Title-page: Л. КАРРОЛЬ | Аня въ странѣ | чудесъ | Перевод съ англ. В. Набокова | съ рисунками Джона | Тенниеля | издательство АРДИС | Анн Арбор | 1982 ||
Original English title: Lewis Carroll. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Modern Russian reading: Льюис Кэрролл. Аня в стране чудес; This work has also appeared in numerous other Russian translations under titles such as Аня в стране чудес, Приключения Алисы в Стране чудес, and Алиса в Стране чудес.
Physical description:
Softcover, original publisher’s wrappers with red Tenniel illustration, 215 × 140 mm (octavo), printed on white wove paper.
Pagination: [1–4] 5–114 [115 contents] [5 blanks] — 120 pages (60 leaves) altogether.
Imprint:
First published by “Gamaiun,” Berlin, 1923
Copyright by Vladimir Nabokov
This edition published by Ardis, 2901 Heatherway, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
© 1982 by the Vladimir Nabokov Estate
ISBN:
• 0-88233-658-4 (cloth)
• 0-88233-659-2 (paperback)
Note:
This edition reprints Nabokov’s 1923 Russian translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, written for émigré children in Berlin. The translation preserves pre-revolutionary Russian orthography and includes the original illustrations by John Tenniel.
Provenance: (1) Galina Korovina; (2) Back cover sticker: Szvede Slavic Books, Palo Alto, CA, marked “OP/95”, price $15.00.
Contributors:
Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (British, 1832-1898) – author
Владимир Владимирович Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov] (Russian-American, 1899-1977) – translator
John Tenniel (British, 1820-1914) – artist
Ardis Publishing (Ann Arbor) – publisher
Carl Ray Proffer (American, 1938-1984) – publisher
Ellendea Proffer Teasley (b. 1944) – publisher
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Literature , TAMIZDAT |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Late 20th century |
| Country | USA |
| Media/Technique | Wove paper |
| Language | Pre-Reform Russian Orthography , Russian |
| Genre | Children’s literature , Fantasy , Literary nonsense , Surreal fiction |
| Subject | Children's books , Fantasy fiction , Fiction , Literature , Tamizdat , Translation into Russian |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1982 |
| Binding | Original , Pictorial wrappers , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Edition | 2nd edition |
| Location | Bookshelf 15.3. |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |