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589087-1/2 x 6 in. matted and framed in a 14-1/2 x 12 in frame. Signed "Baskin 1995" in water color.Fine condition. unknown books
194447333New York: Reynal and Hitchcock 1944. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; yellow cloth with titles stamped in black and red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x1793pp. Signed by Miller in blue ball-point pen on the title page. Spine ends gently nudged some trivial wear to lower board edges with a hint of sunning to upper board edges and a faint shallow stain to lower edge of rear cover; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.00 with two tiny tears at crown and a faint vertical crease along left joint; a bright very Near Fine example. Laid into this copy is an untitled seven-page carbon typescript on onionskin 8" x 10.5" written by Miller in 1943 relating details about the book's conception; horizontal fold at center staple holes at upper left corner with two neat punctures along left margin; Very Good. Attractive copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's first book based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of journalist Ernie Pyle. The title derives from the widely-used military acronym slang "SNAFU" Situation Normal: All Fucked Up which translates to a bad situation that is a normal state of affairs. Miller was tasked by Hollywood to gather material for "an honest movie" about American GI's during the war about their training daily life their hopes dreams and why they are fighting. Miller visited several Army camps training living and interviewing soldiers and taking down the unvarnished truth of his discoveries. "I was the person fate picked out of Brooklyn to go among the soldiers and pick up enough facts honest-to-God true facts to make a soldier picture which soldiers could sit through until the end without once laughing in derision. A picture that would properly end all soldier pictures" p.1. The film in question was William A. Wellman's The Story of G.I. Joe to be adapted by Miller for Lester Cowan from Pyle's 1943 book This Is Your War. Miller version was ultimatley not produced likely due to ideological differences and his communist sympathies. The typescript written the year before Situation Normal was published summarizes the conception of the book detailing his early meetings with Ernie Pyle over how his work would be translated into film and what they wanted to accomplish. "I bring up the idea that it would be a shame to show this massive canvas without reducing what is chaos to at least an inkling of purpose and order and of course he agrees. But we both feel that to lard on ideology where there is no ideology would be to wrap the truth. You can't have soldiers talking about four freedoms when all they want is to go home. Myself I curse the press and the million textbooks that turn out the billions of words and never add up to an excuse for dying" typescript p.5. A superlative copy of an important debut. Reynal and Hitchcock unknown books
193778848Paris: The Obelisk Press 1937. First Edition. First Edition. Author's non-numbered presentation copy boldly inscribed by Henry Miller to William Saroyan in the year of publication: "To / Bill Saroyan / the everlasting Armenian with the pneumatique gift! / Always yours / Henry Miller / Paris / 8/12/37."<br/><br/>A wonderful association between two literary giants of the twentieth century and signed in the place and time that is most associated with the years of their best work. <br/><br/>Near Fine with loose signatures and card wrapper as issued. . The Obelisk Press unknown books
1949310226New York: Viking Press 1949. First edition Second Printing before Publication. 139 1 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in unclipped dj. First edition Second Printing before Publication. 139 1 pp. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Inscribed on the title-page: "To Frank Krohn Best Arthur Miller. Viking Press unknown books
19491704236Viking 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. Signed on a tipped-in page. Rare in this condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Viking hardcover books
1739227332London: T. Read 1739. hardcover. near fine. First carefully collected in the Company and many of them transcribed from the Mouth of the Facetious Gentleman whose Name they bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable Friend and former Companion Elijah Jenkins Esq. 2 70pp. Thin 12mo bound by Riviere in 19th century straight-grained olive green morocco a.e.g. lightly edgeworn but sound; light foxing and toning throughout; several bookplates on endpapers and one description mounted to flyleaf; housed in an attractive cloth-backed marbled board slipcase with leather spine label. London: Printed and Sold by T. Read 1739. Genuine first edition with "Price One Shilling" at bottom of title. Scarce. Near fine.<br/><br/> Extremely scarce. First edition of the most famous collection of anecdotes and humor. Compiled by Elijah Jenkins pseudonym of John Mottley partially from several other jestbooks. Mottley named the book in honor of Josias Miller the famous comic actor who had died the previous year. --DNB; ESTC T124768.<br/><br/> T. Read unknown books
