Black Book, The
Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. First printing thus. Wraps. Traveller's Companion Series No. 77. 12mo, 301 pp.Spine lightly creased, wrappers unevenly sunned, pages tanned. Jacket sunned, edgeworn, with chip at head of spine.
Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. First printing thus. Wraps. Traveller's Companion Series No. 77. 12mo, 301 pp.Spine lightly creased, wrappers unevenly sunned, pages tanned. Jacket sunned, edgeworn, with chip at head of spine.
New York: Dutton, 1967. First edition. Cloth. 8vo, 48 pp. Head and heel of spine lighlty bumped, foxing to page edges and endpapers. Jacket rubbed, edgeworn, foxed.
New York: Viking Press, 1975. First U.S. edition. Boards. 8vo, 305 pp. Spine faded and gently creased, head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped, edges of boards and page edges sunned, a few page corners turned. Jackety priceclipped, sunned, lightly dustsoiled, edgeworn.
London: Faber and Faber, 1970. First edition. Cloth. 8vo, 282 pp. Light bottom edge shelfwear, page edges tanned and a bit dusty. Jacket lightly sunned and edgeworn.
New York: Dutton, 1970. First American edition. Boards. 8vo, 318 pp. Spine cocked, page edges a bit tanned and dusty. Jacket sunned, edgeworn.
New York: Viking Press, 1984. First U.S. edition. Boards. 8vo, 202 pp. Top edge dusty, jacket slightly sunned.
London: Putnam, 1959. First edition. Cloth. 8vo, 63 pp. Minor sunning to page edges and edges of jacket.
New York: Dutton, 1961. First edition. Boards. 8vo, 62 pp. Light foxing to top edge, otherwise FIne. Jacket a bit edgeworn, foxed mainly at rear panel.
Santa Barbara: Capricorn, 1971. First edition. Wraps. Wide 8vo, 23 pp., illus. Designed and printed by Noel Young with page illustrations taken from Gustave Dore's engravings. Cover illustration by the author. Wrappers sunned, unevenly faded, and edgeworn, with light superficial insect damage visible at rear; corners lightly bumped, page edges.....
New York: 1945. Wraps. 8vo, 64 pp. Wrappers worn, chipped and stained, pages tanned. Contributors include Lawrence Durrell, alexander Blok and Paul Rosenfeld.
Paris: Shakespeare & Co., 1967. Staplebound wraps. 4to, 31 pp., illus. Wrappers a bit sunned, foxed, handled and edgeworn; page edges sunned, corners lightly bumped.
New York: New Directions, 1969. Second printing. Wraps. 8vo, 397 pp. Inscribed and signed by author. From the collection of Pierre Sicari, HM's firend and barber, and an important Miller collector. "For Pierre-- who needs no Introduction to my work! Henry Miller, 27/1/72." Wrappers rubbed and edgeworn with light scuffing.....
Berkeley: Printed for Bern Porter by the Packard Press, 1945. Limited edition. Boards. One of 750 copies bound for distribution in 1945 (no. 69). Tall 8vo, 157 pp. Includes Chronology and Bibliography. Laid in are the July 1954 issue of Guilde du Livre (complete) with a Miller article, "Litterature et.....
New York: 1956. Staplebound Wraps. Wide 8vo, 64 pp. Cover illustration by Stuart Davis. Dampstain to wrappers and bottom edge also affecting bottom page margins.
New York: 1956. Staplebound Wraps. Wide 8vo, 48 pp. Cover illustration by Alexander Calder. Wrappers sunned and lightly dustsoiled, very light rippling to some bottom page margins.