New York, NY, USA: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993. First Softcover Edition, Second Printing. Softcover. From the library of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, with his ownership signature. "The only biography Henry Miller ever wanted was the one he himself wrote in the brash, life-affirming fictions of The Tropic of Capricorn, The Tropic of Cancer, and The Rosy Crucifixion. But Robert Ferguson's new biography tells a different tale; for where the novels are..... More

San Francisco, CA: Colt Press, 1941. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. "This magnificent book about Greece is written by one of the finest and most astonishing writers of our time. Henry Miller, author of The Tropic of Cancer and The Tropic of Capricorn, is a New Yorker who has long lived in Paris. Today this great figure, following in the truly American tradition of (Walt) Whitman and (Thomas) Wolfe, is recognized..... More

New York, NY: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. "This space is invariably reserved for a brief discussion of a book's contents, with the aim in mind to inveigle and lure you, the hesitating purchaser, into buying it. The composition is generally referred to by people in the book business by the unattractive name of the "blurb." It is supposed to say a few interesting things about the..... More

London, England, UK: The Opus Press, 1943. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "When I write about Henry Miller, I am, obviously, telling you about him as he appears to me. What I say may or may not be true. It will be supported by quotations from his work, but then his work is voluminous, and what he says in one place may be different from what he says in another. Miller..... More

Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1945. Limited Second Edition. Hardcover. "Henry Miller is still more or less unknown to the general publics of England and America. It is not entirely his fault in spite of the fact that the proportion of so-called "unprintable" words employed in the construction of his three great books (Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn) is fairly high. It is, in fact, due entirely to..... More

Washington DC: Paycock Press, 1981. First Edition. Large-Format Softcover. “The first decent history I ever read on the local literary scene was Jack Foley’s “A Bank of Violets,” published in Aleph no. 1 in 1975. The piece was good at putting the 60s explosion of local magazines and literary presses into perspective, but hardly touched on what had gone before, save to trot out Walt Whitman, Charles Olson, Ezra Pound..... More

New York, NY, USA: Stroker, 1981. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner (1922-2004) features a "20 Page Henry Miller Section" (front cover, pgs. 20-39) with facsimile holograph letters from & to Miller (1891-1980, the great American author & artist whose earlier works were an influence & inspiration to the Beat Generation), facsimile typewritten Miller letters, an..... More

New York, NY: Stroker, 1986. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “I have not mentioned the real villain, the television set. This hypnotic form of idiocy really has the country by the balls. Our television, or the fare offered, is both the best and the worst. Anything for a buck, as the saying goes. And it is in front of these sets that our youth receives its real education. Over a hundred..... More

New York, NY, USA: Thomas Birchard & Irving Stettner, 1986. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner (1922-2004) features transcripts of two vintage-1979 letters to Stettner by Henry Miller (1891-1980), the great American author & artist whose earlier works were an influence & inspiration to the Beat Generation, with one of the letters also printed in autograph..... More

Shavertown, PA: Stroker Magazine, 1993. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil. As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. Indeed, life is a...... More

New York, NY, USA: Stroker, 1981. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner (1922-2004) features (as does almost every issue in this series) several contributions by Henry Miller (1891-1980), the great American author & artist whose earlier works were an influence & inspiration to the Beat Generation ("An Open Letter to Stroker!" incl. facsimile drawing, pgs. 16-20;..... More

New York, NY, USA: Stroker, 1980. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & Signed by Donald Jackson Kerr. Inscribed & Signed by Donald Jackson Kerr. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner (1922-2004) features a short piece of prose & a portfolio of black-&-white reproductions of four watercolor artworks by Henry Miller (1891-1980), the celebrated American author & artist whose earlier works..... More

New York, NY, USA: Stroker, 1980. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner is a "Henry Miller Commemorative Issue" (front cover), the first since his passing just-earlier in the year of publication to pay tribute to the great American author & artist whose earlier works were influential & inspiring to the Beat Generation. With a frontispiece photograph..... More