Merry Bright, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by author on a decorative tipped in page in blue pen, signature only. First edition stated with complete number line. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($20.00) has mild bumping to spine ends with 2" crease to bottom front flap corner. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and other material laid in. Signed by Jay Martin on the title page, with an autograph letter signed by Henry Miller on his Pacific Palisades letterhead and another by Jay Martin laid in. Miller writes, "No, I do not share your enthusiasm for Jay Martin's unauthorized biography. I told him not to write it. He adds nothing to rebut what I have written about myself except phony rumors, false imaginings, etc. etc." In his letter, Martin writes, "How nice of you to write about Always Merry and Bright - it's always good to hear from one of Henry's friends that the book rings true - most especially since Henry never believed that a faithful portrait of himself could be drawn." Both letters are addressed to Dr. Robert Macy, a Southern California osteopath who owned a second home in Big Sur, where he befriended Henry Miller, Alan Watts, and other writers and artists. Octavo: [xv], 560 p. with textual photographs. Original red paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. 68p., frontis-portrait of Miller, rubricated title page, foreword, well-reproduced b&w photos, letters from Miller to Young, fine first edition limited to 100 copies signed by the author, this is #92, includes a separate inscription signed "Bob" from the author to a major Bay Area bibliophile, hand bound in boards and black cloth with paper title labels on front cover and spine. Personal memoir by Young of his long friendship with the author. All but one of the photos are snapshots by the author, the one being a snapshot of him taken by Emil White.