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Box 10

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Miscellanous correspondence, April 1, 1947 , September 24, 1965

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

2 autograph letters, one from P. Nicholas probably to Ergaz, and one from John-Marie Jammes to Vladimir VN, asking for a piece for a new literary magazine.

Dates: April 1, 1947 ; September 24, 1965
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

Miscellaneous items, undated.

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

24 autograph items, mostly calculations, but also including records of telephone conversation, drafts of telegrams and letters, notes explaining or recording enclosures, postal forms indicating receipt of items or letters, etc. All concerning VN.

Dates: 1945-1977.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

List of titles issued by Folio.

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

List of titles issued by Folio. Dated by month (January through April) but not year (probably early 1970s).

Dates: 1945-1977.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

Photograph of Vladimir Nabokov by Gertrude Fehr, 1965

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 4
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Approximately 100 original letters and telegrams between Vladimir Nabokov and Doussia Ergaz and Marie Schébéko, his agents at Bureau Litteraire D. Clairouin, discussing in detail rights and translations, Lolita, and other professional matters; approximately 325 items between Maurice Girodias at The Olympia Press and Ergaz and Schébéko, discussing publication of Lolita, in English and in translations; the French ban on the novel; and...
Dates: 1965
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

Miscellaneous publicity material, 1969

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Two items: (1) Publicity material for the film adaptation of Laughter in the Dark, on the letterhead of Woodfall Films. The film was directed by Tony Richardson, with a screenplay for Edward Bond, and starred Nicol Williamson, Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Druot, Sian Phillips and Peter Bowles (1969). (2) Publicity material for the French publication of Despair (ca. 1973), possibly for a dust jacket. Includes a description of the novel's plot,...
Dates: 1969
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

Contracts, March 14, 1932

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Contracts for Laughter in the Dark with Grasset (1932), Lolita with Olympia (1955) and Gallimard (1956), for Despair with Gallimard (1957), for "Visite d'un musée" with Preuves (1959), for "Visite au musée" with Le Club Français du Livre (1961). List of contracts thru November 1, 1960.

Dates: March 14, 1932
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

Contracts, April 23, 1972-July 30, 1975

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents Contracts for Lolita, Despair, Pnin, The Defense, with Gallimard (the paperback editions; 1972), and for Despair with Gallimard (1972), addenda to the contract with Grijalbo for Lolita (1974 and 1975), contracts with McGraw-Hill, Juilliard and Plon for the Juilliard/Plon editions of A Russian Beauty, ...
Dates: April 23, 1972-July 30, 1975
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

Contracts, 1976

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Contracts with McGraw-Hill, Juilliard and Plon for the Juilliard/Plon editions of A Russian Beauty, VN's Dozen, Tyrants Destroyed, Bend Sinister, Strong Opinions and Glory (ca. 1976).

Dates: 1976
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

Royalty statements, December 31, 1957-December 31, 1960

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

For Despair, Lolita, Sebastian Knight, and Invitation to a Beheading. Originally in folder.

Dates: December 31, 1957-December 31, 1960
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

Gallimard statements, June 30, 1961-May 8, 1963

 Item — Box: 10, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

For Despair, Lolita, Sebastian Knight, Conclusive Evidence, Pnin, and Invitation to a Beheading. Originally in folder.

Dates: June 30, 1961-May 8, 1963
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series VI. Miscellaneous 1932-1976 (Correspondence, Publicity, Contracts, Statements)

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