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LOLITA - The books under the covers

 

This online exhibit is based for the most part on my collection of Lolita editions. Some of the covers or jacket come from publishers' or book traders' catalogs on the Internet. I wish to thank Rowohlt Verlag for the chance to scan the covers of their older editions, Mr. Abdel Bouazza for the cover of the 1988 Lebanese edition, De Bezige Bij for that of its 1994 edition and Ms. Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello for that of the 1994 Brasilian edition.

 

1955 FR France – Olympia Press (The Traveller's Companion, Nr. 66), Paris

1957 DK Denmark – Hans Reitzel, Copenhagen – Translation Tom Bright – Cover design by Svend-Εge Starris

1957 SV Sweden – Wahlstrφm & Widstrand, Stockholm – Translation Nils Kellstrom – (Two editions, both destroyed at the author's request)

1958 NL Netherlands – Author's name spelled Wladimir Nabokof – Oisterwijk, The Hague – Translation M. Coutinho – Jacket design by P. A. H. van der Harst

1958 US United States – G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York

1959a AR Argentine – Sur, Buenos Aires – Translation Enrique Tejedor

1959b AR Argentine – Sur, Buenos Aires – Translation Enrique Tejedor

1959 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Rowohlt Verlag (HC), Hamburg – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori – Cover design by Werner Rebhuhn

1959 FIN Finland – Gummerus, Jyvδskylδ – Translation Eila Pennanen und Juhani Jaskari

1959 FR France – Gallimard (nrf), Paris – Translation E. H. Kahane

1959 GB Great Britain – Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London – Cover design by Eric Ayers

1959 IS Israel – Ma'ariv, Tel Aviv – Translation Edna Kornfeld and Yosef Warhaftig

1959 IT Italy – Arnoldo Mondadori, Milano – Translation Bruno Oddera

1959 LEB Lebanon – Translation Marwan Al Gabri – United Publishing House, Beirut (2 editions)

1959 TUR Turkey – Aydin Yayinevi, Istanbul

1961 FR France – Olympia Press, Paris (Fourth printing) – Actually the "Fourth Printing" of the two Traveller's Companion volumes was published in 1959. The one volume edition with the new cover is misleadingly also marked "Fourth printing"

1961 GB Great Britain – Transworld (Corgi Book), London

1961 GR Greece – Name of the author written "Vlantimir Nampokov" – Gerolymbos, Athens (unauthorized)

1962 BRA Brasil – Boa Leitura, Sγo Paulo – Translation Brenno Silveira

1962 US United States – Fawcett World Library (Crest Book), Greenwich CT

1963 DK Denmark – Gyldendals Tranebψger, Copenhagen – Translation Mogens Boisen – Cover design Mogens Poulsen, photo Sue Lyon in the MGM movie Lolita

1963 FR France – Gallimard (Le Livre de Poche), Paris – Translation E. H. Kahane

1964 IT Italy – Mondadori (PB), Milano – Translation Bruno Oddera

1964 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo 635), Reinbek – Cover design by Werner Rebhuhn – From c. 1970 ISBN 3-499-10635-3

1964 US United States – LP Lolita and Poems read by Vladimir Nabokov – Spoken Arts, New York – Cover by Russo

1965 SV Sweden – Aldus/Bonnier (Delfinbok), Stockholm – Translation Nils Holmberg

1966 CH Switzerland – La Guilde du Livre, Lausanne – French Translation E. H. Kahane – Cover vignette by Leonor Fini

1966 IT Italy – Mondadori (Gli Oscar settimanali), Milano – Translation Bruno Oddera

1966 US United States – Putnam (Berkley Medallion Books), New York

1967 DK Denmark – Translation Mogens Boisen – Gyldendals Bogklub, Copenhagen

1967 US United States – Phaedra, New York – First publication of Nabokov's Russian translation

1969 GB Great Britain – Film Tie-in – Transworld (Corgi Book), London – Cover photo by Bert Stern

1970 IT Italy – Translation Bruno Oddera – Mondadori (Gli Oscar), Milano – Cover design by Bruno Binosi

1970 US United States – Alfred Appel, Jr. The Annotated Lolita – McGraw-Hill, New York – ISBN 0-679-72729-9

1970s NL Netherlands – Title Lolita: Door begeerte gedreven [Lolita: Driven by desire] – Omega Boek, Amsterdam– Translation M. Coutinho – Cover Erik Handgraaf – ISBN 90-6057-418-4

1972 NOR Norway – DnB Den norske Bokklubben, Oslo – 1. opplag - Translation Odd Bang-Hansen – Cover by Hans Jψrgen Toming - ISBN 82-525-0149-3

