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Box 8

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Contains 40 Results:

Correspondence to and from Clairouin, May 25, 1973 to September 3, 1973 ., May 25, 1973, September 3, 1973

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

14 TL, in French and English, to VéN (12), Garlick & Hoffman (1), and from Garlick and Hoffman (1). Mostly re: foreign editions of Lolita, financial matters re Gallimard, French taxes, and excruciating pace of the Ada translation (still only half completed by September 3).

Dates: May 25, 1973; September 3, 1973
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, September 11, 1973 to January 18, 1974 ., September 11, 1973, January 18, 1974

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents 11 TL, in French and English, to VéN with 1 bill for flowers sent to the Nabokovs, and 2 autograph notes. Mostly regarding foreign editions of Lolita, a copy of the Russian translation of Lolita sent by the Nabokovs for Siniavsky, the contract with Fayard for Transparent Things (to be translated by Donald Harper, and published simultaneously with Ada, which still lacks 200 pages in the...
Dates: September 11, 1973; January 18, 1974
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence to and from Clairouin, January 29, 1974 to May 7, 1974 ., January 29, 1974, May 7, 1974

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents 15 TL, in English, to VéN (14), from Garlick & Hoffman (1). Mostly regarding various contractual matters, especially the contract with Fayard for Transparent Things, situation in Brazil with Dr. Bloch and Abril, Folio edition of The Defense, and contract with Gallimard for King, Queen, Knave. Attempts to arrange a meeting between the Nabokovs and Fayard (either Orengo, or Hell and de Fallois) and/or the...
Dates: January 29, 1974; May 7, 1974
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, May 9, 1974 to October 11, 1974 ., May 9, 1974, October 11, 1974

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents 12 TL, in English, to VéN, discussing various contractual and financial matters (especially the various foreign editions of Lolita the novel and VN's screenplay). Schébéko apologizes for her lax correspondence, and writes that she fully expects to be "sacked." She loves Look at the Harlequins! but deplores the "heinous problem of a translation, which will make it impossible to bring it out for several years I...
Dates: May 9, 1974; October 11, 1974
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, October 21, 1974 to December 26, 1974 ., October 21, 1974, December 26, 1974

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents 4 TL, in English, to VéN, with 3 autograph notes. Mostly regarding various contractual matters (especially having to do with foreign editions of Lolita, the Lolita screenplay, French publication of Strong Opinions and Bend Sinister, and the placement of Look at the Harlequins!). A postal strike is not only making correspondence difficult, but preventing...
Dates: October 21, 1974; December 26, 1974
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, January 1975 to September 16, 1975 ., January 1975, September 16, 1975

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents

8 TL, in English, to VéN, and 7 autograph notes (including at least 3 records of telephone conversations). Mostly re: various foreign editions of Lolita, VN's dealings with that "crook" Prins, an upcoming interview, and contracts with Fayard for Look at the Harlequins!, and two paperback editions of Ada. Schébéko's husband has just passed away.

Dates: January 1975; September 16, 1975
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, September 19, 1975 to November/December 1975 ., September 19, 1975, November/December 1975

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents

8 TL, in French and English, to VéN, and 1 memorandum concerning a contract dispute between Grijalbo and Discolibro. Other letters discuss various accounting matters (especially re Lolita), an offer from Juilliard/Plon (now headed up by Bernard de Fallois) to publish all of VN's as yet untranslated works (with an annotation recording the Nabokovs' approval, communicated via telephone), and the transfer of rights to Dmitri Nabokov.

Dates: September 19, 1975; November/December 1975
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, January 1976 to April 2, 1976 ., January 1976, April 2, 1976

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents 5 TL, in English to VéN, with 2 autograph calculations and 1 autograph record of a telephone conversation. Mostly re: the contract with Juilliard, possible translators for the short stories Juilliard is to publish (wonders about the translator of a recent story that has appeared in the French Playboy, and the status of Fayard's editions of VN's works (Ada, Look at the Harlequins!, Transparent...
Dates: January 1976; April 2, 1976
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, April 8, 1976 to March 28, 1977 ., April 8, 1976, March 28, 1977

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

9 TL and 1 TLS (a postcard from Schébéko), in English, to VéN, with 1 autograph record of a telephone conversation. Mostly regarding various contractual matters (including a translator for VN's short stories, and the Grijalbo agreement). Schébéko wonders at the length of time is has taken for the copy of Playboy she sent to the Nabokovs to arrive (possibly, she suggests, the result of a mailman tempted by the magazine's contents).

Dates: April 8, 1976; March 28, 1977
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, April 15, 1977 to June 16, 1977 ., April 15, 1977, June 16, 1977

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

6 TL, in English, to VéN (4) and Garlick & Hoffman (2), with 1 typed list of copyright holders, and 1 autograph record of a phone conversation with Véra (noting, among other things, that VN is in the hospital). Discusses tax matters, the Grijalbo-Bartrina mess, and a book club edition of Ada. Schébéko is closing down the agency on June 30.

Dates: April 15, 1977; June 16, 1977
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

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