Miller, Henry - the smile at the foot of the ladder (1948 1s

Kenmerken

Conditie: Zo goed als nieuw

Beschrijving

Novella

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, march, 1948, first edition

Introduction by Edwin Corle

Graphic design: Merle Armitage

Original printed boards, black cloth, spine printed in gilt, without dust wrapper
8vo (15 x 23,5 x2,4 cms.)
126 Pages

VERY GOOD
With inscription of previous owner on the orange and white striped first free endpaper

Short story (plus epilogue) by Henry Miller about circus life, depicted by artists Klee, Lautrec, Picasso, Chagall, Rouault, Segonzac and a reproduced typoscript. ..

Merle Armitage is considered as one of the first US modernists in graphic design, inspiring the book design of the Black Sparrow Press of the late 80ties.

Remarkable is his use of red and blue (circles and stripes) in the design.

To help Miller with his money problems Armitage bought the manuscript for $500, hoping to get it published. Indeed, he got a distribution deal and designed the book himself, using circus art from his own collection. Afterwards Miller wrote Armitage his beautiful design brought him to tears of joy.

Miller kept silent about this real first edition when in 1959 he found a publisher to publish this novella again.

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