MILLER, HENRY. Insomnia, or the Devil At Large. Folio. Suite of 12 lithographed broadside reproductions of Miller's watercolors, frontispiece portrait of Henry Miller by Paul Giovanopoulos not included in the regular issues (number 10 of 30 signed in pencil by the artist in the margin), and special colophon/title leaf with clear acetate overlay, laid loose as issued. 4to, illustrated spiralbound book in decorated linen-backed foil wrapper, fine; housed in publisher's folding orange cloth clamshell box (shallow vertical incision through center of front cover). Albuquerque, NM: Loujon Press, (1970) [1971]
first edition, deluxe issue, one of twenty copies specially cased and distributed as a memorial fund-raiser for co-publisher jon edgar webb. With a manuscript note by Mrs. Jon E. Webb ("Gypsy Lou") stating her wish to use the sales proceeds from these 20 set-aside copies towards a memorial page in The Village Voice, and a specially printed title leaf for the portfolio. The book bears the "Edition G" stamp and is one of 385 copies, Signed by Miller and dated 1 May 1970. Book and plates in fine condition with virtually no evidence of handling. The last significant book production from the famous New Orleans (later Albuquerque) publisher.
