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UNSNETIMENTAL MEMOIR OF NEW YORK CITY
80. Miller, Henry. New York. 7-page typescript with holograph corrections by Miller of the First Draft. * Carbon of preceding, with Miller's holograph identification note to upper corner. * 7-page carbon typescript of Final Draft, with Miller's holograph identification note to upper corner. * Copy of Twen, the German magazine containing the article by Miller. N.p.: [1970]. Published in the German magazine, Twen, this is Miller's essay on the down-side of New York. Not in the least nostalgic, Miller begins his article: "I think of it [New York] first of all as a monstrous lie, a sham, a fraud - and a nightmare. (I am thinking of Manhattan Island primarily.)" He writes of working for Western Union Telegraph and going on inspection tours throughout the city: "I felt like a surgeon ripping open a body riddled with every imaginable disease...It was always a city of slums, ghettos, gangs and gangsters, filthy, noisy, full of crime, corruption, violence, always unhealthy, unlovely, unusual only in its size and energy. A city without human warmth. Woe to the lone, desperate stranger who found himself without work, without friends, without money. Better dead than find oneself in such a predicament. I think of those benches in the public parks where I so often punked myself down, worn to a frazzle from walking on an empty belly, hungry, hopeless, wondering what to do next, where to go, whom to beseech for aid, what was it all about...." Fine condition - an interesting, emotional article, never published in English. (500/800).
VALUABLE EARLY NOTES FOR NEXUS
81. Miller, Henry. " Schema for Nexus." [10] pp. holograph notebook on taped-together versos of reproductions of a Miller watercolor, written during the early planning stages for Nexus, with outlines of plots & charaters mapped out in blue ink.N.p.: [c.1945-50's]. Miller plots outlines for pages 1-100, 100-200, etc., referring himself to some of his other notebooks, including the Bern Porter notebook also in this sale. The notebook also contains memories of real-life events Miller planned to describe: "June - Paris; Varèse, Zadkine, Duchamp, Hotel Müller...Fred and Jeanne - North Africa! Sterling and June - Trip! Clinton Avenue - Dave Elkus, Chess, Learning to drive, Buick throttle - trip to L.I. - June, Writing novel for Pop - Walks and talks, Lexington Ave "L" rides...Trips to negroes Long Island with Elkus..." With list of male and female characters and their real-life counterparts holographed by Miller at rear 2 pp. Yellowing to tape, else about fine, with important outline & character content. (2500/4000).
82. Miller, Henry. Nexus - Censored Pages. 24 pp. carbon typescript of pages censored from the published version of Nexus due to sexual content, describing in detail Miller's weekend romp with "Amy" and "Suzanne," with reflective thoughts on "Mona," in reality his second wife, June. N.p.: [1959]. Truly pornographic (and thoroughly unrealistic) in nature, there is really nothing this cataloguer can quote here - should definitely be seen. Fine. (300/500).
TYPESCRIPT OF NEXUS II,
NEVER PUBLISHED
83. Miller, Henry. Nexus II. Five files containing: the original typed first draft (112 + [2] pp.) with numerous holograph corrections by Miller, begun Nov. 30, 1961; 2 first draft carbon copies, each 112 pp. (no holograph corrections); original typed second draft (115 pp.) with holograph corrections by Miller; Second draft carbon copy (no holograph corrections); "Fragment from Nexus (Vol. 2)" original typescript (pp. 87-115) with a few small holograph corrections. N.p.: 1961. The publication of Nexus in 1959 was the first of a projected two volume work. The typescript for Nexus II begins in the summer of 1928 when Miller and his wife June leave for a six month vacation in Europe on money provided by June's "patron," Pop. The trip took Henry & June to France, England, Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary & Poland. The book was never finished. Except for a small segment published in El Corno Emplumando during 1964, the entire text remains unpublished. Fine condition. (10,000/15,000).
84. Miller, Henry. On Education. 10-page signed carbon typescript with holograph cotterctions by Miller, accompanied by several photocopies. N.p.: 1969. Published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston in 1969. Rust marks from paper clips, else very good. (250/400).