1973 GB Great Britain – Transworld (Corgi Books), London – Cover photography by Beverly Le Barrow– ISBN 0-552-09358-0

1974 POR Portugal – Publicaηυes Europa-Amιrica (lb 97), Mem Martins – Translation Fernanda Pinto Rodrigues

1974 TUR Turkey – Translation Gφnόl Suveren – Altin Kitaplar Yayinevi, Istanbul (unauthorized)

1976 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Rowohlt (Sonderausgabe), Reinbek

1977 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Europδische Bildungsgemeinschaft, Stuttgart – Cover design by Gebhardt und Lorenz – no year, no ISBN

1978 NL Netherlands – Author's name spelled Wladimir Nabokov – Translation M. Coutinho – Omega Boek, Amsterdam/A. W. Bruna & Zn., Antwerpen – ISBN 90-6057-155-X

1979 US United States – Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania

1979 US United States – Edward Albee Lolita: A Play – Dramatists Play Service, New York – ISBN 0-8222-0683-8

1980 IT Italy – Mondadori (Gli Oscar), Milano – Translation Bruno Oddera – Cover painting Le lever by Balthus (1975-78) – no ISBN

1980 US United States – Putnam (Perigee Books), New York – ISBN 0-399-50267-X

1981 FR France – Gallimard (folio), Paris – Translation E. H. Kahane – Cover photography by Walter Carone – ISBN 2-07-036899-8

1981 US United States – Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania

1982 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Bertelsmann Club, Gόtersloh – Jacket by K. Hartig, Photo via Sammlung Menningen – No year, no ISBN

1982 US United States – Greenwich House, New York – ISBN 0-517-38808-1

1983 IT Italy – Edizione CDE spa, Milano (licensed by Mondadori) – Translation Bruno Oddera – No cover artist, no ISBN

1983 SP Spain – Seix Barral (Obras Maestras de la Literatura Contemporαnea), Barcelona – Translation Enrique Tejedor – ISBN 84-322-2178-3

1983 US United States – Vladimir Nabokov Lolita: A Screenplay – McGraw-Hill, New York – ISBN 0-07-045768-9

1986 FR France – Rivages, Paris – Vladimir Nabokov L'enchanteur [The Enchanter] – Translation Gilles Barbedette – Cover paiting Marιe montante, Houlegate by Fιlix Valloton (1913, detail) – ISBN 2-86930-019-0

1986 US United States – Vladimir Nabokov The Enchanter – Translation and postface Dmitri Nabokov – Jacket design © David Gatti – ISBN 0-399-13211-2

1987 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo 635), Reinbek – Cover design by Manfred Waller, photo from Kubrick's Lolita (c/o Sammlung Jόrgen Menningen) – ISBN 3-499-10653-3

1987 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Vladimir Nabokov Der Zauberer (The Enchanter) – Translation Dieter E. Zimmer – Rowohlt, Reinbek – Cover illustration Britta Lembke – ISBN 3-498-04629-2

1988 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Vladimir Nabokov Der Zauberer [The Enchanter] – Bertelsmann Club, Gόtersloh – Translation Dieter E. Zimmer – Cover by Karl Hartig – no ISBN

1988 LEB Lebanon – Dar Al-Adab, Beirut - Author's name spelled "Fladimir Nabokof" - Translation from the French by the publisher - Cover design by Najah Tahir

1989 DDR East Germany – Volk und Welt (ex libris), Berlin – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori – Book design by Lothar Reher and Sieghard Hawemann – ISBN 3-353-00574-9

1989 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Rowohlt Verlag (Collected Works, vol. 8), Reinbek – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – Commentary by Dieter E. Zimmer – Cover design by Walter Hellmann – ISBN 3-498-04646-2

1989 RU Soviet Union – Izvestiya, Moscow – Cover by S. Mukhin – no ISBN

1989 US United States – Random House (Vintage International), New York – Cover design by Marc J. Cohen, photography by Barnaby Hall – ISBN 0-679-72316-1

1990 BRD Germany (Federal Republic)– Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo 635), Reinbek – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – Cover design by Jόrgen Kaffer, painting Frau mit Mandoline in Gelb und Rot (1950) by Max Beckmann – ISBN 3-499-10635-3

1990 BRD Germany (Federal Republic) – Bόchergilde Gutenberg, Frankfurt a. M. – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – Cover design by Angelika Richter – ISBN 2-7632-3816-6

1990 DDR East Germany – Vladimir Nabokov Der Zauberer – Volk und Welt (Spektrum), Berlin – Translation Dieter E. Zimmer – Cover by Lothar Reher – ISBN 3-353-00618-4

