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FIRST JAPANESE EDITION, illustrated title-pages printed in grey and red, pp. 260, [4]; 290, [1], foolscap 8vo, original cream boards, the backstrips lettered in black and red, a little browned to edges, a few spots to textblock edges, attractive colourprinted endpapers also with a few spots, dustjackets, very good. An attractive edition and an early translation of Nabokov's provocative masterpiece. (Juliar 28.ja.1.1).

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.