85. Miller, Henry. On Female Sexuality. 1-1/4-page carbon typescript with one holograph note at top ("For Mademoiselle"). Accompanied by T.L.s. from Mary Cantwell, Managing Editor at Mademoiselle, thanking him for the article. Pacific Palisades: 1971. "Despite the impression my books may have created in the minds of some," Miller writes, "I have sinned more on the side of love than sex...I believe that women are more preoccupied with sex than men are; they dream about it in the waking state as well as asleep. Unless they are extremely inhibited they seem ready to make love any time, and they are not so easily disturbed by draughts, noises or other external conditions..." Published in July, 1971. Faint rust mark from paperclip, else very good. (80/120).
MILLER ON PICASSO, 1971
86. Miller, Henry. On Picasso's 90th Birthday. 4-page typescript First Draft with numerous holograph corrections & notes by Miller. * 4-page typescript Second Draft with numerous holograph corrections & notes by Miller. * 3-page typescript Final Draft with First Day of Issue cancelled Picasso stamp at top of page [1]. * 4-page carbon typescript Final Draft (one holograph correction & 1 holograph notation.) * Clipped Life Magazine pages containing Miller's article on Picasso, with his holographed note to upper corner.N.p.: 1971. Rust marks from paperclips, else about fine. (300/500).
87. Miller, Henry. On Turning Eighty. Two carbon copy drafts (9 pp. & 11 pp.) with holograph corrections by Miller. N.p.: [1972]. The early corrected drafts of Miller's essay on growing older, with reflections on his life behind and ahead. (300/500).
18-PAGE PARIS REVISITED
88. Miller, Henry. Paris Revisited. 18-page holograph manuscript. * Two 10-page carbon typescripts with holograph corrections.N.p.: n.d.. Miller compares his actual experiences in Paris with the tricks his memory plays with his memories of Paris ("The best authors create their vision of the world; they don't photograph it.") He describes an imaginary visit and recalls events from his days there - a drunken whore toppling over a table onto the street and no one helping her, the bicycle path leading out of Paris to Louveciennes, a favorite restaurant that extended him credit when he first arrived in the city, Caf‚ Zeyer & Caf‚ Bouquet d'Alesia, the American Express office, his poverty: "Certainly I also starved in Paris but it was different. I was a romantic beggar, so to speak. I starved in great company. My predecessors were, or became, illustrious figures. They were not mere panhandlers, bums such as one sees on the Bowery and elsewhere in New York. They were artists who were living on credit, whose reputation was yet to be established, but who belonged to a great tradition..." He also describes Parisians in general, mainly with affection and longing for their presence, but also with good-humored teasing: "As most foreigners who have lived any length of time in France will tell you, the French are rather hard. You have to fight your way to their hearts. But there are two things about the French which will always endear them to me. One is their attitude toward crimes of passion. (They are most lenient, most understanding, about this matter.) The second is their attitude toward the insane. Or perhaps they would not refer to these poor creatures as insane, but rather as eccentriques or detraquees. Every recent arrival in Paris is soon aware of the freedom with which these unfortunate people roam the streets of that city...." Incredibly, there is no mention of sex in this memoir. Rust marks from paperclips, else near fine - a lovely Proustian journey through the Paris of Miller's youth. (800/1200).
89. Miller, Henry. Parody a la Russe. 6-page holograph manuscript on notepaper. * 2-page holograph manuscript on 8x11 paper. * 4-page typescript. * 4-page carbon typescript. N.p.: n.d.. Miller's fantasy sketch of his imaginary life as Pavel Pavlovitch, with pholosophical musings on life. (300/500).
SEVERAL ORIGINAL PREFACES
90. Miller, Henry. " Preface for Twelve Months of Love." 3-page typescript early draft with numerous holograph notes & changes. * Carbon of preceding draft. * 4-page typescript First Draft with holograph corrections & notes. * 4-page typescript Second Draft with holograph corrections & notes. * 5-page carbon typsescript Final Draft with a couple of holograph corrections. * 2-1/2 pages of holograph notes on legal-size paper. * Photocopies of some reference articles Miller used for his preface. N.p.: 1968-70. Published by Playboy Magazine in 1969, this was Miller's article on Japanese erotic "Shunga" prints. Very good condition. (300/500).
91. Miller, Henry. " Preface to Bibliography." 3-page stapled holograph manuscript, signed. Pacific Palisades: 1978.
Henry Miller: A Bibliography of Primary Sources was finally published in 1993. Fine. (150/250).
92. Miller, Henry. " Preface to Hamlet Letters." 5-page holograph manuscript preface to Michael Fraenkel's book, signed, & 3-page typescript with holograph corrections by Miller. N.p.: 1979. A fascinating preface, as Miller recalls his Clichy days at 18 Villa Seurat, writing Tropic of Cancer, while Fraenkel resided downstairs: "Soon Franekel was visiting me daily. Often he would arrive in time for breakfast, stay for lunch and dinner, and return to his abode toward midnight. All day and night we were talking, talking, talking...To me they were anything but discussions. Though I seemed to get nothing from them I was fascinated, and exhausted at the end of each day...." Fine but for the rusty paperclips. (300/500).
93. Miller, Henry - Prefaces. " Preface to Ecce Homo of George Grosz." 14-page First Draft and 15-page Second Draft carbon typescripts with holograph notes in Miller's hand to upper corners. 1965. * "Preface to Book of Nudes by Helmut Lander." 4-page First Draft and 5-page Final Draft typescripts with holograph notes in Miller's hand to upper corners. 1965. * "Preface to Conversations with Picasso by Brassai." 5-page carbon typescript with holograph corrections. [c.1966]. Together, 3 prefaces. N.p.: [1965]. Rust marks from paperclips, else about fine. (300/500).
94. Miller, Henry - Prefaces. " Linear for Jacket of Omarr's Albums." 2-page carbon typescript of text to go on astrologer Sydney Omarr's record album, with 2 holograph corrections. [1964]. * "A Word About Abraham Rattner." 4-page carbon typescript for a gallery opening of Rattner's work, with holograph corrections. [1965]. * "My Watercolors: A Cadenza." 3-page typescript statement about Miller's watercolors written for an exhibition catalogue in Tokyo, with holograph corrections. [1968]. * 8 pages (3, 3, & 2) of carbon typescript drafts for Miller's preface & intro. to the revised translation of "Le Colosse de Maroussi," with holograph corrections. (Never published in English.) [1972]. Together, 4 prefaces. Various places: various dates. All holograph corrections are by Miller. Rust marks from paperclips, else very good. (200/300).
MAN RAY IN HOLLYWOOD
95. Miller, Henry. Recollections of Man Ray in Hollywood. 5-page typescript with numerous holograph corrections by Miller, signed. * 6-page carbon typescript with small holograph corrections. initialed holograph note from Miller to his secretary about filing attached. Pacific Palisades: [c.1970's]. Miller's reminiscence of meeting Man Ray in Hollywood, after his return from France. With much praise for Man Ray, Miller writes: "As a conversationalist Man Ray was inexhaustable, and always exciting to listen to. No matter how banal the subject, he could infuse it with startling and provocative ingredients. The point is, I suppose, that to Man Ray nothing was too banal, too trivial to discuss. He has a way of making everything seem new and, if not important, certainly worth considering, worth pondering. I think this rather rare quality is what fascinated me most about him...." Rust marks from paperclip, else near fine. (400/700).
96. Miller, Henry. Review of Knut Hamsun's "Mysteries." 6-page typed carbon First Draft, with holograph corrections; 5-page typed carbon Finished Draft, with holograph corrections; carbon of first (without holograph corrections); Uncorrected Rough Proof of the New York Times Book Review article by Miller. N.p.: 1971. Knut Hamsun was one of Miller's favorite authors, and Mysteries was one of his favorite books throughout his life. Rust marks from paperclips, else about fine. (300/500).
HOLOGRAPH ROSY CRUCIFIXION NOTES
97. Miller, Henry. File of Miller's holograph notes (approx. 16 pages) about The Rosy Crucifixion, Miller's paean to his second wife, June, written during the planning stages of the project, which spanned many years - he picked it up and put it down many times. Accompanied by 3-pp. carbon typescript of corrections in text of Plexus (English Lang. Ed.) published by the Olympia Press, Paris.N.p.: [c.1945 & later]. The notes include quotes Miller planned to use (including a number from Dostoyevsky, whose writing June adored), character studies for Bernie (3 pages), one card on which is written (in part): "Female Charaters: Louise Ashley (Alma Reardon) use in throw-back with negro - bicycle store - boarder. Margaret Heller (Sadie Lester) throw-back - Uncle Harry's garage, Hermann Dircks - courting and tragic conversation 30 years later! Clinton Street after June's return from Europe! Dewar & his girl, O'Reagan & water colors..." and with a wonderful 15x19-3/4 chart of all of the characters in the trilogy, each written in thick black ink, and who they represent, with June as Electra Annapolis in the center. An important set of notes detailing the planning of Miller's famous trilogy, published in 1949 (Sexus), 1952 (Plexus), and 1959 (Nexus). (2000/3000).
98. Miller, Henry - The Rosy Crucifixion. Printer's dummy of Bern Porter's book of tributes to Henry Miller, titled The Happy Rock and inscribed & signed by Porter to Miller on rear free endpaper, dated 1945. Most of the 160-page book was left blank, so Miller used it as his notebook for very early outlines of The Rosy Crucifixion over the next few years, writing in holograph on 68 pages. N.p.: 1945. Section titles include: "Notes for Plexus" (which contains many reminiscences of Clinton Street and New York with June, et al.), "Notes for Nexus", & "The Rosy Crucifixion" which contains the following headings for lenthy notes: "Mad Characters", "Eccentrics", "Lovable Ones, Important Characters, New Names", "Painters and Painitngs", "Old, Vague, Remote Ones", "To Caricature", "The Lovers", "Places not to forget", "Excerpts from Books", etc. These are many pages of notes about the trilogy, with important revelations of which characters represented real-life friends & acquaintances of Miller, brief characterizations of their personalities for the book, plot details, etc. In his "Notes for Nexus" section, Miller writes: "1. Begin by wind-up-en-bloc of all leading to cellar life at Henry St. & Love Lane. Long dissertations on books, music, painting, art and rapid-fire conversations - crazy yet purposeful, with June, Jean, Cohen etc. Develop Jean's pseudo-pregnancy and results of Cohen's examination. Develop morbid hysterical love for June - possessiveness - and wind up with attempt at suicide. Jean raises money for move to Henry St..." Also with some notes about other books, incl. "Orders for `Big Sur & the Oranges of H.B.'" and other books, and a list of visitors Miller had in 1945, with many famous names. Vintage map of Paris laid-in to rear! Rubbing to extremities, soiling (from Miller's hands), else very good - with great content. (2000/3000).
99. Miller, Henry. School is Every Day. 2-pp. carbon typescript essay by Miller, signed (in type) "Henry Valentine." N.p.: [1954]. Apparently unpublished essay about going to school. Fine. (70/100).
100. Miller, Henry. "Some Other Women in My Life" (Preface). 3-page holograph manuscript, accompanied by 2-page typescript with small holograph corrections, & photocopy. N.p.: [1977]. A surprising admission from Miller that women mean much more to him than just sex, written just after his 86th birthday. Fine condition. (300/500).
