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Author : R. A. Gekoski
Release : 2004
Genre : American literature
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Book Synopsis Nabokov's Butterfly & Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books by : R. A. Gekoski
Download or read book Nabokov's Butterfly & Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books written by R. A. Gekoski. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. A. Gekoski
Release : 2004
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 520/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nabokov's Butterfly and Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books by : R. A. Gekoski
Download or read book Nabokov's Butterfly and Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books written by R. A. Gekoski. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collector of rare books shares his personal experiences with twenty important volumes and other literary items, including a signed copy of Sylvia Plath's The Colossus, a copy of Nabokov's Lolita from Graham Greene, and the sale of J. R. R. Tolkien's college gown.
Author : Rick Gekoski
Release : 2006-06-22
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 548/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nabokov's Butterfly by : Rick Gekoski
Download or read book Nabokov's Butterfly written by Rick Gekoski. This book was released on 2006-06-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first edition of Ulysses sold for 460,000 in auction at Christie's in 2002. The price might have upset the union chief, convicted gangster, and major-league James Joyce book collector Dennis Silverman, who had sold his copy, signed and inscribed by the author, for a mere 135,000 ten years earlier. Great books attract all kinds and come to fascinating destinies of their own, as Nabokov's Butterfly amply demonstrates. Here, noted author and rare book dealer Rick Gekoski — whose vocation led to the BBC radio series titled Rare Books, Rare People, — profiles twenty editions of major books that have passed through his hands and made publishing history, as they have become the legends of rare book collectors. Sued by J. D. Salinger, harassed by Harold Pinter, berated by Ted Hughes who unloaded his personal and passionately inscribed copy of Sylvia Plath's The Colossus, Gekoski is a convivial participant in these histories, including his sale of Mr. Tolkien's college gown. He recalls one day purchasing from Graham Greene his first edition of Lolita, with Nabokov's signature drawing of a butterfly inside, and on the next day he sold it to Elton John's lyricist at a 10,000 profit.
Author : Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Release : 2000
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 400/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nabokov's Butterflies by : Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Download or read book Nabokov's Butterflies written by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Literature and Lepidoptera dance an elaborate pas de deux through seventy years of Vladimir Nabokov's life, from his boyhood in Russia to his life as an emigre in the Crimea, Berlin, France, the United States, and finally in Switzerland. An American literary giant, Nabokov also produced first-rate work as a scientist, and in his fiction and elsewhere eloquently advocated attention to the details of the natural world and promoted the delights of discovery." "Nabokov's Butterflies presents Nabokov's twin passions through an astonishingly rich array of novel selections, stories, poems, screenplay, autobiography, criticism, lecturers, articles, reviews, interviews, letters, and notes, plus a wealth of beautiful and fanciful drawings by Nabokov and photographs of him in the field."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Rebecca Rego Barry
Release : 2018-02-27
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Rating : 584/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rare Books Uncovered by : Rebecca Rego Barry
Download or read book Rare Books Uncovered written by Rebecca Rego Barry. This book was released on 2018-02-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Precious old books found in unlikely places, from the family that avoided foreclosure through a book in their attic to a copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle in a local fundraiser.
