Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Shelf wear to binding on corners, edges & spine. Light wear & soiling on boards & edges of text block. Previous owners name on ffep. Text and images unmarked.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Miller,Henry. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. Duell,Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$14.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: his book was designed by Merle Armitage. Essay titled: About Henry Miller by Edwin Corle. A fair copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine. Spine split an inch or so at top and bottom, slight fraying, also boards rubbed and worn at the edges and corners. The title-page has an abrasion on the blue background. 9" high X 6" wide, 124 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Henry Miller. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder & About Henry Miller. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1948.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Poor jacket with chips, tears and soiling, covered in a clear protective cover, spine is lightly cocked, wear to the bottom edge from shelving, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight. Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975!
Seller: Royal Oak Bookshop, Front Royal, VA, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Merle Armitage Book.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, with remains of removed labels on back cover and bottom of front cover near spine; rubber stamps on the endpapers; internally clean and tight. A reading copy only.
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dark blue, tan and red paper over boards with gilt titles black cloth spine, red and white striped endpapers, no jacket, 8vo. 125pp. Illustrations by various modern artists throughout on card pages. Includes "About Henry Miller" by Edwin Corle. VG-. Light rubbing with ,oderate soil to boards with colors and titles still strong and clear. Surface loss to lower corners with fraying at upper front corner with board just exposed at tip. Upper corners bumped. Enpapers bright with light soil. Binding tight and square though some play to spine cloth. Pages bright and unmarked.
Seller: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. The Smile At The Foot Of The Ladder. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tattered DJ laid in.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Henry Miller. The Smile At The Foot Of The Ladder. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later printing. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight, mild bump to top rear corner with faint soil spot to front else boards straight and clean; small pencil erasure to rear paste down with 1/2" crease to bottom corner one page else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($ 5) has slight soiling with minor bumping and chipping to mostly spine and flap fold ends, 1 1/4" closed tear to bottom front cover. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Illustrations by Chagall, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rouault, Klee, Picasso, De Segonzac. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
MILLER, Henry. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, NY, 1948.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: Tight, clean copy of this book bound in blue cloth and colorful, artsy boards. A book about a clown. Previous owner's neat inscription on second free endpaper. Dust jacket shows some overall moderate soiling and a chip or two (nothing major). A most acceptable copy of the true first edition in a decent dust jacket. 125 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
MILLER, Henry. THE SMILE AT THE FOOT OF THE LADDER. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, NY, 1948.
Price: US$47.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 124. With illustrations by various artists and a facsimile of the corrected typescript. Blue and tan paper over boards, with cloth spine, printed in blue and red. Cover worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w VG. Includes drawings by Klee, Picasso, de Segonzac, Chagall, Rouault, and Toulouse-Lautrec.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 124pp. Minor shelf wear to bottom edge, else very good clean & sound condition / sun darkened dust jacket has a few small edge tears and chips
Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fabulous example of Merle Armitage's ability to bring together writer, artists, and publisher in an exciting production that goes well beyond the text. First Printing. 124 pp. 8vo. Yellow and orange dust jacket with minor some wear and soiling, small chips and closed tears at edges, 3/4 triangle missing from the head of the front panel next to spine, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Boards are printed paper with black cloth spine and gold embossed titling; light scuffing to foot of front board from shelf wear. Striking red striped endpapers make a fabulous entrypoint to a volume that also showcases illustrations of works by Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Rouault, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Dunoyer de Segonzac. Clean and tight within. [Purcell 73].
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Henry Miller. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1948.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo in 1/4 black cloth on blue and tan cloth, spine title in gilt, front board title in blue and red, endpapers in orange and white stripes, top edge stained red. Binding tight and square, small ding to the bottom edge, heavy shelf wear to the bottom edges. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, corners rubbed, shallow chipping at the spine ends, spine mildly sunned.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.65 + shipping
Description: Illustrations by Chagall, Klee, Picasso and others. Facsimile of two page of the authors corrected typescript Lettering on spine dull and corners just a little bruised, otherwise a very nice copy in worn and chipped dust-wrapper; neat ownership inscription on front paste-down end-paper hidden beneath front fold-in of dust-wrapper Quarter black cloth, gilt, printed paper-covered boards
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 124pp. "A clown is a poet in action," Henry Miller states. The book text was written for Fernand Leger to accompany a series of illustrations on clowns and circuses. Miller's insights about our clown parsonas are thought-provoking. Minor edge and corner wear. Jacket has a few tears of about an inch in length, also some chips and curling at top and bottome. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
MILLER, Henry.. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder.. NY: Duell, Sloan & Perce (1948)., 1948.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 124 pp. Bookplate affixed to front paste-down (partially covered by the front flap), else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with some wear to the crown of spine, which is a bit tanned. Shifreen & Jackson A66a.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good, no dust jacket, very slight wear at edges of binding. This book is designed by Merle Armitage. Illustrated with circus and clown drawings by Klee, Picasso, Chagall, Rouault, Toulouse-Lautrec, de Segonzac and 2 facsimile pages of this manuscript. 1st edition / 1st printing. Hard Cover. 125pp. 16 x 23. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp. (125), (3). 8 vo. Title printed in red, blue and black. Drawings inserted and in text, including a reproduction of two pages of the manuscript. Illustrated with circus and clown drawings by Klee, Picasso, Chagall, Rouault, Toulouse-Lautrec, de Segonz. Attractive binding - blue and tan boards, backed in gilt lettered cloth. Red and white striped end papers. Original dust jacket in orange, yellow and blue; price partially clipped. Designed by Merle Armitage; printed under the supervision of M. A. Johnson. Though the dust jacket is somewhat soiled and torn, it is still attractive. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W41 Language: eng
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$97.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus. by Klee, Picasso, Chagall, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc., 9 x 6", gilt-lettered cloth backed boards, 125pp, extremities bumped and worn, pp toned, old ink inscription from former owner (".I like Henry Miller and you like clowns!") on front blank, in a rubbed, edge-worn/torn, darkened, edge-chipped, lightly waterstained dustjacket. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder (SIGNED). Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 124pp. Designed by Merle Armitage. "About Henry Miller" by Edwin Corle. Illustrations by Chagall, Picasso, Lautrec, Klee, Rouault, and de Segonzac. Blue and tan printed boards with black cloth spine. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION "To ---/Greetings!/Henry Miller." Spine cloth separated along rear joint and partially separated along front joint; fading to spine letters; minor wear to extremities; lower rear corner bumped; faint moisture staining to boards; owner name; a very good copy. Henry Miller was a unique writer, painter and "liver of life". This Merle Armitage designed book about a clown reflects Mr. Miller's philosophy - "A clown is a poet in action.He is the story which he enacts." All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry.. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder.. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Merle Armitage Book. A Fine copy in black cloth spine over tan and blue paper covered boards, red and white striped endpapers, in a Very Good dull orange and yellow dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with mild wear, toning mostly confined to spine panel, two short closed tears, and minor edgewear. Includes Edwin Corle's introductory essay "About Henry Miller" and several color illustrations printed on heavier paper. 125pp. Q04798
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. The Smile At the Foot of the Ladder. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1948.
Price: US$114.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover first edition is near fine. Jacket is toned and has extensive insect damage. Signed by Miller to second front free endpage. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$119.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION, first printing, near new condition. Quarter black cloth with gilt lettering on the sine, light wear to the bottom, striped endpapers. This book was published in March in a printing of 5, 000 copies. All the text of the book is in blue ink except for the text on the title page, which is blue and orange. The illustration are in either blue, red or green ink. Picture of the Author taped onto the inside of the verso of front free endpage. Overall a EXCELLENT book. An excellent gift Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Henry Miller.. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder.. New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce., 1948.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Multi-colored printed boards with black cloth spine. In a red and beige printed dj. A Merle Armitage book, with the typical look. SIGNED and dated 9/26/48 by Henry Miller on the title-page. The mylar-protected dj is chipped, and is missing a square inch piece at the upper fore-edge and lesser pieces at a couple of other spots. Fine/fair. Language: eng
Seller: Tom Davies Rare Books, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$131.60 + shipping
Description: 194 S. Mit 5 Illustrationen nach Klee, Picasso, Chagall, Rouault u. Toulouse-Lautrec u. 2 faks. Manuskriptseiten. Original-Halbleinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Erste Ausgabe. - Umschlag gebräunt und mit kl. Randläsuren. Gewicht (Gramm): 588
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Miller, Henry. Smile At the Foot of the Ladder. Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 124 pp. Illustrations. Signed by Henry Miller, Big Sur, California. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, edgewear, else very good copy. (74517).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
MILLER, Henry. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. Duell Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. "About Henry Miller: Edwin Corle." Half black cloth, tan and brown papercovered boards with blue and orange print. Modest edgewear, still near fine in a good only dustwrapper with some loss and chipping to the extremities. Well known art collector Elizabeth H. Paepcke's copy with her Signed bookplate affixed to the front fly along with a contemporary handwritten inscription and a small animal drawing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 124pp. Signed "Henry Miller Big Sur, California" on second free endpage, a Merle Armitage book, "About Henry Miller" by Edwin Corle. Black cloth spine, blue/tan paper over boards, red/cream endpages. DJ edges and spine sundarkened, 1/2" and 1/4" tears and small chips at top edge, a few chips at bottom edge, and a 3/8" tear at bottom front (in mylar protector). Corners of book and bottom edge a little rubbed, internally very crisp and clean.; 6 1/4 x 9 "; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. THE SMILE AT THE FOOT OF THE LADDER. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1948.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Publisher Merle Armitage's Presentation Copy To The Great "Artist Of The Book", E. McKnight-Kauffer With A Follow-Up Inscription McKnight-Kauffer. First Edition. 8vo. Original printed boards, black cloth, spine printed in gilt somewhat rubbed & faded & worn at the tips, top edge marked & lacking the dustwrapper. With Printed photographs of Miller, Durrell & Perles pasted to ffe. Notwithstanding condition issues, A great PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION on the second prelim: "To E. McKnight-Kauffer, Xmas, 1948 from Merle Armitage - further inscribed by Kauffer, to Virginia McCrolan, dated 2/ 18/49 Shifreen & Jackson A66a. A Nice Association Copy.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada