NABOKOV, VLADIMIR — King, Queen, Knave

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. BCE. Hardcover. A book club edition of Vladimir Nabokov's novel, which he wrote while living in Berlin, and which first appeared in 1928. The story is centered around a young man who has an affair with a beautiful married woman who is disenchanted with her husband. Translated by author's son Dmitri Nabokov, with help from his father. Includes a foreword by the author. --- In charcoal and black cloth-covered boards with spine titling in gilt and in blind; orange topstain and endpapers. Dust jacket with Philippe Halsnan photographic portrait of Mr. Nabokov to back panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Jacket with tears and chips to edges but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, 272, (1) pages. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .