TL to Mr. M. Girodias from Vladimir Nabokov, November 25, 1956 ., November 25, 1956

Written from Goldwin Smith Hall, Ithaca NY, in English, thanking Girodias for his "kind letter" promising not to dispose of the English-language rights of Lolita without VN's permission, and expressing interest in the fact that US customs seems to "have nothing against the book", suggesting that it will not prove difficult to find an American publisher. Urgently entreats G. not to advertize and distribute the novel in the US as G. apparently intends, explaining US copyright laws in terms of the perceived need to protect "American labor against foreign competition." With official sheet from the Library of Congree Copyright Office explaining Interim Copyright, underlined and marked in pencil. Included in Vladimir Nabokov, Selected Letters 1940-1977, pp. 193 - 194.