NABOKOV, VLADIMIR — Pale Fire

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First edition, first impression (stated). Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, top edge red, red endpapers. First edition of this witty, ironic and complex tour de force (Hart, 521). "Pretending to be a curio, it cannot disguise the fact that it is one of the great works of art of this century" (Mary McCarthy). "This brilliant parody of literary scholarship is also an experimental synthesis of Nabokov's talents for both poetry and prose. It extends and completes his mastery of unorthodox structure." (Encyclopedia of Literature, 851). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. The unclipped ($5.00) dust jacket, which states "First Impression" on the front flap, is now in Mylar, and is only lightly worn at the head and heel, and has some tiny foxing on the front panel, else fine. FINE/VERY GOOD.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 315 pages. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .