Miscellanea by Miller: Signed (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Printed beige boards, soiled and worn. With an autograph postcard from Henry Miller to Bern Porter, signed, inserted before the colophon page. 1/500. Also signed by Bern Porter. This is a collection of eight obscure Miller pieces, compiled as a aid to future bibliographers. A good copy only, but internally tight. Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 41pp. Beige pictorial hardcover, light, even soiling on the rear panel, toning to the front panel, internally[ near fine, unmarked. Inscribed by Henry Miller in blue ink on the front free endpaper, "For Barthold Fles-on the ve of a new "understadning" en toute amitie. Henry 7/15/50." (Barthol Fles was Miller's agent.). This is a signed, limited edition of 500 copies, this being #437. Also Signed by the publisher Bern Porter in red ink. This copy is lacking the Holograph insert."Miscellanea consists of 8 short pieces from the 20's and 30's including his "commandments" a list of 11 items that not only presents a fantastic insight into Miller's self-reflective thoughts, but they reveal a man countering his own anxious writer demons." Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Chipped glassine wrapper has protected the cover. Signed by Berne Porter on the publisher's note, also numbered in back. Includes a signed postcard from Miller to Emil White in Big Sur California: " Dear Emil--Sent myself a bag of dirty laundry from Fredericksburg--parcel post. Would you give it in to the laundry for me please. Leaving here Wednesday, due in Boulder Saturday. Just wondering if any of the missing mss. Bern is looking for are at George Leite's by chance. The whole thing is absolutely mysterious to me. Hope you have solved it. Best to everyone. Henry." Front cover has browed edges at top and bottom, very slight bend at bottom. Stamped number on flylead. Back flyleaf has the shadow of a library card holder. Pages are clean. Inventory #000356. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Miller (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Bern Porter with an original holograph postcard from Miller to Porter inserted into the leaf preceding the colophon page. Hardcover, bound in printed boards. Light edge-wear. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Reprint edition of the scarce Bern Porter 1945 edition. INSCRIBED by Henry Miller to his longtime friend Kenny Du Main, Fine in brick red buckram, with gilt titles, without dj. as issued. It is somewhat doubtful that another copy of this specialty reprint was ever signed by Miller.…

First edition. 41 pp. Fine in very near fine clear acetate dust jacket. Printed at the Greenwood Press. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by Porter with an original holograph postcard from Miller to Porter inserted into the leaf preceding the colophon page. Shifreen & Jackson A41a.

First, Limited Edition. No. 147 of 500 hand-numbered copies (but fewer; see note below), signed by Bern Porter at his introduction and with signed holograph postcard from Henry Miller slipped in on inserted leaf following text (as called for). Small octavo. Pictorial paper-covered boards; publisher's unprinted glassine jacket; 41,(7)pp. Just a touch toned at spine and board edges; on the better end of Very Good. a pleasing copy in what appears to be the original glassine dustwrapper. Publisher John K. Martin's copy, with his printed label affixed to rear pastedown. A collection of very early pieces and later fragments, published "to aid bibliographers of Henry Miller, to foster greater interest among the collctors of his work and to raise funds for the publication of his many manuscripts" (from the publisher's foreword). A somewhat contrived "collectible" edition that apparently sold poorly; according to Miller's bibliographer not all 500 of the postcards required for the edition were actually written, and a remainder without postcards was sold later. SHIFREEN & JACKSON A41a. Signed. …