Comments for Nabokov Bibliography http://www.vnbiblio.com All About Vladimir Nabokov in Print Thu, 16 May 2013 16:36:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on New Draft Pages: Nabokov’s Butterflies by A. Bouazza http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1726&cpage=1#comment-5088 A. Bouazza Thu, 16 May 2013 16:36:38 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1726#comment-5088 I have the trade and the limited editions, and variant a of the British one as well. Unlike the latter one, the Beacon editions are not sewn, but "perfect bound", unfortunately. I was so disappointed by the limited edition, which was poorly bound and for which I had paid a good sum that I wrote to the publisher, who, apart from a confirmation of having received my email, failed to respond at all. I have the trade and the limited editions, and variant a of the British one as well. Unlike the latter one, the Beacon editions are not sewn, but “perfect bound”, unfortunately. I was so disappointed by the limited edition, which was poorly bound and for which I had paid a good sum that I wrote to the publisher, who, apart from a confirmation of having received my email, failed to respond at all.

]]> Comment on New Draft Pages: Nabokov’s Dozen by Michael Juliar http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1344&cpage=1#comment-4826 Michael Juliar Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:11:38 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1344#comment-4826 Thanks for the further information. “Gutter codes” in fact do appear in other Nabokov publications besides <em>Nabokov’s Dozen</em>. I've found them in Doubleday’s issues of <em>Pnin</em>, <em>A Hero of Our Time</em>, and <em>Poems</em>. (I don’t find any codes in Fawcett and Popular Library paperback reprints of Nabokov works.) In a non-first printing of Doubleday’s <em>Pnin</em>, for example, there is a code of “A12”, meaning a March 1959 printing. That is possibly the earliest use of a letter-number code combination. I’ll update my draft pages to reflect this information. Thanks for the further information. “Gutter codes” in fact do appear in other Nabokov publications besides Nabokov’s Dozen. I’ve found them in Doubleday’s issues of Pnin, A Hero of Our Time, and Poems. (I don’t find any codes in Fawcett and Popular Library paperback reprints of Nabokov works.) In a non-first printing of Doubleday’s Pnin, for example, there is a code of “A12”, meaning a March 1959 printing. That is possibly the earliest use of a letter-number code combination. I’ll update my draft pages to reflect this information.

]]> Comment on New Draft Pages: Nabokov’s Dozen by Jerry Boyajian http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1344&cpage=1#comment-4801 Jerry Boyajian Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:51:26 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1344#comment-4801 For what it's worth, the numbers you note as being printed on p. 214 of the Doubleday issues are informally referred to as "gutter codes", and indicate the week of the relevant calendar year the book was printed in. So, the "31" in the first printing indicates that it was printed in week 31 of 1958 while the "46" of the second printing would indicate week 46 of the same year. Doubleday started this practice in mid-1958. A good description of the gutter codes can be found at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database's wiki (http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Gutter_Codes). Some paperback publishers did something similar by having a printing date (usually of the form mm-yy) on the last story page of the book. With respect to Nabokov's books, two of the publishers that did this at one time or another are Fawcett and Popular Library, though I can't off-hand say if this applies to any of their Nabokov titles. For what it’s worth, the numbers you note as being printed on p. 214 of the Doubleday issues are informally referred to as “gutter codes”, and indicate the week of the relevant calendar year the book was printed in. So, the “31″ in the first printing indicates that it was printed in week 31 of 1958 while the “46″ of the second printing would indicate week 46 of the same year. Doubleday started this practice in mid-1958. A good description of the gutter codes can be found at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database’s wiki (http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Gutter_Codes).

Some paperback publishers did something similar by having a printing date (usually of the form mm-yy) on the last story page of the book. With respect to Nabokov’s books, two of the publishers that did this at one time or another are Fawcett and Popular Library, though I can’t off-hand say if this applies to any of their Nabokov titles.

]]> Comment on New Draft Pages: Eugene Onegin by Michael Juliar http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1528&cpage=1#comment-4332 Michael Juliar Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:54:29 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1528#comment-4332 This is interesting. Could I get a photo of the slipcase? Is it the same as the 1964 Bollingen American edition, except for the Routledge sticker? Or might it be a custom-made case? And that translator’s note: Is it a detached page from one of the volumes? Could I get a photo of that too? Thanks for letting me know. This is interesting. Could I get a photo of the slipcase? Is it the same as the 1964 Bollingen American edition, except for the Routledge sticker? Or might it be a custom-made case? And that translator’s note: Is it a detached page from one of the volumes? Could I get a photo of that too? Thanks for letting me know.

]]> Comment on New Draft Pages: Eugene Onegin by James O'Sullivan http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1528&cpage=1#comment-4264 James O'Sullivan Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:24:07 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1528#comment-4264 I have a set that seems to be the US edition (state b) but in a slipcase that has an additional printed sticker for Routledge and a loosely-inserted translator's note. Is this simply a U.S. set wrongly placed in a UK slipcase? I have a set that seems to be the US edition (state b) but in a slipcase that has an additional printed sticker for Routledge and a loosely-inserted translator’s note. Is this simply a U.S. set wrongly placed in a UK slipcase?

]]> Comment on New Draft Pages: Details of a Sunset by A. Bouazza http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1468&cpage=1#comment-4236 A. Bouazza Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:02:35 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1468#comment-4236 It should be noted that McGraw-Hill's editions of VN went downhill from "Lolita: A Screenplay" onward in terms of quality. "Look at the Harlequins" and "Details of a Sunset", too, are "perfect bound", i.e. paperbacks with hardcovers -unfortunately. Needless to say, this condition is duly noted in this bibliography. It should be noted that McGraw-Hill’s editions of VN went downhill from “Lolita: A Screenplay” onward in terms of quality. “Look at the Harlequins” and “Details of a Sunset”, too, are “perfect bound”, i.e. paperbacks with hardcovers -unfortunately. Needless to say, this condition is duly noted in this bibliography.

]]> Comment on New Draft Pages: Eugene Onegin by Michael Juliar http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1528&cpage=1#comment-4071 Michael Juliar Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:31:36 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1528#comment-4071 It is A36. Even though it was extracted from appendix two of the forthcoming <i>Eugene Onegin</i>, it was issued in April 1963 before the full four-volume edition was issued in June 1964 and therefore stands alone. It is A36. Even though it was extracted from appendix two of the forthcoming Eugene Onegin, it was issued in April 1963 before the full four-volume edition was issued in June 1964 and therefore stands alone.

]]> Comment on New Draft Pages: Eugene Onegin by Vinny McDonough http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1528&cpage=1#comment-4042 Vinny McDonough Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:00:45 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1528#comment-4042 I don't see the 1963 limited edition of Notes on Prosody, published by Bollingen. I don’t see the 1963 limited edition of Notes on Prosody, published by Bollingen.

]]> Comment on Nabokov at Bloomsbury Redux by James http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1512&cpage=1#comment-3763 James Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:19:36 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1512#comment-3763 Although my (UK-based) experience of Bloomsbury's shipping has been fine, UK auction houses often offer a poor quality or expensive service in this respect. I often use 3rd party services such as Mail Boxes Etc. who usually offer collection, packaging and postage services at a reasonable rate. Although my (UK-based) experience of Bloomsbury’s shipping has been fine, UK auction houses often offer a poor quality or expensive service in this respect. I often use 3rd party services such as Mail Boxes Etc. who usually offer collection, packaging and postage services at a reasonable rate.

]]> Comment on Results of the Bloomsbury Auction by James O'Sullivan http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1330&cpage=1#comment-3720 James O'Sullivan Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:13:09 +0000 http://www.vnbiblio.com/?p=1330#comment-3720 These unsold books have been re-entered in their sale on 28th. These unsold books have been re-entered in their sale on 28th.

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