1990 EST Estonia – Eesti Raamat, Tallin– Translation Hans Luik – Book design by Jόri Kaarma – ISBN 5-450-01824-X

1991 FR France – Vladimir Nabokov Le don / Lolita / Pnine – Gallimard (Biblos), Paris – Translation E. H. Kahane – Cover painting Ballet russe I by August Macke (1912, detail) – ISBN 2-07-071973-1

1991 JAP Japan – Vladimir Nabokov The Enchanter – ISBN 4-309-20158-X

1991 POL Poland – Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy (Wspσłczesna proza światowa), Warsaw – Translation from the English and Russian Robert Stiller – Annotation by Robert Stiller – ISBN 83-06-02125-8

1991 SP Spain – Editorial Anagrama (Compactos), Barcelona – Translation Enrique Tejedor – Cover design by Julio Vivas and Αngel Jovι – ISBN 84-339-2038-3

1991 WR Belarus – MOKA, Minsk – Cover design G. A. Panteleyev – ISBN 5-86728-003-9

1991 US United States – Vladimir Nabokov The Enchanter – Random House (Vintage International), 1991 – Cover design by Marc J. Cohen, photography by Barnaby Hall – ISBN 0-679-72886-4

1991 US United States – Alfred Appel, Jr.: The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated – Random House (Vintage International), New York – ISBN 0-679-72729-9

1992 US United States – Random House (Alfred A. Knopf, Everyman's Library, no. 133), New York – Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde, photographyby R. T. Hahn – ISBN 0-679-41043-0

1993 DE Germany – Rowohlt Taschenbuch (Sonderausgabe, rororo 12073), Reinbek – Cover by Walter Hellmann, photography by Jerry Bauer, illustration by Thomas Kleine – ISBN 3-499-12073-9

1993 GB Great Britain – Alfred Appel, Jr. The Annotated Lolita, revised and updated – Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London – ISBN 0-297-81344-7

1993 IT Italy – Adelphi (Biblioteca Adelphi 278), Milano – Translation Giulia Arborio Mella – Cover painting Ιglogue by Jean-Jacques Henner (1879, detail) – ISBN 88-459-0997-2

1994 BRA Brasil – Companhia das Letras, Sγo Paulo – Translation Jorio Dauster – ISBN 85-716-4400-4

1994 NL Netherlands – Translation Rien Verhoef – De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam – ISBN 90-234-1998-7

1995 DE Germany – Artemis & Winkler (Winkler Weltliteratur), Mόnchen – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – Cover design by Ise Billig, cover painting Das grόne Sofa (1910) by Max Pechstein – ISBN 3-538-05359-6

1995 GB Great Britain – Penguin Books, London – Cover painting Jeune fille au chat by Balthus (1937) – ISBN 0-140-18822-6

1996 DE Germany – Bertelsmann Club (Jahrhundert-Edition), Rheda-Wiedenbrόck – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – Book design by Hans-Georg Pospischil – no ISBN

1996 IT Italy - Adelphi (Gli Adelphi 103), Milano (PB) - Translation Giulia Arborio Mella - Cover photo from Stanley Kubrick's Lolita - ISBN 88-459-1254-2

1996 US United States – Vladimir Nabokov Novels 1955-1962 – The Library of America, New York – Commentary by Brian Boyd – Jacket design by R. D. Scudellari, photography by Carl Mydans/Life Magazine © Time Warner – ISBN 1-883011-19-1

1997 DK Denmark – Gyldendal (Sψren Gyldendals Klassikere), Copenhagen - 10. udgave - Translation Mogens Boisen - Cover by Lise-Lotte Holmbδck, photography by Horst Tappe, painting Sleeping Nude with Open Arms (1917, detail) by Amedeo Modigliani – ISBN 87-00-27524-7

1997 FR France –Film Tie-in – Gallimard (folio), Paris – Translation E. H. Kahane – ISBN 2-07-036899-8

1997 IT Italy – Vladimir Nabokov Lolita (sceneggiatura) – Bompiani, Milano – Translation Ugo Tessitore– Photography by Snap Photo/JR/Grazia Neri – ISBN 88-452-2602-6

1997 US United States – Random House (Vintage International), New York – Cover design by Megan Wilson, photography by Andrea Gentl – ISBN 0-679-72316-1

1997 US United States – Vladimir Nabokov Lolita: A Screenplay – Random House (Vintage International), New York – ISBN 0-679-77255-3

1998 CRO Croatia – SysPrint (Biblioteka Moderni klasici), Zagreb – Translation from the Russian and the English by Zlatko Crnković – Book design Andrea Knepić, cover photography by Marija Milin – ISBN 953-6041-22-7

