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Contains 39 Results:

Correspondence between Olympia Press and the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, February 6, 1961 to April 24, 1961 ., February 6, 1961, April 24, 1961

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents 14 items (5 TLS, 9 TL, including copies of 3 of the TLS). Continuing dispute over payments (especially re Rowohlt) from and to Olympia. Litigation is imminent, with mention of meetings between lawyers. Unpleasant exchange between Girodias and Ergaz over a Playboy article, of whose appearance neither Ergaz nor VN were informed (4.20.61 & 4.24.61). G. claims that he was forced to such tactics by the nature of his relationship with VN, a relationship whose...
Dates: February 6, 1961; April 24, 1961
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel, May 3, 1961 to, May 3, 1961, June 20, 1961

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

10 items (3 TLS, 6 TL, including copies of 3 TLS and 1 TL, with 1 statement). Regarding arrangements with Odette Hummel. G. threatens action over VN and Clairouin's non-payment.

Dates: May 3, 1961; June 20, 1961
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel, June 21, 1961 to, June 21, 1961, August 24, 1961

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

9 items (4 TLS, 4 TL, and 1 statement). Concerns both VN and G.'s deliberate non-payment of the sums owed each other, which is causing problems for Odette Hummel. Litigation between Olympia and VN continues.

Dates: June 21, 1961; August 24, 1961
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press and the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, November 16, 1961 to November 24, 1961 ., November 16, 1961, November 24, 1961

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

5 items (3 TLS with enclosure, 2 TL). Concerning contracts with Weidenfeld & Nicolson and with Putnam's, and discussing some new "imbroglio" which Schébéko does not quite comprehend. Deals with some accounting matters.

Dates: November 16, 1961; November 24, 1961
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel December 14, 1961 to March 28, 1962 ., December 14, 1961, March 28, 1962

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

8 items (1 TLS, 3 TL, 3 typed statements and 1 autograph statement on graph paper). Settling various financial affairs. Hummel notifies Clairouin that she has not received any statements from Rowohlt (4.10.62).

Dates: December 14, 1961; March 28, 1962
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel, April 5, 1962 to September 26, 1962 ., April 5, 1962, September 26, 1962

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

14 items (5 TLS, 9 TL). Letter from Mairesse informing G. that the film version of Lolita has just been released in New York. Includes a list of foreign contracts.

Dates: April 5, 1962; September 26, 1962
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel October 3, 1962 to December 31, 1962 ., October 3, 1962, December 31, 1962

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

11 items (1 TLS, 9 TL, 1 receipt). Concerning primarily payment to Odette Hummel and other accounting matters re: Lolita. Includes a list of foreign contracts (attached to 9.21.62).

Dates: October 3, 1962; December 31, 1962
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Hummel, January 1963 to April 29, 1964 ., January 1963, April 29, 1964

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

9 items (1TLS, 8 TL). Discussing various financial affairs (the Corgi and Greek editions of Lolita).

Dates: January 1963; April 29, 1964
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel, May 4, 1963 to August 7, 1963 ., May 4, 1963, August 7, 1963

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents

9 items (2 TLS, 5 TL, 1 statement, 1 receipt). Letters enclosing or including statements of sales for foreign editions of Lolita. 8.5.63 and 8.6.63 discussing briefly some difficulty with the Rowohlt account.

Dates: May 4, 1963; August 7, 1963
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel, August 26, 1963 to December 18, 1963 ., August 26, 1963, December 18, 1963

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents

7 items (6 TL, 1 statement). Letters enclosing or including statement of sales both of translations of Lolita and of Olympia's edition of the same.

Dates: August 26, 1963; December 18, 1963
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series II. Lolita Correspondence between Olympia Press, Clairouin, and Vladimir Nabokov

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