MAX AND THE WHITE PHAGOCYTES - INSCRIBED TO JIM O'ROARK

Miller, Henry

Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1938

About this Item

First Impression, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); original decorative wrappers with French flaps; [11],12-324,[4]pp. Inscribed by Miller on the half-title page to his physician, Jim O'Roark: "For Jim O'Roark / a great reader and a great physician! / Henry Miller / 7/30/77." Housed in a custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. The tiny printed ownership label of bibliophile and Black Sparrow Press publisher John K. Martin is mounted on the verso of the rear wrapper. There is the most subtle degree of toning to wrappers, light wear to extremities, with a few tiny tears and creases along the lower edge; contents fresh, with the remnants of the publisher's printed wraparound band laid in ("Cannot be bought in England and U.S.A. A magnificent new book by the author of Tropic of Cancer"); very Near Fine, housed in a custom half-morocco slipcase and chemise.Miller's first book of short fiction, and the second volume in the publisher's Villa Seurat series. The collection gathers 12 works, including "The Cosmological Eye," "Scenario," "Max," "The Eye of Paris," and "An Open Letter to Surrealists Everywhere." O'Roark was Miller's opthalmologist, a friend and long-time correspondant, whose comprehensive collection of Miller's work was first offered by Joseph the Provider in 1982. An exceedingly well-preserved copy. Shifreen & Jackson A19a.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MAX AND THE WHITE PHAGOCYTES - INSCRIBED TO JIM O'ROARK
• Publisher: The Obelisk Press, Paris
• Publication Date: 1938
• Edition: First Edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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