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Miller, Henry | A collection of six works

Lot 71
08.12.2023 12:00UTC -05:00
Classic
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$ 1 270
AuctioneerSotheby´s
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1111106
Lot 71 | Miller, Henry | A collection of six works
Estimate value
$ 1 000 – 1 500
Miller, Henry
A collection of six works

Lot includes: Sunday After the War. Norfolk: New Directions, [1944]. 8vo. Publisher’s tan cloth, spine lettered in dark red. Original unclipped dust jacket; some small marginal chips, spine toned. First edition, first issue. — Why Abstract? New York: New Directions, 1945. Gray cloth covered boards; patch of water damage and discoloration to rear cover. Dust jacket; marginal creasing, particularly to rear cover, some small marginal chips and tears. First Edition. — The Rosy Crucifixion. 2 volumes, 8vo. Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1949. Green cloth, some barely discernable wear. Limited edition, no. 357 of 3000. — Tropic of Cancer. New York: Grove Press, (1961). Original cloth over boards; minor bumps at edges. Dust jacket; rear cover lightly soiled, some small marginal tears. First American Edition, trade issue, first Grove Press printing. — The Nightmare Notebook. New York: New Directions Publishing Corp, 1975. 8vo. Green cloth, paper spine label. Glassine dust wrapper; toned, some small marginal tears. Limited edition, no. 351 of 700. — Love Between the Sexes. New York: Greenwich Books, 1978. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's string bound illustrated wrappers; upper cover sunned. First edition, no. 64 of 276 copies signed by the author.

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