NIKOLAI GOGOL

Nabokov, Vladimir

Published by New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1944

About this Item

First edition, later issue. The fifth volume in The Makers of Modern Literature series. Octavo: 172 p. with a frontispiece portrait and one additional plate. Original tan cloth binding, with blue titles. A near fine copy in the second state dust jacket designed by Alvin Lustig, with some mild toning and edgewear Signed by the author on the front flyleaf: Vladimir Nabokov 12 VII 1949 Salt Lake City Nabokov (1899-1977) had the beginnings of Lolita knocking around in his head when he drove to Salt Lake City for the second Writers Conference at the University of Utah (July 5-16, 1949). In attendance were Oscar Williams, Wallace Stegner, Martha Foley, and John Crowe Ransom all formidable figures in the literary world, but none caught the attention of Nabokov quite like former political cartoonist and two-time author Ted Geisel, better known today as Dr. Seuss, with whom the Russian-American novelist shared a friendship for many years. Nabokov returned to Utah in 1956 to hunt butterflies and work on Pnin (1957), the novel which launched his career into literary prominence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NIKOLAI GOGOL
• Publisher: New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut
• Publication Date: 1944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism