Comprises: Max and the White Phagocytes. 324 pp. 9½x6. Original front wrapper cover bound in (chips, creases, tape repairs; archival repairing to original preliminary blank leaf).
[SALE NOTE]: This title is actually the second edition (or first post-war edition) [Shifreen & Jackson A19.c (not "a" as originally stated)]. Obelisk Press, [1945 (not 1938 as originally stated)]. * The Cosmological Eye. [Shifreen & Jackson A23.a]. New Directions, [1939]. * The World of Sex. 9½x6¼. 1 of 1000 copies. [Shifreen & Jackson A25.a-d: binding state unknown]. Privately printed John Henry Nash, [1941]. * The Colossus of Maroussi. . [Shifreen & Jackson A26.b-d: binding state unknown]. Colt Press, [1941]. * The Wisdom of the Heart. [Shifreen & Jackson A27.a]. New Directions, [1941]. * Sunday After the War. [Shifreen & Jackson A35.a]. New Directions, [1944]. * The Air-Conditioned Nightmare. [Shifreen & Jackson A50.a]. New Directions, [1945]. * Remember to Remember. Trimmed original front jacket flap, laid in. [Shifreen & Jackson A65.b: variant with Miller photo facing p. viii, etc.]. New Directions, [1947]. * The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. [Gilt spine states 1959, but is actually 1948]. [Shifreen & Jackson A66.a]. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, [1948]. * The Waters Reglitterized. No. 184 of 1000 copies. Original wrapper covers bound in. [Shifreen & Jackson A80.a]. John Kidis, 1950. * Tropic of Cancer. 1st Grove Trade Ed. [Shifreen & Jackson A9.ss]. Grove, [1961]. * Tropic of Capricorn. 1st Grove Ed. [Shifreen & Jackson A21.aa]. Grove, [1961, but 1962]. * Stand Still Like the Hummingbird. [Shifreen & Jackson A138.a]. New Directions, [1962]. * Lawrence Durrell & Henry Miller: A Private Correspondence. [Shifreen & Jackson A143.a]. Dutton, 1963. * Black Spring. 1st U.S. Ed. [Shifreen & Jackson A12.p]. Grove, [1963]. * The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus and Nexus. 3 vols. 1st Grove Eds. from cloth issues. [Shifreen & Jackson A76.x, A83.p & A120.k]. Housed together in custom cloth slipcase with paper spine label from original published source. Grove, [1965]. * Henry Miller in Conversation with Georges Belmont. 1st U.S. Ed. Signed by Miller on the title. [Shifreen & Jackson A171.c]. Quadrangle Books, 1972. * Insomnia or The Devil at Large. Illus. 10¾x8½. 3rd Ed. [but 1st Doubleday trade Ed.]. [Shifreen & Jackson A175.k]. [Doubleday, 1974]. * My Life and Times. Illus. 4to. Original gilt-lettered blue denim front cover tipped-in at rear. 1st Trade Ed. [Gilt-spine stated 1975, but actually is 1971 issue]. [Shifreen & Jackson A178.b]. Playboy Press, [1971]. * My Bike and Other Friends. 1st Trade Ed. [Shifreen & Jackson A213.b]. Capra Press, 1978. * The World of Lawrence: A Passionate Appreciation. 1st Trade Ed. [Shifreen & Jackson A230.c]. Capra Press, 1980. * Crazy Cock. [Shifreen & Jackson A274.a]. Grove Weidenfeld, [1991]. Together, 24 volumes. Uniformly bound in purple full oasis morocco, spines ruled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. First Editions or first printings.
Bound by the Jack Chitgian Bindery (Los Angeles).
Condition:
Occasional light wear to contents (chiefly to earlier volumes), some interiors very good, but most are fine; all in handsome and finely leather bindings.