MEMOIR OF MILLER'S FIRST FRIEND
101. Miller, Henry. Stasiu. 34-page carbon typescript with holograph corrections. * 27-page uncorrected 2nd Draft carbon. * Two 36-page copies of carbon final drafts, uncorrected. N.p.: [1976]. A memoir of Miller's first friend, Stanley Browoski, whom he met at age 5 in Brooklyn. His adoptive parents, his aunt and uncle, lived near by - the drunken brute uncle owned the barber shop on the ground floor of the building where Miller lived. He adored Stanley's aunt: "...whenever I went to Stanley's home and met his aunt, that delicious hippopotamus, I was in seventh heaven. I didn't realize it then, but what made me so happy and free in her presence was that she was affectionate, a quality I didn't know mothers were supposed to possess in dealing with their offspring. All I knew was discipline, criticism, slaps, threats - or so it seems as I look back on this stage of my life...." Reminiscing about their childhood, Miller writes: "What Stanley enjoyed, and I too when I was well, were rough games in the street, and we knew many of them. If football had been the rage then as it is now he might have become a football player. He liked `contact' games in which you shoved the other fellow about or knocked him flat on his ass. He liked to use his fists too; when he got angry and put up his dukes it was always with his tongue sticking out, like a viper...Though Stanley never got into a theatre the two of us used to enjoy an imaginary spectacle at a burlesque house nearby, called "The Bum," a name we invented because of its evil reputation. Saturday nights we would first inspect the billboards displaying the soubrettes in tights, then take a stand near the box office, hoping to catch some dirty jokes the sailors might make as they stood in line for their tickets. Most of the jokes were over our heads, but we got the drift of them nevertheless. We were inordinately curious to know what went on in there when the light went up. Did the girls really strip to the waist, as they said? Did they throw their garters to the sailors in the audience? Did the sailors take the girls to the nearby saloon after the performance and get them drunk? Did they go bed with them in the rooms above the saloon from which there always came great sounds of merriment?..." Too young for sex, Miller still makes plenty mention of it, and his memories of childhood and the boys & girls in his neighborhood remained sweet throughout his life: "Summer nights in New York, or Brooklyn, as it happened to be, can be wonderful when you're a kid and can roam the streets at will...." A wonderful memoir, with great descriptions of the neighborhood marauding kids Miller hung with and their antics, of which there were many. Rust marks from paperclips, else about fine. (700/1000).
102. Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. 6-1/4x8" prospectus for the book, published at 50 francs. Recto with same Maurice Kahane design as front cover of book; verso with bilingual description of the book, with quote from Ana‹s Nin. Paris: Obelisk Press, [1934]. S&J A8a - Faint creases from folding, else fine. (100/150).
103. Miller, Henry - Tropic of Cancer. 18x24" folded wall chart which is 5/8 filled with Miller's holograph notations & memories of people and places in Paris. Also includes notes on characters from Tropic of Cancer. Produced in 1969 to aid in the filming of The Tropic of Cancer. N.p.: [1969]. A great chart detailing Miller's autobiographical novel & his early Parisian experiences. Creases from folding, otherwise near fine. (300/500).
104. Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer Revisited. 5-page typescipt with holograph corrections, dated 10-3-69. * 10-page carbon typescript, revised, dated 1-12-70. * 2-page uncorrected long galley proofs. 1970. Various places: various dates. The article, about the filming of Miller's Tropic of Cancer and his stay in Paris during the shooting, was published in Playboy Magazine in 1970. Rust marks from paperclips, else about fine. (300/500).
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN NOTES
105. Miller, Henry - Tropic of Capricorn. 30 loose typed sheets (rectos only) of detailed preliminary notes for Tropic of Capricorn, with holograph corrections & marginal comments, in original black folder with holograph label to front cover ("Capricorn Notes" with other crossed-out words). [Brooklyn: c.1927]. The typed statement at the top of the first page, added later by Miller, reads: "(Originally compiled in space of 24 hours handrunning at the office of the Park Commissioner, Queens County 1927 while June was in Europe with her friend Jean Kronski. Copy of original given to Bertha Schrank when in Paris 1932 or 33.)" The extremely vivid and detailed notes comprise 23 pages of stream-of-consciouseness text of memories about his meeting June, their days in Brooklyn, Miller's divorce for his first wife & his subsequent marriage to June, June and Jean Kronski's friendship & lesbian affair, and their flight to Europe. The other seven pages consist of notes (with numerous holograph additions) on the key to the story's characters (revealing true identities of all characters), plotlines, chapter titles, etc. Miller wrote these notes and eventually the novel Tropic of Capricorn in a high state of emotion when June was engaged in a lesbian affair with Jean Kronski. At the time these notes were written, June and Jean had escaped to Europe; during the first week of July, 1927, Miller received a postcard from June saying that it would be better if he were in Europe with her, and Miller became enraged that she thought he would believe such a statement. He immortalized June by writing about her in his novels, and in fact these notes provided outlines not only for Tropic of Capricorn but also for Moloch, Crazy Cock, Sexus,
Plexus, & Nexus, and were used through 1962 when he was working on his unpublished Nexus II. Binder- ring holes to left extremities, some period smudges & soiling, otherwise very good, in original folder. (6000/9000).
