Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
Augustine Birrell
Works by Henry Miller
Black Spring
This is a rare, first printing of Black Spring was published by Obelisk Press in Paris in 1936. Due to obscenity laws, it was not published in the US until 1963. Considered, by the author, to be the best of all his works written in the years lived in Paris.
Into the Night Life
An innovation for both the art and publishing worlds, this fine, first edition copy is signed by both the writer and artist. Israeli artist, Bezalel Schatz met Henry Miller while living in California. The two become friends and collaborators. The artist Man Ray noted that “I have never encountered such smooth cooperation…” about the two men.
Maurizius forever
This is the Colt Press (San Francisco) 1946 publication, limited to 500 copies, with drawings by Miller and with his signature at the front of the book.