Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0000433, Sat, 21 Jan 1995 09:02:31 -0800

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Re: Olympia Press Lolita (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE: Beverly D. Wilson of Daedalus Books offers the following
description of their advertized Olympia LOLITA.

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From: Beverly D Wilson <db.books@ix.netcom.com>

This edition of Lolita is was published in France by The Olympia Press
and printed by S.I.P., Montreuil, France. This is the 4th printing of
this edition. Printing occured in September 1959. This edition is in
The Traveller's Companion Series format...green covers. This is a two
volume edition with a publisher's digression (describing a bit of the
difficulty in publishing the original manuscript) and a forward by John
Ray, Jr., Ph.D.. Volume one is 190 pages. Volume two is 221 pages.

I hope you find this information helpful. If you need additional
information, please let me know.

Brad Waggoner
Customer Services