NABOKOV, Vladimir — "I am writing two things now [...]"
[N.p.], The Kingdom by the Sea Press, 1979, first edition thus. 13.0 x 21.5 cm., 1 folded sheet. Condition: As new. Single folded sheet, printed in grey and blue. The colophon reads: "Printed for friends and relations of The Kingdom by the Sea Press, in celebration of the fact that plans can change - often to their makers' benefit. Christmas 1979." ¶ The text is an excerpt of a letter from Nabokov to Edmund Wilson, dated April 7, 1947. "The Kingdom by the Sea" was at that time the working title for the novel that would eventually be published as Lolita.