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Box 3

 Container

Contains 39 Results:

Correspondence between Olympia Press and the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, May 20, 1959 to August 11, 1959 ., May 20, 1959, August 11, 1959

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

8 items (3 TLS with autograph calcuations attached to 8.6.59, 3 TL, 1 autograph note, 1 statement). List of translation contracts (6.19.59) and discussion of various financial/accounting matters (including a bill for The Black Diaries of Roger Casement).

Dates: May 20, 1959; August 11, 1959

Correspondence between Olympia Press and the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, September 3, 1959 to September 7, 1959 ., September 3, 1959, September 7, 1959

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

3 items (1 TLS, 2 TL). Concerns the "Open Letter" that Girodias would like to see signed by Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and William Faulkner. G. solicits Schébéko's help, but she is reluctant to press these writers. Includes 7 copies of the "Open Letter".

Dates: September 3, 1959; September 7, 1959

Correspondence between Olympia Press and the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, September 7, 1959 to November 9, 1959 ., September 7, 1959, November 9, 1959

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

9 items (3 TLS, 6 TL). Concerning various translation and accounting matters. More trouble with Steimatzki (though of a lesser variety).

Dates: September 7, 1959; November 9, 1959

Correspondence between Olympia Press and the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, January 6, 1960 to January 30, 1960 ., January 6, 1960, January 30, 1960

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

8 items (3 TLS, 3 TL, 1 statement, 1 autograph draft dated 1.20.60). Concerning financial matters, particularly the method of paying Olympia the sums owed from translations of Lolita. Girodias objects to VN's claim that their original contract makes no provision for down-market editions of Lolita, and to VN's refusal to send copies of contracts involving translation rights to G (1.19.60). Note from Schébéko deploring VN's bad faith.

Dates: January 6, 1960; January 30, 1960

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel February 2, 1960 to March 8, 1960 ., February 2, 1960, March 8, 1960

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

8 items (3 TLS, 5 TL). G. objects to VN's lawyer's opinion that the original contract between VN and Olympia does not cover editions "a bon marché" (2.2.60) Correspondence between Odette Hummel and Clairouin re the translation rights for Lolita, which Hummel has some claim to.

Dates: February 2, 1960; March 8, 1960

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel April 6, 1960 to May 12, 1960 ., April 6, 1960, May 12, 1960

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

10 items (4 TLS, 5 TL, 1 statement). Concerning the contract with Mondadori, especially the payment due Hummel. Mention of the Japanese and Swedish translation rights. Mention of William Burroughs' Naked Lunch, which Olympia also publishes and would like Mondadori to publish.

Dates: April 6, 1960; May 12, 1960

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel May 16, 1960 to June 27, 1960 ., May 16, 1960, June 27, 1960

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

12 items (6 TLS, 6 TL). Regarding the financial matters re: translation of Lolita into Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Portuguese, Hebrew etc. Discussing course of action with regard to the pirated editions of Lolita. in Lebanon (which action VN would like G. to disassociate himself from).

Dates: May 16, 1960; June 27, 1960

Correspondence between Olympia Press, the Bureau Littéraire D. Clairouin, and Odette Hummel July 1, 1960 to November 15, 1960 ., July 1, 1960, November 15, 1960

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

12 items (4 TLS, 6 TL, 1 statement, 1 receipt). G. asks (7.1.60) once more for copies of the Swedish contracts and all other such translation contracts, or he will be forced to commence litigation, which in fact he does later initiate (8.30.60). Regulation of various financial matters.

Dates: July 1, 1960; November 15, 1960