12 HOLOGRAPH PAGES OF NOTES ON TROPIC & ROSY CRUCIFIXION
106. Miller, Henry. Artist sketchbook containing 12 holograph pages of notes, 2 of which are for the first 95 pages of Tropic of Capricorn and the rest of which are for The Rosy Crucifixion with specific notes on Nexus. Accompanied by 15x20-1/2" broadside sheet filled on both sides with Miller's holograph notes for pages 96-476 of Tropic of Capricorn. N.p.: [c.1934-37]. The sketchbook may actually have been used by Miller over some period of time during the 1930's, as his earlier, small handwriting seems to change to his slightly later, larger handwriting throughout the volume. The Tropic of Capricorn and Rosy Crucifixion notes give page-by-page outlines of the novels as they are to be written, such as on the first page of notes: "Valeska & Lesbian midget (hermaphrodite) - Girl upstairs (no Name) - Sexual affair (p.79) - `I wanted to be alone for a thousand years - in order to forget!' Note this ending!!! End of Part I (p.78)...." The broadside has a note from Miller to himself saying: "*NOTE Tell Girodias not forget American & English copyrights on `R.C.'!..." Girodias, of course, was Miller's publisher at the Olympia Press. Old, faint stains to covers & to broadside, otherwise very good - fascinating early notes on Miller's autobiographical novels. (3000/5000).
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN FIRST DRAFT WITH HOLOGRAPH NOTES BY MILLER
107. Miller, Henry. Tropic of Capricorn. Carbon typescript first draft, 177 pp., double-spaced, bound in quarter gilt- lettered calf & cloth; a few holograph corrections in Miller's hand. Hand-titled by Miller at front: "Tropic of Capricorn - First draft, scrapped. Begun at Clichy 1934." This page also with two rubberstamps of Henry Miller's address at 18, Villa Seurat, Paris.Paris: 1934. Having written (but still revising) Tropic of Cancer and feeling more secure with himself as a writer, Miller began in 1930 to first document in book form the turbulent seven years between his first meeting with June, his second wife, and his departure for Europe in 1930. This first version differs significantly in text and tone from the final, published version of the book and demonstrates a writing style that varies from the rest of his published works. Miller's time living and writing at Clichy, rooming with Alfred Perlès and visiting with Michael Fraenkel and Ana‹s Nin on a regular basis, has been described by Miller as one of the happiest of his life, whereas the time during which this autobiographical novel takes place, from the vermin-infested cellar of his Brooklyn apartment to the seedy speak-easies of the Village, was without a doubt the most turbulent and poverty-stricken time of his life. With the publication of Crazy Cock and Moloch during 1991 and 1992 by the Grove Press, this early and dramatically different first draft of Tropic of Capricorn becomes Miller's last remaining unpublished work from his most creative days in Paris. This typescript is worthy of separate publication in its own right as well as for literary and historical purposes - this carbon appears to be the only copy, the whereabouts of the original long unknown - Miller obviously went to some pains to have this carbon specially bound, at a time when money was not plentiful for him, and he would not likely have done that if he had the original to bind. Upper edges slightly trimmed, cutting off one holograph note on page 1 and a couple of typed lines, else very good - on pink & blue carbon paper. (60,000/90,000).
108. Miller, Henry. Preface for New, Revised Translation of Capricorn (in French). 2-page typescript with holograph corrections by Miller. N.p.: 1972. This preface to the revised French edition of Tropic of Capricorn has never been published in English. With holograph note by Miller in upper corner of first page: "Sent to Georges Belmont 1/31/72." Rust marks from paperclip, else about fine. (200/300).
