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Henry Miller

Black Spring, The Cosmological Eye and Others

1938 - 1953

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Description

Set of Milleriana including his second book, Black Spring, his most important short prose writings, The Cosmological Eye and Plexus, the core volume in The Rosy Crucifixion series.

  • Sold as a set of 4.
  • Henry Miller (American).


Black Spring.

Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938.

Octavo.

Second printing.

Bound in original blue and white printed wrappers.


The Cosmological Eye.

Norfolk: New Directions, 1939.

Octavo.

Signed and dated on the flyleaf.

Bound in original beige linen cloth with printed illustration of eye on upper board.


Plexus.

Paris: The Olympia Press, 1953.

Octavo.

2 volumes.

Number 1,255 of 2,000 numbered editions.

Bound in original orange printed wrappers.


This item is final sale and not eligible for return.

Provenance

José García Villa

Condition Report

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Black Spring:

Edges rough-trimmed and pages toned.

Wrappers rubbed with a few creases, with small closed tears to tail and rear panel.


The Cosmological Eye:

A few very small marginal annotations in pencil.

Dust jacket torn and in several fragments with panels disconnected and laid in.

Endpapers browned especially at hinges, spine browned, edges toned.


Plexus:

Some rubbing at extremities, one or two spots to edges, off-setting from wrappers to free endpapers.

Volume 1 bumped at head and with some creasing browning to wrappers.

Feature(s)

Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Novels, Americana

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