing.]
- Spine: “ANCHOR”
- Title page: Without “1958” at foot
- Copyright page: Without “First Edition” at foot but with “Anchor Books edition: 1958”
- Publisher’s ads: Six pages at the back numbered 7Ab, 7Bb, 10Ab, 10Bb, 13Ab, and 13Bb
The third printing according to my current draft has different artwork on the cover.
If you have other variations or information about the five I’ve described, I would appreciate hearing from you.
I will post new draft pages as soon as I can sort this out.
Tags: Lermontov, translation
A new set of draft pages for the revised and updated bibliography: Poems, Nabokov’s collection of 14 poems in English, published by Doubleday in 1959. It is A33 in the 1986 bibliography.
A new set of draft pages for the revised and updated bibliography: Стихотворения: 1929-1951 [Stikhotvoreniia: 1929–1951 / Poems: 1929–1951], Nabokov’s handy little booklet of 15 poems in Russian, published in Paris by Rifma in 1952. It is A27 in the 1986 bibliography.
A new set of draft pages for the revised and updated bibliography: Look at the Harlequins!, Nabokov’s final novel, published by McGraw-Hill in 1974. It is A46 in the 1986 bibliography.
Also, I’ve been correcting and updating many of the other draft pages I’d previously posted. Check the posting dates in “The Drafts” page in the right-hand column.
New draft pages: Nikolai Gogol, Nabokov’s study of the Russian author, first published by New Directions in 1944. It is A22 in the 1986 bibliography.
Tags: Gogol
New draft pages: Дар [Dar / The Gift], Nabokov’s last novel in Russian. Begun in Berlin in 1933, Dar was not completed until 1938. Four of the five chapters appeared in Sovemmenye Zapiski in 1937-38. The complete novel didn’t appear until its first book incarnation in New York in 1952. The English translation was published in 1963. It is A17 in the 1986 bibliography.
New draft pages: Vladimir and Dmitri Nabokov’s translation, with notes and foreword, of the Lermontov novel, A Hero of Our Time. The translation was first published in 1958 in wrappers by Doubleday Anchor Books. It is A31 in the 1986 bibliography.
Tags: Lermontov, translation
New draft pages: Carrousel, published in 1987 by Spectatorpers, a private press in the Netherlands. It is a collection of two essays and a poem in English that had originally been written by Nabokov in 1923. It is A57 in the 1991 update to my bibliography.
I am going to be away for several weeks and will suspend my weekly postings until I return. Stay tuned.
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