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Hard cover, 12 mo, in black cloth, with circular photo vignette in aqua to front, within a blind stamped eye shape, titles printed in white upon a black paper label applied to the spine. Aqua colored end papers. Author's facsimile inscription to [p.1] in English and French: "Begun at Hydra at the house of Ghika. Entouré par la Madame Hadji-Kyriaco, Katsimbalis, Aspasia, Seferiades--et les femmes de chambre..." (This passage is translated in full on p. 6, and refers to Miller's stay at the house of the Greek painter. This was also where he began the first draft for what some consider his most famous novel, "The Colossus of Marousi," written about George Katsimbalis. Also, another facsimile handwritten dedication by Miller to "King George Seferis of Smyrna" dated and signed in facsimile by Miller Nov. 1939 [p. 5.] His portrait photograph appears as the frontispiece. Colophon limitation page with REAL author signature at rear of work, Limited Edition No. 29 of 250 copies. Stated first edition designed and printed by Noel Young for Capra Press and hand-bound (binder not named).**CONDITION: Fine. But now in a new mylar protector. **Henry Miller travelled to Greece from Paris in 1939 , staying with his friend, fellow ex-pat and literary admirer Lawrence Durrell, recently after publication of his "Tropic of Cancer" in Paris the same year. This is a sort of literary travel diary of the trip, in which Miller reflects on the people and places he goes, makes observations on his reading, and thinks about some of the authors who have travelled the road before him. (Byron, for one). From Shakespeare to Nijinsky, the Greek philosophers to contemporary writers and thinkers George Katsimbalis and poet Giorgos Seferis, Miller's observations provide an interesting interior view of the mind of one of the twentieth century's most unique Modernist writers and his influences. There are also some rough drafts of passages which appear in a rewritten form in the final published version of "The Colossus of Marousi." [See our related listing 9494.]
Ref: FINE 9495
$250.00