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ALWAYS MERRY AND BRIGHT: The Life of Henry Miller - An Unauthorized Biography
by Martin, Jay
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 088496082X
- ISBN 13
- 9780884960829
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and other material laid in. Signed by Jay Martin on the title page, with an autograph letter signed by Henry Miller on his Pacific Palisades letterhead and another by Jay Martin laid in. Miller writes, "No, I do not share your enthusiasm for Jay Martin's unauthorized biography. I told him not to write it. He adds nothing to rebut what I have written about myself except phony rumors, false imaginings, etc. etc." In his letter, Martin writes, "How nice of you to write about Always Merry and Bright - it's always good to hear from one of Henry's friends that the book rings true - most especially since Henry never believed that a faithful portrait of himself could be drawn..." Both letters are addressed to Dr. Robert Macy, a Southern California osteopath who owned a second home in Big Sur, where he befriended Henry Miller, Alan Watts, and other writers and artists. Octavo: [xv], 560 p. with textual photographs. Original red paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75795
- Title
- ALWAYS MERRY AND BRIGHT: The Life of Henry Miller - An Unauthorized Biography
- Author
- Martin, Jay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 088496082X
- ISBN 13
- 9780884960829
- Publisher
- Capra Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Literature, Literary Biography, Henry Miller, Paris, Expatriates
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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- Title Page
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- Publisher's Slip
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