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Paris: Olympia Press, 1955. First. softcover. Very good.. A very good first edition, two volumes, with the first issue 900 franc price on the back covers. Half inch corner triangle missing from top right corner of front cover. Rear cover of second volume partially separating at the spine. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case.

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.

For the first print run by Olympia Press, two volumes were produced. Look for 'The Olympia Press, Paris' on the title page, '1955' on the copyright page, and absence of any further printings mentioned.