NABOKOV, Vladimir.

Speak, Memory.

“One is always at home in one's past": First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory

London: Victor Gollanz, 1951.

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First edition of Nabokov's classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional example, one of the nicest we have seen.

Speak, Memory, first published in 1951, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov's life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Defense. Time Magazine listed the book among the 100 All-TIME non-fiction books indicating that its "impressionist approach deepens the sense of memories relived through prose that is gorgeous, rich and full". Joseph Epstein lists Nabokov's book among the few truly great autobiographies.