Miller, Henry; Fowlie, Wallace

Letters of Henry Miller and Wallace Fowlie (1943-1972)

ISBN: 0394497376
New York, NY: Grove Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. "The thirty years of correspondence between Henry Miller, regarded by many as the greatest living American writer, and Wallace Fowlie, the distinguished literary scholar, critic, and translator, reveals the interplay of two extraordinary minds whose tastes and judgments in literature have left a lasting impression on our age...The letters reflect the shared enthusiasm of both correspondents for the writers they love- Rimbaud, Anais Nin, (Andre) Gide, and many more- their mutual deep nostalgia for prewar Paris, personal crises suffered and surmounted." (from front & rear flaps) The collected correspondence over three eventful decades between Henry Miller (1891-1980), the great American writer & artist whose earlier works were an influential precedent for the Beat Generation; & Wallace Fowlie (1908-1998), the acclaimed American author, translator & academician. With an Introduction by Fowlie & an appendix of miscellaneous writings & compiled quotes. Hardcover in unclipped first-issue dust jacket (with $9.50 price printed at front flap), first edition, first printing as stated on copyright page. Shifreen & Jackson, A195, pgs. 440-441. An exemplary production of Barney Rosset's fabled Grove Press; an insightful & rewarding Miller-Fowlie collectible in its (apparently singular) rarest original form. Book in fine-verging-on-very-fine condition with only a bit of rubbing to black-cloth front, back covers & spine (copper-gilt letters & graphics at spine completely bright & intact); a touch of wear incl. a few tiny areas of fading at edges & corners of same; publisher's small red remainder mark stamp at lower edge of text block near spine; slight bending of spine toward front. Interior very fine with only very slight browning to blank white paste-downs & endpapers; otherwise substantially mint. Dust jacket relatively good-to-near-fine with mild-to-moderate rubbing, browning, scratching & occasional spotting to front, back covers, spine & flaps; mild wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same incl. a few tiny chips & short, mostly closed tears with minimal loss of paper, surface paper. Fine- Very Fine / Good- Near Fine. [Item #5835]

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