NABOKOV, VLADIMIR — Lolita (Second Printing)

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [c.1958]. Hardcover. A second printing of the American edition of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel, first published in 1955 by The Olympia Press of Paris. This edition bears 1955 date but probably published c.1958. Copyright page identical to first printing, with no indication of edition or printing numbers. Dust jacket bears $5 flap price and "Second Printing" statement without "complete and unexpurgated" statement to front panel. Includes a foreword attributed to John Ray, Jr. (a character in the novel) and Nabokov's essay "On a Book Entitled Lolita" at rear of volume. --- In off-white paper-covered boards with zebra-like striping in grey; backed in black cloth with titling and decoration in gilt and copper foil on spine; red topstain and endpapers. Jacket features black & white photographic portrait of Nabokov by Maclean Dameron to back panel. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper. Interior clean and unmarked; binding remains tightly-bound. Dust jacket with large chip to tail of spine, other small tears to edges and general age-toning, otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 319 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .