LOLITA

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955 [1958]. First American Edition, First Printing, First State Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Octavo, 319 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Aged white spine with black and red lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$5.00", has moderate shelving wear, open tears along the spine, front head edge, and front fore edge, stains on the front and rear covers, and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild age-toning along the tail edge, light fraying along the tail fore corners, stains along the spine, and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has light soiling on some pages, pencil marks on the front end-page, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning throughout. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. This is a first issue dust jacket, lacking the later "Complete and Unabridged" on the front cover. First American edition, with "1955" on the copyright page despite being printed for the first time in the USA in 1958. 1392271. Special Collections. (Inventory #: 1392271)