109. Miller, Henry. What is Accomplished. 4-page carbon typescript with 1 holograph note in Miller's hand. * 3-page carbon typescript of an interview Miller did with Georg Stefan Troller, with holograph corrections by Troller, & attached holograph note initialed by Miller. [Pacific Palisades: c.1970's]. An interesting essay on sex, Penthouse Magazine, and women's liberation, Miller writes, "It does seem ridiculous to me that there should be so much writing about sex, how to do it or not do it, and so on. It is like going to kindergarten all over again. And the sex novels by women are of little consequence, it seems to me. By now we all know how to fuck, how to make the most of it. We don't need women doctors, psychologists, educators, to tell us how to go about it. It doesn't require much intelligence to be able to fuck well. But what we all need, and sorely, is to learn how to love..." The interview covers Miller's views on women and life. About fine. (200/300).
110. Miller, Henry. The World of Sex. Bound typescript. Preface by Harold Maine. Port. of Maine by David Fredenthal. Gilt-lettered red cloth. [New York & Topeka: 1951]. Preface & portrait signed by Maine. Five additional title pages of varied colors bound-in at rear. Fine. (200/300).
PHOTOCOPIES OF EARLY WRITINGS
111. Miller, Henry - Photocopies. 13 files of photocopies of letters & writings by Henry Miller to others, many early, unpublished & important. Various places: various dates. Letters are to Anaïs Nin (27 revealing pages containing his commentary on Nin's book in progress, D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study, a well as general notes on philosophy, local gossip,a few pages on his feelings about June, PerlŠs, and others, flirtation with Nin, etc., 1932), Charles Keeler (regarding Jack London's death, 1915), group of letters to "Karl" (regarding tailor bills when Miller worked for his father, a tailor, 1918), a couple to Karl Karsten (sending him Tropic of Cancer and discussing its popularity and his life in Paris, 1935), 2 letters between Miller & his father (the father for once begging for money from Henry, during the Depression years, 1937), complete photocopies holograph manuscript, bound, of Order and Chaos Chez Hans Reichel, 1937, and a few other photocopied items. A great group of early, revealing letters, possibly unpublished. (300/500).
PHOTOGRAPHS OF HENRY MILLER
112. Miller, Henry - Photograph. Original 9-3/4x7 black & white photograph of Miller relaxing, taken by Marianne Greenwood. N.p.: [c.1970]. Signed on verso by Greenwood, with caption about the photographer in Miller's hand above, "(Friend of Anaïs Nin)." Fine - an attractive image of Miller. (70/100).
113. Miller, Henry - Photographs. Group of 17 original black & white photographs of Miller reading & signing books, and the interior of London's Village Bookshop, where Miller did a reading. 8x10 or smaller. Various places: [c.1970's]. Fine. (100/150).
114. Miller, Henry - Photographs. Group of 24 original photographs (some color, some black & white) of Henry Miller with others, incl. Anaïs Nin, Lawrence Durrell & Richard Aldington, Eve Miller, Hans Reitzel, Michel Simon, Lawrence Clark Powell, Mezz Mezzrow, Cyprian Ekweasi, B. Schatz, Beauford Delaney (in Paris), and others (some unidentified). Various places: [c.1953-1970's]. A few of the photographs (with Nin & Powell, for instance) are stills taken during the filming of Robert Snyder's The Henry Miller Odyssey. Very good to fine - a nice group. (300/500).
115. Miller, Henry - Photographs. Two original 8x10 black & white photographs of Henry Miller seated in front of his graffitied wall in his art studio at his home. One taken by Mario Casilli, 1963 (used in Playboy Magazine); the other by K. Plotin, 1967 (used in Nova Magazine). [Pacific Palisades: 1963 & 1967]. Both captioned on versos by Miller. Fine - attractive images of Miller in front of his artwork - the wall has considerably more added to it in the later photograph. (150/250).
