ORDER AND CHAOS CHEZ HANS REICHEL by Miller, Henry - 1966

Loujon Press. 1966. Hardcover. Fair. Hardback, slipcase. Book damaged when a tree fell on our warehouse; hard tw o-inch bump/tear to rear board at spine; light moisture exposure and waving to first and last two pages. Clean text, binding OK. Decorative slipcase t ook the brunt of damage; can be salvaged. .

Loujon Press, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Cork edition. In decorative slipcase.

Loujon Press, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Cork edition. In decorative slipcase.

Tucson Arizona : Lougon Press, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of the most astonishing books you will ever see. The first fep is made of cork, the next page is the half title page, a short pre-introduction page, the title page, the copyright page, the dedication page, and the introduction pages by Lawrence Durrell are all made of different colored seemingly hand made and hand torn leaves.This is a great unsigned and unnumbered copy in an edition of 1399( the cork edition, with original photo of Henry Miller. A total of 1524 copies were made in 3 first editions. " Written in 1937-1938 in Paris, this book was penned without carbon & gifted as an intimate book letter to the Painter Hans Reichel who died 1958. Slip case is near fine, paper label is slightly soiled and top of slipcase which has Italian made floral paper covered boards. some nice external repairs to top of slipcase. This package is a serious collectors showpiece.

New Orleans, Louisianna: Lougon Press, 1966-01-01. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. The Cork Edition, elaborately limited to 1399 copies. Bound with sumptuous layers of handmade papers, colored edges and print, cork frontpaper; plates in rear. Mysteriously screened dust jacket with a deflowered seal and renaissance floral slipcase (with some soiling to title label). Original photo of Miller on inside of front board. Press broadside laid in with "The Cork Edition" in brown pen, specifying cost of each limitation. Colophon details printed on inside of dustjacket. This is #3 of the publishers "Gypsy Lou Series". What fun.

TUCSON, AZ,: LOUJON PRESS. WITH SLIPCASE, PROBLEM FREE COPY. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1966.

Tucson: Loujon Press of New Orleans, 1966. Paperback. Introduction by Lawrence Durrell. Small 4to. Stiff textured wrappers, dust jacket, decorative paper-over-boards slipcase. 101pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Fine/near fine/fne. Single small chip at head of jacket spine. Superbly bright and tight first edition of this typically impossible-to-describe Miller production "Written in 1937-38 in Paris... a long intimate book letter to the painter Hans Reichel." Features heavy stock text blocks of staggered widths and section dividers on various color deckle-edge stock. This edition came out in three forms: The cork edition (this one) of 1399 copies, a signed leather edition of 99 copies and an A-Z 26-copy signed edition. This cork edition features a front flyleaf of heavy cork.

New Orleans: OuJon Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Paperbound quarto in slipcase. The so-called "Cork Edition" of this beautiful and elaborately constructed book using variously colored fine paper. Introduction by Lawrence Durrell. Fine condition in flexible thin boards in near fine illustrated dustwrapper with small paper loss at top of spine. Book comes in a decorated hard slipcase. One of 1,399 cc.

Tuscon: Loujon Press, 1966. First Edition. First Printing of the Cork Edition, one of 1,399 copies. Both the book and jacket are in Fine condition, in a Near Fine slipcase with just a touch of wear at the extremities. Without question, the most visually stunning book in the author's extensive oeuvre, entirely handmade, and valued among both collectors of Miller's work as well as collectors of the book arts.

Tucson, Arizona: Loujon Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Cork Edition, limited to 1,399 copies bound with a distinctive cork front flyleaf. "Written in 1937-38 in Paris, this book was penned without carbon & gifted as a long intimate book letter to the painter Hans Reichel," a founding member of the little group which grew up around Henry Miller, Anais Nin, and Alfred Perles in the Villa Seurat of Hollowed Memory. This award-winning small-press production is printed on handmade linweave spectra paper of various colors and bound in woven tissue-covered boards. Includes a tipped-in photograph of Miller by Ina Paulandre, a self portrait by Hans Reichel, and textual drawings and reproductions. Square octavo. Original stiff white cardstock boards, printed in blue on the front panel. The dedication page is bound in upside down. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, housed in the publisher's slipcase. Shifreen & Jackson A157c.