1998 DE Germany – Audio book (2 MC) – DerHφrVerlag, Mόnchen

1998 DE Germany – Film Tie-in – Rowohlt TB (rororo 13868), Reinbek – ISBN 3-499-13868-9

1998 DE Germany – VHS/VCR – Adrian Lyne's Lolita – BMG Video/ Universum Film, Mόnchen

1998 FIN Finland – Gummerus (BB), Jyvδskylδ – Translation Eila Pennanen und Juhani Jaskari – ISBN 951-2054-25-6

1998 FR France – Vladimir Nabokov Lolita (scιnario) – Gallimard, Paris – ISBN 2-07-075095-5

1998 SV Sweden – Replik, Stockholm – Translation John-Henri Holmberg – ISBN 91-88818-34-9

1998 US United States – Stephen Schiff Lolita: The Book of the Film – Applause Books, New York – ISBN 1-55783-354-0

1999 COR Corea – Minumsa, Seoul – Translation Taek-young Kwon – ISBN 8-93-746030-0

1999 DE Germany – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo 22543), Reinbek – ISBN 3-499-10635-3 –Cover design by Beate Becker, Photography c/o Kinoarchiv Peter W. Engelmeier

1999 DE Germany – Vladimir Nabokov Lolita: Ein Drehbuch – Rowohlt (Gesammelte Werke, vol. 15.2), Reinbek – Translation Dieter E. Zimmer – Jacket design by Walter Hellmann – ISBN 3-498-04664-0

1999 RU Russia – Mashenka / Kamera obskura / Lolita – Film Tie-in – EKSMO-Press (Russkaya Klassika), Moscow – Art editors A. Saikow, A. Starikow, A. Jakowlew, illustrator A. Salnikow – ISBN 5-04-001861-4

1999 SP Spain – Film Tie-in – Anagrama (Compactos), Barcelona – ISBN 84-339-6625-4

1999 SP Spain – El Mundo (Colecciσn Millenium), Madrid – Cover design by ZAC/Mariana Lain – ISBN 84-8130-116-7

1999 US USA – VCR/VHS Lolita A Film by Adrian Lyne – Trimark Home Video

2000 GB Great Britain – Penguin Books (Modern Classics), London – Cover photo © Virginia Woods-Jack – ISBN 0-141-18253-9

2000 GB Great Britain – Christine Clegg (ed.) Lolita: A reader's guide to essential criticism – Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke – ISBN 1-840-46173-X

2000 GB Great Britain – Alfred Appel, Jr. The Annotated Lolita – Penguin Books, London – Cover with butterfly drawing by Vladimir Nabokov (Verina raduga Nab.) – ISBN 0-141-18504-X

2000 RU Russia – Vladimir Nabokov Lolita / Smekh v temnote / Iz Intervyu etc. – Simpozium (Collected American Period Works), St. Petersburg – Commentary by A. Lyuksemburg – ISBN 5-89091-014-0

2000 TAI Taiwan – Xian Jue, Taipeh – ISBN 95-7607-464-9

2001 DE Germany – DVD Video Stanley Kubricks Lolita (restored) – Turner Entertainment/Warner Home Video (Stanley Kubrick Collection) – Cover photography © 1962 Turner Entertainment

2001 FR France – Gallimard (nrf Du monde entier), Paris – Translation Maurice Couturier – Cover photo by © Wendy Ashton/ Stone – ISBN 2-07-075723-4

2002 DE Germany – Suhrkamp (suhrkamp taschenbuch 3314), Frankfurt a.M. – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – ISBN 3-518-39814-8

2002 GR Greece – Patakis, Athens – Translation Giorgos-Ikaros Babasakis – ISBN 960-16-0436-7

2002 IT Italy – La Biblioteca di Repubblica (no. 20), Rome – Translation Giulia Arborio Mella – Cover photography by W. Wulz © Archivi Alinari – ISBN 84-8130-482-4

2002 RU Russia – AST (PB), Moscow – Cover design by O. N. Adaskina – ISBN 5-17-016423-8

2003 CZ Czech Republic – Paseka, Prague – Translation Pavel Dominik – ISBN 80-7185-553-7

2003 POL Poland – Muza (Biblioteka Bestsellerσw), Warsaw– Translation Michał Kłobukowski – ISBN 83-7200-426-9

2003 POL Poland – Muza, Warsaw – Translation Michał Kłobukowski – Cover design by Agnieszka Spyrka – ISBN 83-7200-430-7

2003 RU Russia – AST (PB), Moscow – Cover design by O. N. Adaskina – ISBN 5-17-009829-4

2003 US United States – Ellen Pifer (ed.) Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: A Casebook – Oxford University Press, New York– Cover design by Ed Atkeson/ Berg Design, painting Les beaux jours (1944-1946) by Balthus – ISBN 0-19-515033-3

