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23033Original Manuscript. 1953-1956. Six autograph letters signed two autograph postcards signed three typed letters signed one typed poem with emendations; one typed letter signed from Eve Miller; one telegram from Henry Miller to Rothenborg with notes by the recipient. "Please do not think that I am unappreciative of all you are doing for me. I know you have done much more than merely translate my work. Things move slowly in your part of the world and to rouse the Danes and the Dutch and the Norwegians to say nothing of the Swedes to fever pitch about my work is a task I envy no man. To make haste slowly seems like a wise adage" Letter June 15th 1955 "To answer your question "stink-finger" means to put your fingers in a woman's vagina hence the "stink". PS are you sure you have no other questions to put me regarding the translation I am at your service." Letter April 4th 1953 A previously unpublished series of letters and postcards including a telegram and a draft of a comic poem from the novelist Henry Miller 1891-1980 to his Danish translator Jørgen Rothenborg. The letters provide a fascinating insight into the many obstacles Miller encountered in publishing his novels: practical problems of transatlantic multilingual communication and the perennial problem of censorship. They show the author's care regarding fine details of publication even in a language he couldn't read and the sane patient attitude to the continued international suppression of his novels. For much of his writing life Miller was better known for the alleged obscenity of his novels than for the writing itself. He was in his forties before Tropic of Cancer his first and still most famous novel appeared in 1934 having failed to find a publisher for the earlier Crazy Cock eventually published in 1991. The novel funded by the young Anaïs Nin was singled out for praise by T. S. Eliot "a. magnificent piece of work" Ezra Pound who mentioned it in the same breath as Ulysses Beckett "a momentous event in the history of modern writing" to name just three of its illustrious admirers. Critical acclaim though however gratifying wouldn't pay the bills. Although the series of trials initiated by Barney Rosset's 1961 Grove Press publication of Cancer would soon lead to Miller's novels becoming widely available in the 1950s when these letters to his Danish translator were written Miller was seemingly resigned to the continued suppression of his works. The correspondence begins with a telegram on the pink Danske Statstelegraf card instructing Rothenborg to contact Miller via his agent Dr. Hofmann in Paris. This will become a familiar refrain the busy novelist trying always courteously to steer his enthusiastic correspondent into a more formal professional relationship. The verso of the card includes a pencilled enquiry in Rothenborg's hand asking the author if he will sign 750 frontispieces for a forthcoming limited edition of the translation of Tropic of Cancer underneath which Miller has written "telegramme reçu: / Un peu perplexe = Henry Miller; and later "letter suitant le 6 avril 1953". The earliest letter here Paris 5th March 1953 though the cancellation of the envelope gives 4th April suggesting it to be the letter referred to on the verso of the telegram in the author's loose but always legible hand strikes the tone of mild though courteous impatience that will characterise the correspondence. Miller is "not sure whether you meant for me to come to Copenhagen he cannot afford to pay for a flight to Copenhagen himself "until I touch more French royalties" to sign the pages or whether you wished to send them to me here in Paris". The latter will involve wasting valuable time queueing at the customs office "I loathe going to the Douane to get packages have wasted hours there already. And no matter what I receive it arrives in a damaged condition". He requests information about the accuracy of the translation and regarding the proposed illustrations asking for photos "Excuse my bluntness but it is quite important to me". The next letter continues the saga of the frontispiece pages Miller now suggesting they be sent to Brussels where he will be stationed for a week in April. This clearly didn't happen but the next message in the form of a postcard showing a nice touch James Ensor's "L'Entrée du Christ à Bruxelles" is from Bruges and apologises in French for having forgotten to do something when in Brussels. By November 20th when the correspondence resumes Miller is back in Big Sur California his home since 1944 and back with his typewriter. Rothenborg it seems has asked Miller to travel to a California studio to make a recording. "You simply have no idea how great an undertaking it would be for me to gather up my wife and children and make for a studio . It is physically impossible. Knud Merrild the artist and friend of both correspondents may give you some idea of what it is like to live in this isolated spotwith two children aged 5 and 8!" the two children were from his marriage to Janina Martha Lepska; by this time he was married to Eve McClure. Keen to show his gratitude to Rothenborg and his "Danish compatriots so eager to be of service to me" "I regard