Transparent Things

8vo. 1st edition of Nabokov's penultimate novel. Warmly INSCRIBED and dated by Nabokov on half title. Red painted top edge. Deckled fore edges. Mild bumping to fore corners, joint ends, and spine ends of covers. Occasional tiny, white-pigmented spotting to covers. Light spotting and faint scratching to fore and bottom edges of textblock. Faint dampstaining to textblock top edges near headband. Mildest dampstaining to spine tail and along top edges of d.j. verso. Mild offsetting of spine title and isbn of covers to d.j. verso. Small hole, measuring approx. 1/2-inch length to center fore edge of front d.j. Punctures to either side of lower spine, with accompanying closed tears measuring approx. 1/2 - 1/4-inch in length. Scraping and s few sort tears along top edges of faintly scratched and slightly rubbed d.j. Small closed sort tear to lower joint end of front d.j. Approx. 1/4-inch clsoed tear with creasing to top edge of front d.j. and approx. 1/2-inch closed tear near lower joint end of front d.j. VG/VG