The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1964 SCIENCE_TAG The Mountains of California

The Mountains of California

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The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1964 SCIENCE_TAG The Mountains of CaliforniaThe Defense by Vladimir Nabokov FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING [1964] G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Hardcover sans dust jacket. Book itself is in beautiful condition. Some light shelf wear to cover and very subtle tanning to pages, mostly to outer edges. A chilling story of obsession and madness. Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a refuge from everyday life. As he rises to the heights of grandmaster, the game of chess gradually supplants the