your motives as perfectly pureunquestionably" he is equally keen to keep things in perspective "If I may say so without wounding you I think perhaps you are exaggerating the importance of this event: the publication of Cancer in Danish". The letter includes a measured and sane statement of his attitude to the continued suppression of his work: "My frank opinion is that my banned books will never be free to circulate in this country or England. Meanwhile however these books are gradually being translated and published in other countries of the world. Whether Denmark follows suit depends upon the Danish public. The law however absurd or unjust does in great measure respond to the needs or desiresor prejudices if you likeof the people who make them. To butt one's head against a stone wall is futile". Steering Rothenborg towards his existing statements on such matters "particularly The World of Sex and "Obscenity and the Law of Reflection" he confesses to being "a bit weary of defending my position". Even so Miller by now has clearly warmed to Rothenborg: "I would venture to add as a final word my dear friend that if my book has been an aid and an inspiration to you just you alone that is a great dealperhaps enough". By August of 1954 Big Sur handwritten Miller has three copies of the Danish Cancer "please accept my thanks. I like the format. Wish I knew Danish!" asking a number of questions is it limited where is the date printed which is the name of the publisher and which the printer and as if this was inevitable if "you have had had any trouble yet with the authorities" In May 1955 mentioning the recent suppression of Sexus in Japan Miller adds "I think you would have still more trouble in Denmark. Think it over!"; and in June broaching the matter of Sexus again he advises Rothenborg to "think twiceor three timesbefore spending your energies on the translation . If the two most liberal countries in the world liberal with regard to matters of sex at any rate have suppressed this book what chance have you with the Danes". He would have more chance with either Plexus "one of the books I like best of all I have written" his book on Rimbaud or The Colossus of Maroussi "which the Danes would probably like" a book as Miller's biographer Jay Martin notes "wholly without sex a celebration of the grace and wisdom of the Greek spirit". In June Miller's wife Eve writes to Rothenborg on her husband's behalf "He is hard at work on a new book Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch and I will attempt to take over what I can of the correspondence". Eve like Miller is keen to persuade the avid translator to deal with Dr. Hoffman "Mr. Miller approves fully of everything that Dr. Hoffman does in his behalf". Within a week however Henry is writing again and again advising him to deal with Hoffman "Whatever difficulties you may be encountering can be straightened out if you simply speak frankly and honestly with himand trust him". Among the letters is a draft of an unpublished piece of comic verse typed in red ink and with corrections and additions in Miller's hand. It is unclear whether it is a single page from a longer work and what connection if any it has to Rothenborg. The poem in three quatrains each ending with the refrain "That's my stepson to you" and a couple of stray couplets ends with the lines "I've hunted up I've hunted down to start a family / I got one wife a second too and now a number three". By the time of these letters though Miller was already on wife number four with another to follow and he didn't have a stepson. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Original Manuscript. 1953-1956 unknown
31748286 ITEMS. Includes 47 signed items: Including a signed first edition of Miller's first play "All My Sons: signed first edition of "Death of a Salesman" a signed "round robin signed by complete cast of "Death of a Salesman" a first edition of his only children's book: "Jane's Blanket" a signed copy of "A View From the Bridge" original photos two letters a fine first in dj of "The Misfits" a signed limited edition of "After the Fall" a signed first of "Incident at Vichey" etc. Included also are play bills critical works magazine articles etc. A complete list is available. "Arthur Miller's first success came in 1947 with "All My Sons" for which he won the New York Drama Critics Circle award. Although it lacked the originality of some of his later works this family drama which told the story of a factory owner who caused the death of several American pilots during World War I by selling defective parts to the government dealt with issues of guilt and dishonesty that Miller would revisit and expand upon in some of his more memorable plays. His next play "Death of a Salesman" stunned audiences with its brilliance and was quickly earmarked as a classic of the modern theatre. It also sparked heated debates over the true nature of tragedy. Some critics criticized Miller for infusing the play with a deep sense of pity for the commonplace salesman Willy Loman. They insisted that Willy was a "little man" and therefore not worthy of the pathos reserved for such tragic heroes as Oedipus and Medea. Miller however argued that the tragic feeling is invoked whenever we are in the presence of a character any character who is ready to sacrifice his life if need be to secure one thing--his sense of personal dignity. And the "little" salesman was determined to do just that no matter what the cost. Arthur Miller was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for Death of a Salesman. He has come to be considered one of the greatest dramatists in the history of the American Theatre and his plays a fusion of naturalistic and expressionistic techniques continue to be widely produced. unknown books