116. Miller, Henry - Photographs. 21 original photographs (color and black & white) of Henry Miller & 16 black & white snapshots of his home in Big Sur. 8x10 or smaller. Various places: [1962-1978]. The group includes a photograph of Miller with Lawrence Durrell (with 1 other man), Miller with his son, Tony, and a great 8x10 color photograph by Robert Blaisdell of Miller pensively seated, enjoying a cigarette, taken in 1976. Some photographs are duplicates. (200/300).
117. Miller, Henry - Photographs. 5 original 8x10 black & white photographs of Henry Miller with his bicycle at the beach, taken by Peter Gowland. Santa Monica & Pacific Palisades: 1966. Three labeled on versos by Henry Miller (initialed by him), 1 (of 2 identical shots from a distance of Miller on his bike on the beach) inscribed & signed in pink pen by Miller on recto in French. The photographs of Miller are particularly good, Miller looking very cool in sunglasses, cap, tweeds, & smoking a cigarette. Two with adhesion residue from album to versos, else about fine. (200/300).
118. Miller, Henry - Photographs. 4 original 7x5 black & white photographs of Henry Miller standing in front of a Paris movie theater with film stills of Japanese women, labeled by him in ink on versos. [Paris: 1969]. Fine. (150/250).
119. Miller, Henry - Photographs. 4 original 8x10 black & white photographs of an aged Henry Miller at a dinner party. N.p.: [c.1970's]. Fine. (70/100).
120. Miller, Henry - Photographs. Large folder containing MANY photographs of Miller's numerous girlfriends, incl. several nudes & lingerie shots. Some include Miller. Various places: 1935-1975. Most inscribed on versos to Miller or captioned by him on versos. Subjects include Erica Jong, Renate Gerhardt, Tullah Hanley, Flo Dudley, Sarah Goldberg, Zofia, Fumiko Kurimoto, Sandra Scott, Lisa Lu, Minroo Javan, June Lancaster, Maggie Lidchi, Grace Oyama, Mara Guimaraes, Elke Sommer (!), Cleo Usher, Letitia Roman, Susanna Cramer, Janie Wald, Jennifer Jones (taken by Roddy McDowall, 1966), Brenda Venus, etc. Quite a selection. (300/500).
121. Photographs - Miller, Henry with others. Group of photographs of Henry Miller with other people, 1964-1979. Various places: various dates. Group of photographs includes: 1 of Miller with Buddy Hackett, 1969; 2 with Alice (Mrs. Peter) Gowland, 1966; 2 of Miller with a group of friends at a restaurant, c.1960's; 1 in color of Miller with Anaïs Nin from Henry Miller Odyssey, 1970; 1 of Miller with Lawrence Clark Powell from Henry Miller Odyssey, 1970; 1 of Miller with his wife Hoki, in Paris, from Henry Miller Odyssey, 1970; 1 of Miller with Miller with Robert Snyder (director of Henry Miller Odyssey), 1971; 2 of Miller with former political prisoners Doan Van Toai & Nguyen-Huu-Hieu, Feb. 5, 1979; 1 of Miller with Japanese friends, 1971; 6 black & white of Miller with a friend in his studio, 1964. A fine group. (300/500).
ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE XERXES SOCIETY, 1910
122. Xerxes Society. Original oval photograph of the Xerxes Society ( aclub made up of several like-minded young male contemporaries), 1910, including their secretary, Henry Miller. Taken by Pedlar's Photo Studio, Brooklyn (with their stamp to verso), in original glassine envelope with photographer stamp. Together with: Copy photograph of the same, with lenthy holograph note to verso by Miller; group of 3 printed alumni cards from the Xerxes Society, listing quotes from members, incl. Miller & certain others who were later represented by characters in Miller's The Rosy Crucifixion and possibly Tropic of Cancer (like William Dewar). One card illus. with reproduction photograph of the group, incl. a very young Henry Miller. Also with the club ribbon in fine condition, in a Nassau Nat'l. Bank, Brooklyn envelope. Brooklyn: 1910-12. Likely one of the earliest photographs known of Miller in his youth. Miller was the Secretary of the club, and there are long passages about the Xerxes Society in Plexus and The Books in My Life. Photograph is near fine with only mild silvering to edges; other material is in very good or better condition - rare early Miller ephemera. (1200/1800).