Various Henry Miller (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated including nudes. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps with moderate wear with tears and minor chips taken from the edges; interior end pages stained; pages dusty; no previous inscriptions. Stated first printing. Miller reference from Shifreen & Jackson B185a.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Special Limited Edition, numbered 16 of 750 first printing. Light gray boards with black and red lettering and illustration; uncommon with DJ nicely in archival wraps. DJ with likeness of Miller by Ferdnand Leger; multi-colored paper. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered on inside end page; DJ with pieces taken from the edges, especially to rear panel. Ref. B29a of Shifreen & Jackson bibliography. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.64. Publisher's card wraps, stapled. Illustrated with colour lithographs by Graham Sutherland who also provides the illustration for the cover. Undated but 1943. Neat ownership to inside of front cover, toned to edges. Covers split and detached along the spine. Very good.…

First Edition. [Modern Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2]; 128; [2]. Publishers black half morocco, blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and two raised bands to spine, silver illustration to front board. In-text and full page illustrations throughout by various artists, illustrated frontispiece and title-page. Some light scuffing to blue cloth. Near fine. 'A Night with Jupiter and Other Fantasies' is one of the Bleiler-listed strange tales. Bleiler is particularly struck by 'White Rabbits' which he describes as a 'creepy little tale' about a couple who feed rabbits rotten meat and then eat them.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The scarce full works of the Country Year Book bound in one, with beautiful hand coloured plates. Early edition of The Country Year Book Descriptive of the Seasons, Rural Scenes and Rustic Amusements, Birds, Insects, and Quadrupeds in the original publisher's cloth binding.By Thomas Miller.A scarce work with only one copy held institutionally.Originally published in 1847 in two separate volumes, 'Autumn and Winter' and 'Spring and Summer'. This edition has all four seasons bound together in one work. Undated, dated through Jisc and the copy held at the University of Cambridge.With in-text engravings throughout by Henry Vizetelly and others.Includes five hand coloured plates, one at the beginning of each season, and four decorative title pages in colour for each season. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some wear to the cloth in these areas. The spine is slightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot and light age toning. Very Good. Henry Vizetelly; Various (illustrator). book.…

Also contains a funeral oration upon the death of Alexander Hamilton by John M. Mason. The Mason, Ogden, and Alsop items lack the title pages and preliminaries. The first two leaves of the Mason oration are damaged with some loss. weight: 1.0 lb. Good, spine worn and hinges split but still attached. 8vo., 21x12.4 cm. Contemporary quarter brown leather over marbled boards, red spine label. …