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Hard cover, 8vo, in black morocco-like binding in the original acetate cover, with the artist's name in facsimile stamped in blind to the front board. Black endpapers with facsimile handwritten text of Miller's Foreword. Illustrated title page using one of Miller's drawings, and featuring photos of the New York neighborhoods mentioned in these reminiscences of the Author's youth. 138 pp. Colophon limitation page at rear lists designer Noel Young for the Capra Press, no. 232 of 250 copies, signed by Henry Miller. Printed by R.R. Donnelly & Sons, bound by Rood Associates. CONDITION: Fine, in a Near Fine, original acetate wrapper which has one small closed tear at the head of the spine.**This literary memoir is told through the stories about the Author's childhood friends, family and formative experiences growing up in the rough and tumble of New York around the turn of the twentieth century. His descriptions of a distant, unempathetic relationship with his German immigrant parents set the stage, perhaps, for his escape from the strictures of polite society and extensive travels which would later see him embracing his best creative, bohemian self. Henry Miller's (1891-1980), most famous novels, "The Tropic of Cancer" and "The Tropic of Capricorn" were long banned for censorship in his native United States. A famous case before the Supreme Court in 1964 deemed them acceptable literature. He has been credited with influencing the Beat generation authors such as Jack Kerouac.
Ref: FINE 9499
$95.00