A new set of draft pages for the revised and updated bibliography: Lectures on Ulysses, a limited edition of Nabokov’s lecture notes in holograph on James Joyce’s novel, was published only once, in 1980, by Bruccoli Clark. It is A52 in the 1986 bibliography.
Tags: lectures
A new set of draft pages for the revised and updated bibliography: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters: Correspondence Between Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson 1940-1971 was first published in 1979 by Harper & Row. In 1980, the publisher issued a partially corrected paperback. And then in 2001, the University of California Press put out a revised and expanded edition as Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters, 1940-1971 with 59 new letters (29 by Nabokov) and multiple corrections, in particular of dates. It is A49 in the 1986 bibliography.
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A new set of draft pages for the revised and updated bibliography: Nabokov’s third poetry collection (the first commercially published), Гроздь [Grozd’ / The cluster], issued as a small booklet by Gamaiun in Berlin at the end of 1923. It is A5 in the 1986 bibliography.
A new set of draft pages for the revised and updated bibliography: Nabokov’s third novel, Защита Лужина [Zashchita Luzhina / The Luzhin Defense], published in wrappers of deep black with gold lettering in Berlin by Slovo in 1930. Nabokov’s translation was issued by G.P. Putnam’s in 1964 under the title, The Defense. It is now more commonly titled The Luzhin Defense. It is A10 in the 1986 bibliography.
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.
Tags: translation
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.
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