2004 CRO Croatia– Globus media, Zagreb – ISBN 953-7160-01-7

2004 DE Germany – Rowohlt Taschenbuch (Sonderausgabe, rororo 23589), Reinbek – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – Cover design by any.way/ Wiebke Buckow – ISBN 3-499-23589-7

2004 RU Russia – Lolita and Drugie berega [Speak, Memory] – EKSMO-Press (Krasnaya kniga russkoi prozy), Moskau – ISBN 5-699-07566-6

2004 RU Russia –Vita Nova, St. Petersburg – 50th anniversary edition – Illustrations by Klim Li, commentary by Alexander Dolinin – ISBN 5-93898-056-9

2005 CHI China (People's Republic) – Shanghai Yiwen Chubanshe, Shanghai – Author's name written "Fu la ji mi er Na bo ke fu", title "Luo Li Ta" – Authorized edition in simplified Chinese script – Translation Zhu Wan (pseudonym of Ye Zhi) - With explanatory footnotes - Part of an 18 volume Collected Works edition - Book design by Lu Zhichang - ISBN 7-5327-3815-9

2005 FR France – Gallimard (foli0), Paris – Translation Maurice Couturier – Cover photography by © Carsten Witte/Stone – ISBN 2-07-041-208-3

2005 JAP Japan – Shinchosha (PB), Tokyo – Translation Wakashima Tadashi – ISBN 4-10-210502-3

2005 JAP Japan – Shinchosha (HC), Tokyo – Translation Wakashima Tadashi – Book design by Shinchosha Book Design Division, cover photography by Frederic Lucano/Getty Images -ISBN 4-10-505605-0

2005 LIT Lithuania – Presvika, Vilnius – Author's name written "Vladimiras Nabokovas" – Translation from the Russian Monika Vosyliūte – ISBN 9955-567-68-6

2005 RU Russia – Lolita /Maschenka /Zaschita Luzhina [The Defense] – EKSMO-Press, Moscow – ISBN 5-699-07161-X

2005 SLO Slovakia – Slovart, Bratislava – Translation Otakar Kořνnek – ISBN 80-7145-604-7

2005 US United States – Random House (Vintage International), New York – 50th Anniversary Edition – Cover design by John Gall, photography by © Andreas Kuehn/Getty/Images – ISBN 0-679-72316-1

2005 US United States – Audio CD – Lolita read by Jeremy Lyons – Random House Audio, New York

2006 GB Great Britain – Penguin Books (Red Classics), London – Cover design by Clare Skeats, illustration by Kazuko Nomoto – 0-141-02349-X

2006 HUN Hungary – Eurσpa Kφnyvkiadσ, Budapest – Translation Bιkιs Pal – ISBN 963-07-7997-8

2006 NL Netherlands – De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam – Unpublished cover, painting Jeune fille ΰ la chemise blanche by Balthus (1955)

2006 RU Russia – Azbooka-Klassika, St. Petersburg 8 – Cover design by Valeria Gorelikova, photo Bessie Love by James Abbe (1928) – ISBN 5-352-00016-8

2006 RU Russia – Azbooka-Klassika, St. Petersburg – ISBN 5-352-01725-7

2007 BRA Brasil – Companhia de Bolso, Sγo Paulo – Translation Jorio Dauster – ISBN 85-359100-3-4

2007 NL Netherlands – De Bezige Bij (Ulysses), Amsterdam (Elfde druk) – Translation Rien Verhoef – Cover design by Studio Jan de Boer, photography by Andreas Kuehn/ Getty Images – ISBN 90-234-1998-7

2007 POL Poland – Muza, Warsaw – Translation Michał Kłobukowski – Cover design by Michał Brzozowski – ISBN 83-7495-330-6

2007 SV Sweden – Albert Bonniers Fφrlag, Stockholm – Translation Aris Fioretos – Cover design by Jan Biberg, photography by Carl Mydans/Life Magazine © Time Warner – ISBN 91-0-010611-9

2008 DE Germany – 10th edition, revised, with commentary – Translation Helen Hessel, Maria Carlsson, Kurt Kusenberg, H. M. Ledig-Rowohlt, Gregor von Rezzori, Dieter E. Zimmer – Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo 22543), Reinbek – Cover design by Beate Becker, photography c/o Kinoarchiv Peter W. Engelmeier – ISBN 3-499-10635-7

 

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