Sextet: Six Essays

London: John Calder, 1980. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first UK edition of this collection of essays by noted American writer, Henry Miller, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A collection of six important essays by American author Henry Miller, including 'On Turning Eighty', 'Reflections on the Death of Mishima', 'First Impressions of Greece', 'The Waters Reglitterized', 'Reflections on the Maurizius Case', and 'Mother, China and the World Beyond'.The first UK edition of this work, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. Written by Henry Miller, an important American novelist who created a new literary form, the semi-autobiographical novel that incorporates character study, reflection, literary criticism, and stream of consciousness. He was the author of controversial works that contained vivid depictions and descriptions of sex and sexuality, including Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a small amount of bumping to the extremities and light fading to the cloth at the head of the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is lovely, with just some light shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine