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Henry Miller. The Books in My Life. New Directions, 1952.
Price: US$198.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. SIGNED by Miller on ffep. Undated. Early, perhaps a first edition but not a first printing (photos printed rather than tipped in). Chipping at top of jacket, minor foxing to spine. Some foxing to textblock. Pages clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
MILLER, Henry.. The Books in My Life.. New Directions, [Norfolk; New York], 1952.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 323 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth. First edition; first issue with four tipped-in photographs. Light staining to the cloth; tight and sound. A presentation copy with a full-page inscription from Henry Miller (signed "Henry") to poet and translator Hugh [Chisholm], who is listed in Appendix III as one who supplied Miller with Books. A small dampstain at the lower left corner of the front free endpaper slightly affects one word of the inscription (not the signature).
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. The Books in My Life. New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1952.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Norfolk, CT: New Directions, [1952]. First American edition, signed by author on FFE, NF/G+.
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Henry Miller. The Books in My Life [SIGNED]. New Directions Book, Ireland, 1952.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: 22 x 14 cm. Octavo. 323pp. Grey boards in dust jacket. Signed by Miller on the title page. Jacket flaps are clipped; original price of $5.00 still present. Two small chips to the jacket at the flap creases. This is the first edition, second issue, which lacks the photographs, and has a different table of contents from the first issue. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
MILLER, Henry. The Books in My Life. A New Directions Book, 1952.
Price: US$446.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo (22 cm), 323 pp, 4 illustrations. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj torn at the head of the spine with small part missing, corners slightly scuffed). First edition. Inscribed by Henry Miller to Polish translator Zygmunt Łanowski, "a dear friend", 10/3/56. From the blurb: "Some writers have attempted to conceal the literary influences which helped to shape their thinking -- but not Henry Miller. In this unique work he has made an utterly candid and self-revealing journey back into memory, sharing with us the thrills of new discovery that a lifetime of wide reading has brought to a keen curious and questioning mind."
Seller: Leopolis, Kraków, Poland
Miller, Henry. The Books in My Life. New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1952.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 323 pages. First edition, first state with the four black & white photos present. The book was a joint venture between New Directions & Peter Owens in London & it was printed in Ireland. Miller reveals his favorite books & authors. The three appendices deal with the 100 books that influenced him and the ones he still intends to read. Miller has written a long inscription on the first sheet about his neighbor in Big Sur. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a 1/2" chip to the bottom spine edge. A beautiful & unique book!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.