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VN bibliography: IN MEMORIAM correction
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Before anyone rightly corrects my contribution, I want to
confess I left some things unclear in the previous 'quick
and dirty' contribution.
Eric Roman
The emendations are included in this corrected version.
size of boards:8"1/4'x 5" 9/16' or 21cm x 14cm.
size of pages: 20.2 cm x 13.5 cm
thickness of collated pages: 0.3cm
thickness of book: 1 cm
blue cloth
gold stamp on the top third of the front page /IN MEMORIAM/
VLADIMIR NABOKOV/1899-1977/
faded spine with /IN MEMORIAM: VLADIMIR NABOKOV
McGRAW-HILL/ stamped in gold
orange brown front- & endpapers
golden ISBN number stamped on bottom right hand corner of
back board 0-07-045708-5
3 collations of 16 pages:
[i-vi] [1-2]3 [4-6] 7-10 [11-12] 13-15 [16-18]19-23
[24-26] 27-38 [39-40] 41-42
(i) half title
(ii) blank page
(iii)title page
(iv) copyright page
(v) acknowledgments and thanks
(vi) blank page
(1) "fly title" Harold W. McGraw, Jr.
(2) blank page
etc...
half-title page: IN MEMORIAM VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Title page: (everything is centered save for the date and
location which are right justified)
on top third of page:
/IN MEMORIAM/VLADIMIR NABOKOV/ 1899-1977/
middle of the page:
/Harold McGraw, Jr./Alfred Appel, Jr./Julian L.
Moynahan/Alfred Kazin/Dmitri Nabokov/John H. Updike/
Below and right justified:
/July 21, 1977/ New York City/
At the bottom,
McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY/bullet New York bullet/
Copyright page
Acknowledgment and thanks page
All contributions start below the middle of the page with
the words in memoriam right justified
[1-2] 3 [4-6] 7-10 [11-12] 13-15 [16-18]19-23 [24-26] 27-38
[39-40] 41-42
page 1: /HAROLD W. McGRAW, Jr./
page 3: a paragraph
page 5: /ALFRED APPEL, Jr./
page 7-10: essay
page 11: /JULIAN L. MOYNAHAN/
page 13-15: essay
page 17: /ALFRED KAZIN/
page 19-23: essay
page 25: / JOHN H. UPDIKE/
page 27-38: essay
page 40:/ DMITRI NABOKOV/
page 41-42: essay
I am using the term 'essay' loosely. All the contributions are remembrances and short tributes to
Nabokov the man and Nabokov the writer.
McGraw states how privileged he was to have met such a man as
Nabokov; Appel remembers a few instants and laughs they
shared together and what Nabokov represented for him;
Moynahan explains what drew him to Nabokov and touches on
the depth of Nabokov's art; Kazin deals with Nabokov in a
historical context, his place, his stature, personality and
beliefs. John Updike makes some critical remarks generously
adorned with extracts from Nabokov's works.
Dmitri Nabokov's small tribute reflects on his father's life and
career.
With my apologies to all Nabokovians for the botched contribution sent before.
Guilty as charged.
Eric Roman
confess I left some things unclear in the previous 'quick
and dirty' contribution.
Eric Roman
The emendations are included in this corrected version.
size of boards:8"1/4'x 5" 9/16' or 21cm x 14cm.
size of pages: 20.2 cm x 13.5 cm
thickness of collated pages: 0.3cm
thickness of book: 1 cm
blue cloth
gold stamp on the top third of the front page /IN MEMORIAM/
VLADIMIR NABOKOV/1899-1977/
faded spine with /IN MEMORIAM: VLADIMIR NABOKOV
McGRAW-HILL/ stamped in gold
orange brown front- & endpapers
golden ISBN number stamped on bottom right hand corner of
back board 0-07-045708-5
3 collations of 16 pages:
[i-vi] [1-2]3 [4-6] 7-10 [11-12] 13-15 [16-18]19-23
[24-26] 27-38 [39-40] 41-42
(i) half title
(ii) blank page
(iii)title page
(iv) copyright page
(v) acknowledgments and thanks
(vi) blank page
(1) "fly title" Harold W. McGraw, Jr.
(2) blank page
etc...
half-title page: IN MEMORIAM VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Title page: (everything is centered save for the date and
location which are right justified)
on top third of page:
/IN MEMORIAM/VLADIMIR NABOKOV/ 1899-1977/
middle of the page:
/Harold McGraw, Jr./Alfred Appel, Jr./Julian L.
Moynahan/Alfred Kazin/Dmitri Nabokov/John H. Updike/
Below and right justified:
/July 21, 1977/ New York City/
At the bottom,
McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY/bullet New York bullet/
Copyright page
Acknowledgment and thanks page
All contributions start below the middle of the page with
the words in memoriam right justified
[1-2] 3 [4-6] 7-10 [11-12] 13-15 [16-18]19-23 [24-26] 27-38
[39-40] 41-42
page 1: /HAROLD W. McGRAW, Jr./
page 3: a paragraph
page 5: /ALFRED APPEL, Jr./
page 7-10: essay
page 11: /JULIAN L. MOYNAHAN/
page 13-15: essay
page 17: /ALFRED KAZIN/
page 19-23: essay
page 25: / JOHN H. UPDIKE/
page 27-38: essay
page 40:/ DMITRI NABOKOV/
page 41-42: essay
I am using the term 'essay' loosely. All the contributions are remembrances and short tributes to
Nabokov the man and Nabokov the writer.
McGraw states how privileged he was to have met such a man as
Nabokov; Appel remembers a few instants and laughs they
shared together and what Nabokov represented for him;
Moynahan explains what drew him to Nabokov and touches on
the depth of Nabokov's art; Kazin deals with Nabokov in a
historical context, his place, his stature, personality and
beliefs. John Updike makes some critical remarks generously
adorned with extracts from Nabokov's works.
Dmitri Nabokov's small tribute reflects on his father's life and
career.
With my apologies to all Nabokovians for the botched contribution sent before.
Guilty as charged.
Eric Roman