signed first edition Wraps
1981 · Santa Barbara, California
by Miller, Henry
Santa Barbara, California: Capra Press, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Inscribed by Twinka Thiebaud to Dr. Robert Macy on the half-title, with a autograph letter signed by Thiebaud to Macy laid in. Macy was a Southern California osteopath who owned a second home in Big Sur, where he befriended Henry Miller, Alan Watts, and other writers and artists. Posthumously published collection of Miller's dinnertime reminiscences about the people, events, and concepts that shaped his extraordinary life, as faithfully recorded by his friend and housekeeper, Twinka Thiebaud. Octavo: 128 p. with textual photographs. Original pictorial paper wrappers. Offsetting from old newspaper clippings to the front endpaper. The wraps are a little toned; else very good.
(Inventory #: 75820)