Vladimir Nabokov: A Descriptive Bibliography, Revised Nine Stories A25.1 POINTS Variant a at bound in black cloth: variant bit bound in zpianuonc wrappers. NINES .SSTORES TIES nation* ,.4S. A.25.1 First printing variant a. cover, honi O. • *25.1 First printing• variant a, title page oam••••••••...• A25.I Fint printing. variant a. eop!, right page FIRST EDITION (NEW DIRECTIONS) ¶ First printing, variant a, 8-Dec-I947 Collation: (22.9 X 15.4 cm), [I—8]8, 64 leaves, pp. [I-6] 7-126 [127-128] Title page: Nine Stories I VLADIMIR NABOKOV I Direction I TWO Copyright page: COPYRIGHT 1947, BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rthree paragraphs of acknowledgments by Nabokov\ I PRINTED BY DUDLEY KIMBALL I AT ME BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN PRESS I PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY Binding: Black cloth over boards. White endpapers. All edges trimmed. Front cover: \gill stamping\ NINE STORIES I Vladimir Nabokov. Back cover and spine: \blank\ Contents: (I] half-title, [2] statement about the series, [3] title page, [4] copyright page, [5] table of contents, [6] blank, 7-124 text, 125-126 note on author, [127-128] ads Series and Number: Direction, 2 Description: This is the second in a series begun in 1941, each issue of which was devoted to one author or work. Three stories were originally written in Russian ("The Aurelian", "Cloud, Castle, Lake", and "Spring in Fialta"), one in French ("Mademoiselle O") and the other five in English. Nabokov gives translation assistance credit to Ililda Ward for the work from the French and translation collaboration credit to P. Pertzov for the work from the Russian. James Laughlin, the publisher of New Directions, remembers that on all books in the "Direction" series, "I sometimes had a few, perhaps a dozen, bound up in what I think was black cloth. What those were intended for I cannot now remember." The table of contents lists the second story as "Mademoiselle" instead of "Mademoiselle O". Works: I) Acknowledgements 2) The Aurelian 3) Mademoiselle O 4) Cloud, Castle, Lake 5) "That in Aleppo Once..." 6) Double Talk 7) A Forgotten Poet 8) The Assistant Producer 9) Time and Ebb 10) Spring in Fialta ¶ First printing, variant b, 8-Dec-1947 As variant a, except Binding: Aquamarine wrappers with yapp edges. Front coven \graphic of three black bars, three bent, two straight, and three with "DIRECTION" on them in white, "lust's" in script in the upper-left) 2 I NINE I STORIES I by EFTA01113478 A25.I First printing. variant b. rover. front Vladimir Nabokov I $1.50. Back cover and spine: 'blank\ O 2005-2012 by Michael Juliar. All rights reserved. (Draft of 26 Apr 2012) EFTA01113479