signed first edition
1957 · New York
by Miller, Henry
New York: New Directions, 1957. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Inscribed by Henry Miller to Monterey attorney and good friend of John Steinbeck Webster "Toby" Street, signed and dated 8/19/58. First edition. (Distinguished from later printings by lack of printing statement on jacket flap. Shifreen & Jackson A105a.) (xii), 404 pp. Original orange cloth lettered in black. Very Good+ with sunned spine cloth in Very Good worn and edge-rubbed dust jacket, small tear in front panel top edge, price intact. An autobiographical account of living in the Big Sur area by the taboo-busting American author.
(Inventory #: 140937850)