By Brian Boyd, University of Auckland, b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz
Books are by Vladimir Nabokov unless otherwise noted. Dates of first publication (and, where relevant, Russian titles) are also given if different from preferred editions. = means more readily available edition with same pagination.
The Vintage International editions are the preferred editions for citation in English, the Simpozium (or the first editions) in Russian. In most cases the Vintage editions retain the pagination of the first edition (an asterisk indicates where pagination is different), and they are not only in print but also incorporate corrections noted by Vladimir, Véra, and Dmitri Nabokov, Elena Sikorski, Brian Boyd, and Stephen Jan Parker.
Unlike the abbreviations below, initials in the form [AA] in the website identify contributors, whose names are given in full on the About page.
Ada Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle. 1969; New York: Vintage, 1990.
BB Brian Boyd
BS Bend Sinister. 1947; New York: Vintage, 1990.*
CE Conclusive Evidence. New York: Harper & Bros, 1951. [Revised ed. as SM]
DB Drugie berega. New York: Chekhov Publishing House, 1954. [Trans. of CE]. [ = Ardis, 1978].
DBDV Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters, 1940–1971, ed. Simon Karlinsky. 1979; rev. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2001.
Defense The Defense, trans. Michael Scammell with VN. [Zashchita Luzhina, 1930]. 1964; New York: Vintage, 1990.
Despair Despair, trans. VN. [Otchayanie 1936]. 1966; New York: Vintage, 1989.
DN Dmitri Nabokov (son)
EN Elena Nabokov (mother)
Ench The Enchanter, trans. DN. [Volshebnik, 1991]. 1986; New York: Vintage 1991.
EO Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin, trans. with commentary by VN. 1964; rev. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975. 4 vols.
Eye The Eye, trans. DN with VN. [Soglyadatay, 1930]. 1965; New York: Vintage, 1990.
Gift The Gift, trans. Michael Scammell with VN. [Dar 1937-38, 1952]. 1963; New York: Vintage, 1991.*
Glory Glory, trans. DN with VN. [Podvig 1932]. 1971; New York: Vintage, 1991.
HNA Dmitri Nabokov Archive, Houghton Library, Harvard University
IB Invitation to a Beheading, trans. DN with VN. [Priglashenie na kazn’, 1938]. 1959; New York: Vintage, 1989.
Juliar NB Michael Juliar. Nabokov Bibliography: All About Vladimir Nabokov in Print. http://vnbiblio.com/
Juliar 1986 Michael Juliar. Vladimir Nabokov: A Descriptive Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1986.
KO Kamera obskura. Berlin: Sovremennye zapiski and Parabola, 1933.
KQK King, Queen, Knave, trans. DN and VN. [Korol’, dama, valet, 1928] 1968; New York: Vintage, 1989.
LATH Look at the Harlequins! 1974; New York: Vintage, 1990.
LCNA Vladimir Nabokov Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
LD Laughter in the Dark. [Kamera obskura, 1933]. New York: Vintage, 1989.
LDQ Lectures on Don Quixote, ed. Fredson Bowers. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Bruccoli Clark, 1983.
LL Lectures on Literature, ed. Fredson Bowers. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Bruccoli Clark, 1980.
LoA Library of America editions of English novels and memoirs, 3 vols., ed. BB. New York: Library of America. Volumes as LoA I, LoA II, LoA III.
Lolita Lolita. 1955; New York: Vintage, 1989.* [Pagination = 1958 US edition – 2]
LoRuss Lolita, trans. into Russian VN. New York: Phaedra, 1967.
LRL Lectures on Russian Literature, ed. Fredson Bowers. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Bruccoli Clark, 1981.
LS Lolita: A Screenplay. 1974; New York: Vintage, 1997.
LTV Letters to Véra, ed. and trans. Olga Voronina and BB. 2014; New York: Vintage, 2017.
Mary Mary, trans. Michael Glenny with VN. [Mashen’ka, 1926]. 1970; New York: Vintage, 1989.
MCZ Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
MUSSR The Man from the USSR and Other Plays, trans. and ed. DN. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
NG Nikolai Gogol. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions, 1944.
N’sBs Nabokov’s Butterflies, ed. Brian Boyd and Robert Michael Pyle. Boston: Beacon, 1999.
PF Pale Fire. 1962; New York: Vintage, 1989.
Pléiade Pléiade editions of novels and memoirs, ed. Maurice Couturier. Paris: Gallimard, I: 1999; II: 2010; III: forthcoming.
Pnin Pnin. 1957; New York: Vintage, 1989.
PP Poems and Problems. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970.
RLSK The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. 1941; New York: Vintage, 1992.
Rowohlt Vladimir Nabokov, Gesammelte Werke, 24 vols., ed. Dieter E. Zimmer. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: 1989-2018/
Schiff Stacy Schiff, Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov). New York: Random House, 1999.
SIC Song of Igor's Campaign, trans with commentary VN. New York: Vintage, 1960.
Simp Vladimir Nabokov, Sobranie sochineniy [Collected Works]. St. Petersburg: Simpozium, 1999. 10 vols.
SL Selected Letters 1940-1971, ed. DN and Matthew J. Bruccoli. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Bruccoli Clark, 1989.
SM Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited. 1951, rev. 1967. New York: Vintage, 1989.
SO Strong Opinions. 1973; New York: Vintage, 1990.
Sog Soglyadatay. Paris: Russkie zapiski, 1938. [ = Ardis 1978].
SoVN Stories of Vladimir Nabokov, ed. DN. 1995; rev. 17th (or later) printing, New York: Vintage, 2008. 691 pp. (includes "Natasha")
SP Selected Poems, ed. Thomas Karshan. (= Collected Poems, UK)
Stikhi Stikhi. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Ardis, 1979.
TGM Tragediya gospodina Morna, P’esy, Lektsii o drame. Moscow: Azbuka, 2008.
TMM Tragedy of Mister Morn, trans. Anastasia Tolstoy and Thomas Karshan. New York: Vintage, 2013.
TOOL The Original of Laura. New York: Knopf, 2008.
TT Transparent Things. 1972; New York: Vintage, 1989.
TWS Think, Write, Speak: Uncollected Essays, Reviews, Interviews, and Letters to the Editor, ed. BB and Anastasia Tolstoy. New York: Knopf, and London: Penguin, 2019
V&V Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry, trans. VN, ed. BB and Stanislav Shvabrin, 2008.
VC Vozvraschenie Chorba. Berlin: Slovo, 1929. [ = Ardis, 1976]
VF Vesna v Fial’te. New York: Chekhov Publishing House, 1956. [ = Ardis,1978]
VéN Véra Nabokov
VDN Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (father)
VN Vladimir Nabokov
VNA Vladimir Nabokov Archive, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection, New York Public Library
VNAY BB, Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991.
VNRG BB, Vladimir Nabokov: Russkie gody. St. Petersburg, 2001. [Revisions to VNRY]
VNRY BB, Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990.
WI The Waltz Invention, trans. VN. [Izobretenie Val’sa, 1938]. New York: Phaedra, 1966.