181234742New York: various 1812. Ten sermons bound in contemporary half sheep and marbled boards rubbed gum label at spine base. Rubberstamp on blank front pastedown. Manuscript table of contents. Each sermon as follows:<br/><br/> 1. A SERMON PREACHED IN NEW-YORK JULY 4TH 1793. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA: AT THE REQUEST OF THE TAMMANY SOCIETY OR COLUMBIAN ORDER. BY.ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. New York: Greenleaf. 1793. 38 2 blanks pp. Very Good. On the final blank is Miller's written notes. The Tammany Society should "stand as guardians over those inestimable rights and privileges which have been so dearly purchased." Christianity teaches the equality of all. Slavery will "be forever banished from a nation" which regards everyone "as subject to the same great laws and amenable to the same awful tribunal in the end." <br/>Evans 25823. <br/> 2. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEW-YORK: BEFORE THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK AND THE BRETHREN OF THAT FRATERNITY ASSEMBLED IN GENERAL COMMUNICATION ON THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST JUNE 24TH 1795. New York: Childs. 1795. 32pp. Light to moderate foxing Good. Verso of title page has Miller's notes laid in explaining another of his discourses should have been inserted. His Discourse says Masonic principles "are such as the blessed Redeemer perpetually dropped from his hallowed lips." <br/>Evans 29081.<br/> 3. A SERMON DELIVERED FEBRUARY 5 1799; RECOMMENDED BY THE CLERGY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF THANKSGIVING HUMILIATION AND PRAYER ON ACCOUNT OF THE REMOVAL OF A MALIGNANT AND MORTAL DISEASE WHICH HAD PREVAILED IN THE CITY SOME TIME BEFORE. New York: Forman. 1799. 36pp scattered foxing. Good. With a chart showing 2082 deaths listed by religions including eleven Jews; also listing forty-three Negroes. <br/>Evans 35821. Not in Austin.<br/> 4. A SERMON DELIVERED MAY 9 1798 RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF GENERAL HUMILIATION FASTING AND PRAYER. New-York: Swords. 1798. 46 2 blanks pp. Very Good. The "events in Europe" are characterized by atheism profaneness a "selfish and mercenary spirit." Miller warns against the "curse" of "European connections."<br/>Evans 34109.<br/> 5. A SERMON DELIVERED DECEMBER 29 1799; OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN ARMIES. New York: Swords. 1800. 39 1 blank pp with the half title. Light toning Very Good. Evidently Miller's sermon was similar to one delivered by Dr. Erskine of Edinburgh because an 'Advertisement' on the verso of the title page denies that "such coincidence" was the result of plagiarism. <br/>Evans 37964. Stillwell 171a.<br/> 6. A SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW-YORK MISSIONARY SOCIETY. APRIL 6TH 1802. TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND OTHER PAPERS RELATING TO AMERICAN MISSIONS. New York: Swords. 1802. 81 3 blanks pp. Lightly foxed else Very Good.<br/>AI 2660 5.<br/> 7. THE GUILT FOLLY AND SOURCES OF SUICIDE: TWO DISCOURSES PREACHED IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK FEBRUARY 1805. New York: Swords. 1805. 72pp with the half title. Mild foxing Very Good.<br/>AI 8903 4.<br/> 8. A SERMON PREACHED MARCH 13TH 1808 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR WIDOWS WITH SMALL CHILDREN. New York: Hopkins and Seymour. 1808. 31 1 blank pp. Very Good.<br/>AI 15610 3. <br/> 9. THE ADDRESS INTRODUCTORY TO THE ORDINATION SERVICE AND THE CHARGE TO THE MINISTER. Pages 19-38 comprising Miller's Address in a pamphlet on Reverend Gardiner Spring's ordination AI 20738. With Miller's handwritten notes. <br/> 10. THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH TO TAKE MEASURES FOR PROVIDING AN ABLE AND FAITHFUL MINISTRY: A SERMON DELIVERED AT PRINCETON AUGUST 12 1812 AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE REV. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER D.D. AS PROFESSOR OF DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY IN THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Pages 5-54 comprising Miller's remarks in a pamphlet comprising his and other Addresses on the occasion. See American Imprints 26080. various unknown books
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CA02B-00227Illinois Heritage Association. Collectible - Like New. Champaign: Illinois Heritage Association 1984. 4to. xiii245pp. Illus. Fine book. Very Good dust jacket. A bit of wear on dust jacket edges. Illinois Champaign County biography Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Illinois Heritage Association unknown
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