We would like to express our gratitude to the many people who have helped make this book a reality. First and foremost, the coeditors thank all of the contributors, without whose generosity, talent, and erudition this volume would not exist. We would also like to offer our sincere thanks to Michael Silverberg, the former editor of Print magazine and Print Books, who recognized the merit of this book and helped shape it; to Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Hilary Drummond, Jessica Helfand, John Gall, Debbie Millman, and Toby Barlow, who were instrumental in suggesting designers and facilitating introductions, as well as offering their enthusiastic support and valuable advice; to Barbara Cady, Debbie Gendel, Rick Poynor, Russell Mills, Jodi Wille, Max Magee, and Steve Martinez for their continued encouragement and wise counsel; to Michael Juliar, who scanned the covers of his editions of Nabokov’s books from his private collection and let us use the images in this volume; and to Sulki & Min for their intelligent cover. Lastly, we offer our appreciation to Marco Sonzogni, who first suggested the idea for this book.
Research for this volume was conducted with the help of a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the Nabokov Online Journal and to the SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals program, as well as to Dalhousie University for their financial support, which made this publication possible.
John Bertram and
Yuri Leving
April 2013