Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1972. First Edition. One of 800 numbered copies, this being copy no.535. Slim octavo (21.5cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 27,[1]pp. Very light sunning to top edges, else Fine. Contents include contributions from Charles Bukowski and others in this special issue dedicated to the internationally..... More
London: Dennis Dobson Limited, 1947. First U.K. Edition. "A collection of surrealistic material verging on dada, presented in experimental modes...The book is designed with collages, secondary use of 19th century prints, and a few original (though minor) works by Yves Tanguy, Pavel Tchelitchew, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, and Max Ernst"..... More
Paris: Buchet/Chastel, 1959. First French Edition. First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with some minor rubbing to the extremities and quiet creasing along the top edge. Bound in white wrappers printed in black and red, with a superb example of the fragile illustrated jacket. An attractive example..... More
Albuquerque: Loujon Press, 1970. First Edition. Easily the most elaborate production by Jon and Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb of the Loujon Press, the last title they would produce together before Jon's death in 1971. 'Insomnia' was the second of Miller's books published by Loujon. In the mid-1960's, Miller became infatuated..... More
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938. First Edition. First Impression, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); original decorative wrappers with French flaps; [11],12-324,[4]pp. Inscribed by Miller on the half-title page to his physician, Jim O'Roark: "For Jim O'Roark / a great reader and a great physician! / Henry Miller / 7/30/77."..... More
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Paris: Booster Publications, 1938. First Edition. A pair of distinguished copies inscribed to Huntington Cairns, a young Baltimore lawyer who in September 1934 was appointed official U.S. Censor by the Secretary of the Treasury. It was Cairns who declared Miller's 1934 novel Tropic of Cancer (and subsequently, Black Spring, Tropic..... More
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1939. First Edition. First Issue, with price of 60 FRS on spine and publisher's errata slip tipped in before title page – one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); pictorial card wrappers with French flaps, printed in red and black; [10],11-367,[2]pp. Inscribed by Miller on the front..... More
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1937. First Edition. "This scenario is directly inspired by a phantasy called "The House of Incest," written by Anais Nin" (from dedication page). The frontispiece, featuring a bizarre etching by Rattner, is often found lacking. Shifreen & Jackson A13; Pearson A-48. One of 200 numbered copies..... More