194912255JNew York: Viking Press 1949. First Edition. Fine in a very good plus bright dust jacket. The Pulitzer Prize winning classic of the American Theater. Viking Press unknown books
1949107533New York: The Viking Press 1949. First edition of the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo original orange cloth pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Arthur Miller in a contemporary hand on the second free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Joseph Hirsch. When Death Of A Salesman premiered in 1949 it was an instant success and secured Arthur Miller's place as one of the great American playwrights of the 20th century. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949 running for 742 performances and has been revived on Broadway four times winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. The Viking Press hardcover books
19491503625Viking Press 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine first edition in a near fine first issue price on flap $2.50 no mention of Drama Critics Circle Award dust jacket signed by Arthur Miller on a tipped-in page. First edition first printing first state in first issue jacket. All first points present: stated "First published by the Viking Press Inc. in March 1949" at top of copyright page with "American Book-Stratford Press" mention below; broken type on pg. 11 "solid"; faint blue top stain. First issue jacket has price of $2.50 photo of Miller on back flap and the "S" in salesman passes the outer elbow of the man on the front panel. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Viking Press hardcover books
1949101649New York: The Viking Press 1949. First edition of the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo original orange cloth pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Arthur Miller in a contemporary hand on the second free endpaper. Name to the half-title page near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Joseph Hirsch. When Death Of A Salesman premiered in 1949 it was an instant success and secured Arthur Miller's place as one of the great American playwrights of the 20th century. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949 running for 742 performances and has been revived on Broadway four times winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. The Viking Press hardcover books
194759055NY: Reynal & Hitchcock 1947. First printing. 8vo pp. 83. Tan cloth a very good copy in well worn dj. Not price clipped. Signed by Miller on the half title. Scarce first edition. Jensen A.III. 1a. Miller's Tony award winning first published play and the basis for the 1948 film starring Burt Lancaster and Edward G. Robinson. Reynal & Hitchcock unknown books
194959005NY: Viking 1949. First Edition second printing before publication. 8vo pp. 139. A fine copy in some chipped and torn second issue dj with play reviews. Signed by author. Jesnen A. IV. 1c. This won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949 ran for 742 performances and has been revived on Broadway four times winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. Brooks Atkinson noted in his New York Times Review: "Arthur Miller has written a superb drama. From every point of view "Death of a Salesman" which was acted at the Morosco last evening is a rich and memorable drama. It is so simple in style and so inevitable in theme that it scarcely seems like a thing that has been written and acted. Viking unknown books
194917043New York: The Viking Press 1949. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth boards lettered in dark brown on spine and with brown pictorial device to front board; black topstain; dustjacket; 139pp. Signed by Miller in black felt-tip pen on title page. Spine and board edges sunned; topstain faded to gray; still a clean Very Good copy in the First Issue dustwrapper per Ahearn APG with no mention of the New York Drama Critics Circle award unclipped but slightly soiled and stained on rear panel; toned on verso; yellow elements have faded to white on spine panel; Very Good. A quite good copy of Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play boldly signed on the title page. The signature is undated but appears to be of relatively recent vintage. Laid-in is a Federal Express waybill with Miller's return address returning the book presumably after having signed it to a previous owner. The Viking Press unknown books
1896WRCAM27194New York 1896. 1631pp. Portrait. Original front wrapper rear wrapper and spine supplied in expert restoration. Otherwise very nice and clean. A good plus copy. In a folding fabrikoid box. Miller was born in 1851 attended Cornell and went to Kansas in 1878. This colorful narrative of his life as a rancher there over the next five years is an excellent firsthand account of ranching in Indian Territory during that early period. Miller spent a year and a half in Alaska in 1898-99 and died in Binghamton in 1930. One of the best early accounts of Indian Territory and quite scarce. <br> <br> Howell paid $125 for the Streeter copy in 1968. HOWES M602. ADAMS HERD 1485. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 1486. STREETER SALE 2387. unknown books
