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Why Abstract?
New York, NY: J. Laughlin, 1945. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards with blue spine lettering 100 pp. "'Why abstract?' That is the question constantly put to modern painters by laymen astonished by the trends of modern art. Hilaire Hiler, himself an abstract painter and a color theorist, answers that question in..... More
Why abstract?
New York: G. Wittenborn, 1962. Revised. Softcover. Cream iwraps with gold label on front cover. 66 pages : illustrations. Gold label printed in black on front cover, reading: Revised edition. Collectors copy (500 ltd.)--Feb. 1962. [signed] Hilaire Hiler. More
The Ineffable Frances Steloff: a Photographic Visit By Herta Hilscher-Wittgenstein
Chicago: Swallow Press, 1976. Paperback. Navy wraps with white lettering. 62 pp. BW illustrations. Photo essay by Herta Hilscher-Wittgenstein of Frances Steloff, founder of the Gotham Book Mart. Comments by Anais Nin and Henry Miller. Invitation to book party laid in. More
Der Engel ist mein Wasserzeichen: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen
Koln: DuMont, 1961. Hardbound. Color illustrated boards. 40 pp., with 12 mounted color plates and some bw photographs as well. Text is all in German. Nice book featuring Miller's works and an introduction written by him when in Big Sur, California. In addition to the Passepartouts in which each picture..... More
Reflections on the Death of Mishima
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1972. Hardcover. Cream and illus. paper boards, brown cloth spine with cream paper title block on spine, 50 pp., 1 BW illus. Henry Miller''s essay about Japanese author and film maker Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), as well as appealing aspects of Japanese culture overall. SIGNED BY MILLER..... More
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Firenze: Zincografica Fiorentina, 1956. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Original black wraps with large, white lettering and big, red circle, bound into brown library buckram with gilt lettering on spine. 8 pp. text followed by CXXII bw plates and the index of plates and photographers. A bit heavy at 5 pounds, as..... More
The Photographic History of the Civil War (10 Volumes)
1911. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Photographs. Contents: v.1. The opening battles / contributors, William H. Taft, Henry Wysham Lanier, Eben Swift, French E. Chadwick, George Haven Putnam, Marcus J. Wright, Henry W. Elson, James Barnes -- v.2. Two years of grim war..... More
Les Amis Parisiens de Henry Miller
Paris: Centre Culturel Americain, 1971. Softbound. Greenish designed overwraps. 8 loose sheets are laid in, including a color portrait of Miller by Beauford-Delaney and a reproduction of a holographic letter written by Miller dated December, 1971. The container for these sheets is produced as to mimic a composition folder with..... More
Order and Chaos Chez Hans Reichel
Tucson, Arizona: Loujon Press, 1966. Hardcover. white textured boards w/ blue illustration. 101 pgs. illustrated parchment dustjacket. illustrated papered slipcase. Opening pages are cork and woven, textured stocked with deckled edges. Text pages printed on an equally woven, cotton-like textured stock. Interior covers has a portrait of Henry Miller with..... More
To Paint Is To Love Again
Alhambra, California: Cambria Books, 1960. Softcover. black wraps w/ white, grey & red printing; back wrap illustrations. 62 pgs w/ 14 color plates. Interior clean and bright. Plates remain vivid. Textblock remains fairly tightly bound. More