May 17, 2007 - Sale 2114

Sale 2114 - Lot 445

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MILLER, HENRY. The Colossus of Maroussi * Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch. Together, 2 volumes. First is 4to, 1/4 linen over floral boards, spine label scuffed; endpapers toned. Though unstated, it is one of 100 copies signed by miller. * Second with photographic illustrations. 8vo, orange cloth, few light spots; dust jacket, price-clipped, some edgewear. San Francisco, 1941; New York, (1957)

Additional Details

big sur inscribed by miller to a friend: "Gil Modarelli--at last in Big Sur! Henry Miller 10/29/59" and beneath, a signed addendum by the book's dedicatee and Miller's dear friend and founder of the Miller Library in Big Sur, Emil White,: "Got my first insight into Judo from Gil. Emil White."