Plexus by Miller, Signed (4 results)

Softcover. Limited Edition: #648/2000. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in light brown paper wraps with black lettering to spine. Mild rubbing and wear, primarily to corners and spines. Text block lightly age toned with very slight bumping to lower fore edge corners. First edition in English, preceded by the French text. Vol. I. (342, [3] pages) (Limited edition, #648/2000. Inscribed to William 'Bill' Targ by Henry Miller on the title page) - Vol. II. (348, [1] pages) (Out of series.). Shelved in Case 2. The second part in Miller's trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion continues the lightly fictionalized account of the six-year period of Henry Miller's life in Brooklyn and Paris as he falls for his second wife June (appearing here as 'Mona') and struggles to become a writer. In response to criticism about the trilogy from his friend, Lawrence Durrell, Miller wrote: "I am trying to reproduce in words a block of my life which to me has the utmost significance - every bit of it. Since 1927 I have carried inside me the material of this book. Do you suppose it's possible that I could have a miscarriage after such a period of gestation? . But Larry, I can never go back on what I've written. If it was not good, it was true; if it was not artistic, it was sincere; if it was in bad taste, it was on the side of life." (Brassaï, Henry Miller: The Paris Years). William Targ (1907-1999) was an American book editor and publisher, perhaps best known for publishing Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather while editor-in-chief of G. P. Putnam's Sons. He was also authored a memoir about his time in the publishing industry, Indecent Pleasures (1975). 1309101. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Very Good, bound in full black cloth, with Very Good dust jackets, housed in a Very Good slipcase. A few bumps to slipcase. Minimal wear to jackets. Faint strip of toning to front end page of Plexus. Interior is clean and unmarked in all volumes. 8vo, 8 1/2"h x 5 3/4"w. First Printing stated in each volume. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front end page of each volume. Includes Certificate of Authenticity. A lovely and rare set.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Reprint. Each of the three volumes is inscribed and dated by Henry Miller on the front flyleaf: "a great pleasure to meet a charming woman of France with whom I do no always see eye to eye, but better heart to heart." A fictionalized account of Henry Miller's life in Brooklyn as he falls for his second wife, June, and struggles to become a writer, leading up to his departure for Paris in 1928. The title comes from a sentence near the end of Miller's Tropic of Capricorn (1934): "All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten." Octavo, three volumes. Original light brown paper-covered boards, with a red stamping. The dust jackets are a bit toned along the spine and folds, with a half-inch chip to the spine head of Plexus, an unobtrusive label shadow to each front panel, and some minor shelfwear; otherwise a very good set.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus by Henry Miller (First Edition) Signed Upper spine edges slightly toned otherwise bright copies. The Slipcase is cracked along the upper edge, inside of the case bears the owner's name stamp. Nexus spine top edge wrinkled otherwise the jackets are sharp with minor dust-soiling, not price-clipped. Three Volume Set. Slipcased. Rare signed. BOOK.