The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder (SIGNED)

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1948. 1st. Hardcover. 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.