19491309019Viking Press 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. A good to very good first edition in a very good first issue dust jacket signed by the author Arthur Miller on a tipped-in page. Bottom edge worn with board showing in some spots. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Viking Press hardcover books
197654177Santa Barbara: Capra Press 1976. First edition. LETTER "F" OF ONLY 26 SIGNED LETTERED COPIES WITH ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING TIPPED IN. There were an additional 224 signed numbered copies issued without the drawing. 8vo full black leather stamped in silver at spine. Foreword by Miller; illustrated with photographs by Jim Lazarus and drawings by Miller. Fine in original acetate with one chip from back and original red cloth slipcase showing only a touch of minor wear. Capra Press unknown books
19491503631Viking Press 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket signed by Arthur Miller of a tipped-in page. First edition indicated on the copyright page Published by the Viking Press in March 1949. Lending Library stamp on front free endpaper but no other library signs in the book. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Viking Press hardcover books
1956299910Paris: Olympia Press 1956. First. paperback. fine. Photographs by Brassai. Small 8vo stiff pictorial wrappers printed in gray yellow white and black. Paris: Olympia Press 1956. First Edition. Fine in cloth slipcase.<br/><br/> Unobtrusive vertical crease on spine from opening this stiffly bound book. First printing with photos in matte finish. Shifreen & Jackson A100a.<br/><br/> Olympia Press unknown books
194153844San Francisco: The Colt Press 1941. First edition. This non-pornographic piece must have disappointed publishers anticipating something more lurid from Miller after his "Tropic of Cancer" because ten New York publishers rejected it before Colt Press accepted it with an advance of only 100 USD Shifreen & Jackson A26b. INSCRIBED -- "TO TAMAR THE FLAMING MEDEA OF BIG SUR WHO IMPROVISES 'UNITS' AND ISLANDS OF FOG AND SEA ANEMONES. HENRY MILLER. 4/2/44." The recipient is perhaps Robinson Jeffers who though not a friend of Miller's was a fellow inhabitant of Big Sur and whose most famous poem is titled "Tamar." Or more likely though a bit disturbingly it is perhaps inscribed to Tamar Nais Hodel who was named for the poem and was the young daughter of Miller's friend and fellow inhabitant of Big Sur Dr. George Hill Hodel -- a suspect in the infamous 1947 "Black Dahlia" murder and mutilation of Elizabeth Short. Tamar Hodel would have been around 9 years old at the time of the inscription a tender young age to receive an inscribed book from a friend of ones father. But this was a father who allowed Man Ray to take nude pictures of her when she was 11 years old and whom she accused at 14 of sexual molesting her beginning when she was 11. He was acquitted and fled the country soon after. Name at base of front endpaper cloth at spine ends and corners slightly frayed general light cover wear front hinge repaired where previously loose otherwise good to very good lacking dust jacket. MYSTERIOUS INSCRIPTION The Colt Press unknown books
1966140941132Paris: Gallimard 1966. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Signed by author Jean Renoir the famous French-born film director and inscribed to Henry Miller author of Tropic of Cancer "A Henry Miller hommage de mon amicale admiration. signed Jean Renoir 27 October Octobre 1966 Beverly Hills." 322 4 pp. Publisher's illustrated wraps in wrap-around belly band. Very Good with a little shelf wear and light foxing to edges in a lightly rubbed belly band. A great association between two taboo-breaking 20th century titans of culture. The epic meeting of the two figures through mutual friends was the subject of the 2015 book Titans of The Muses: When Henry Miller Met Jean Renoir. Gallimard unknown books
194917126Viking 1949. First Edition first printing. The second major play by the author of ALL MY SONS and THE CRUCIBLE the iconic story of Willy Lomon -- a not-very-good traveling salesman who is forced to face reality at sixty-three years old. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Author the New York Drama Circle Critics Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama -- almost unprecedented acclaim for the Broadway smash hit and basis for the film. Fine/Fine but for incidental rubbing to the rear dust jacket panel -- a very clean copy. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Viking Hardcover books
194728398Berkeley: Henry Miller and Bezalel Schatz 1947. Edition limited to 800 copies this copy no. 74 signed by Miller and Schatz but Shifreen & Jackson suggest that the first issue was in fact less than 200 -- see below; 4to pp. 86; illustrated throughout in color and the text reproducing Miller's original manuscript; original blue silk-screened cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends lettered in black on spine and with a red felt patch glued to front board as issued; publisher's matching blue cloth slipcase with a few dings and rub marks; a very good copy or better. "This book is entirely a serigraph or silk screen production . Sixteen months were required to bring it forth. With the exception of the text which is originally from Henry Miller's Black Spring . this book is the creation of Bezalel Schatz a Palestinian artist." Shifreen & Jackson A60a: "The copyright page notes that this edition was limited to 800 copies however this is in error. 800 sets of the sheets were printed in 1947 along with the silk screen blue cloth used for the binding. Somewhat less than 200 copies were bound enclosed in slipcases and put on sale in April 1947 and with the remaining sheets stored in Miller's closet. In 1971 and 1977 additional binding of the first edition sheets would occur see Shifreen & Jackson A60b and A60c. Numbered copies with all of the First Edition points are known to exist at least through copy no. 164 . Approximately 400 of the original 600 sets stored in Miller's closet were destroyed by 'worms' also described by Miller as 'rats and fungus'." <br/><br/> Henry Miller and Bezalel Schatz hardcover books
19929005563Sacramento 1992. Fine Condition. 1 of 40 numbered copies signed in pencil on the lower margin by Vollman and Miller. The photograph measures 18.5 x 13 inches matted and framed to 25.25 x 20.25 inches. White mat with a pollished silver frame. It is the iconic photograph of Vollman with window panes to his right and a wall behind him. <br/><br/> unknown books
2582Autograph Letter Signed to Bob Finkelstein referred to as Bob Fink on verso of Autograph Letter Signed from Miller's fourth wife Eve McClure to Edie and Bob Finkelstein March 7 1953 Vienne France each one page 4to. Bob Robert Finkelstein later called Fink was a fan correspondent and benefactor of Miller's. He and he wife Edie Edith became friends with Miller and his wife Eve in the 1940s. In 1949 Bob and Edie moved to Los Angeles and spent many weekends in Big Sur with Henry Miller and his wife. Henry Miller's letter is a friendly letter with references to his work including various international editions as well as references to his finances and politics. The letter begins "Good news on Income tax - save my old reports please! I paid social security last time too - for the first time. Leave in a week for Paris. Then to Brussels - after I see the Judge about "Sexus." Originally published in Paris in 1949 "Sexus" was banned the following year. The publisher was fined and given a prison sentence. Brentano has a number of copies. Plexus will go thru sic now in English. And Correa wants Hamlet for French version. The Germans are selling Cancer - de luxe - going good. Capricorn out this summer in German. and "World of Sex." And "Smile" in French. Getting dizzy." Miller talks about how much he likes where he is staying but says "Keep your ears cocked and cable us if you get news of war. Expect it to come before summer. Stalin's death doesn't help any. Hope to run down to Perigueux to see the man who interprets Nostradamus. To me the catastrophe seems terribly imminent." Signed "Henry." Neither this letter nor the letter on the back from Eve appear to be published. On the verso is Eve's letter to Edie and Bob which is also a friendly letter with political and economic references. She refers to Gerhart Muench composer and pianist. In part "Most interesting your reports on "concert Meunch". and your ideas. on the ‘success' motif. It seems in line with all i've sic learned about him. I wonder how he'd find this Europe of today. the economy is all haywire. H. Henry Miller is still convinced all hell's going to break loose - and soon. Stalin's death may only hasten the things." She talks of Vienne being a "marvel" seeing Roman relics and an upcoming visit to a monastery where only men will be able to go inside. "I'll ‘see' it anyhow! Taste the product with m'eyes!" Signed "Eve." In a letter that Henry Miller wrote to Bruno Adriani on July 31 1949 Muench is also discussed. Miller reports that Muench lives in Altadema and invites Miller regularly to visit. unknown books
200050662Stockholm: Midnight Paper Sales 2000. First edition limited to 166 copies this one of 26 lettered copies signed by Schanilec on the limitation page letter C and specially bound in quarter leather spine gilt in a clamshell box along with a portfolio containing 45 additional ephemeral pieces printed by Mr. Wulling; folio pp. 71 4; illustrated throughout with 24 facsimiles woodcuts ink-jet reproductions ephemera and 7 color wood-engravings by the artist-printer Gaylord Schanilec. Introduction by Rob Rulon-Miller and with a check-list by him of better than 270 books chapbooks broadsides etc. printed by Emerson Wulling at his Sumac Press in both Minneapolis and La Crosse Wisconsin. The text proper consists of a 2-part interview conducted by Schanilec and Rulon-Miller with Emerson Wulling in 1995 and 1999. Wulling who began printing in 1916 and continued to print into the 21st century printed longer than any printer before him - 87 years in all - a record of sorts which quite probably will never be broken. Quarter to Midnight A.199.a. <br/><br/> Midnight Paper Sales hardcover books
