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THE FALCON PRESS LTD., 1948. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Haskell House Pub Ltd, 1974. Hardcover. Inked name on front pastedown, else very good plus condition with text clean & binding sound. 108pp.

1 . hardback. Fine. By HH, Henry Miller, William Saroyan. 1st ed. L.(Falcon Press) 1948. A fine copy.

New York, NY: J. Laughlin, 1945. Hardcover. G+ (book shows wear at corners, particularly at bottom of spine and some spots of fading, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket (if present) shows significant age toning and discoloration and also chipping and a few tears. Gray cloth boards with blue spine lettering 100 pp. "'Why abstract?' That is the question constantly put to modern painters by laymen astonished by the trends of modern art. Hilaire Hiler, himself an abstract painter and a color theorist, answers that question in plain, non-technical language which anyone can understand. Hiler than takes up a number of other important problems which confront the modern painter: the role of the creative artist in our social economy; the influence of scientific discoveries on the technique of painting; the relation of painting and politics; and others. Henry Miller and William Saroyan join Hiler in the discussion. Saroyan is particularly interested in the nature of what we call 'genius' in a painter.… Read More

London: The Falcon Press, 1948. 1st Edition. Burgundy Boards. Very Good Minus/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 108pp. A first ediiton with wrapper. Light bumps to the head and tail of the spine and another bump to the top edge of the rear board,near the spine with a slight split to the cloth for 0.5 cm. A slight bump to the front edge of the rear board, The book has slight normal age toning to the pages but remains clean and tight. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Light chipping to the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine with a little loss of 0.3 cm . A tear of 4.5 cm to the wrapper from the rear top edge and one of 1 cm from the front top edge, both now repaired with acid free archival tape to the reverse of the wrapper. Light toning to the rear of the wrpaper and light shelf wear to the wrapper edges. A clean and tight copy - in very good condition.

London: James Laughlin, 1945. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover, spine ends and edges of covers faded, otherwise Good in Good dustjacket with edge loss and a 2" tear at side of spine.

New York: New Directions, 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Good -/Fair +. Gray cloth covered boards, blue stamped titles at spine, moderate shelf wear and age discoloration to edges, corners straight. Some light marking in pencil by previous owner, else clean, pages age toned. Illustrated dust jacket shows moderate to heavy shelf wear to edges and corners, some cracking, price intact, archival Brodart protected.

New York: George Wittenborn Inc, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. Wraps edition. Collectors Copy (limited 500 copies). Revised edition, signed by Hiler. Signed by Hiler on the front cover on a gold sticker. Very light wear to spine at foot otherwise very good.

New York: New Directions, 1945. Very Good, period bookseller's small label, hidden by front flap, slight rippling at bottom edge of page block, in a Very Good dust wrapper, light soiling, chips at spine ends and flap folds. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. Wittenborn, 1962. Revised. Softcover. VG, gold label ois peeling at top. This label is signed by Hilaire Hiler. Cream iwraps with gold label on front cover. 66 pages : illustrations. Gold label printed in black on front cover, reading: Revised edition. Collectors copy (500 ltd.)--Feb. 1962. [signed] Hilaire Hiler.

New York: New Directions, 1945. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 100pp. Good/good minus. Some jacket wear and tear, chipping. First edition. Uncommon in dust jacket.

London: Falcon Press, 1948. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Briefly inscribed (For Pierre --- lucky man!), SIGNED and dated (4/18/73) by Henry Miller on the flyleaf. Offsetting to the endpapers and pages age toned otherwise very good in a very good, corner clipped dustjacket with light edgewear. (box 17)

New Directions, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Signed. Inscribed (to friend and collector Pierre Sicari) and SIGNED by Henry Miller on the front endpaper. Grey cloth, blue spine lettering. The corners are bumped and the spine ends rubbed with some fraying. The interior is in very good condition with just a touch of page toning.

LONDON: THE FALCON PRESS LTD.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First British Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by Henry Miller to longtime friend Kenny Du Main on half-title page. A very good+ copy in price clipped good only dust jacket. (Offsetting to end papers. Text age toned. Several edge chips in jacket. ) .

NY: GEORGE WITTENBORN INC.. Fine. 1962. First Edition. The is the Revised Edition. Collector Copy SIGNED by Hilaire Hiler on a specially designed gold label which states the limitation at 500 copies. Though not called for, this copy is INSCRIBED by Henry Miller to longtime friend Kenny Du Main on the cover & signed in 1976. Fine in stapled wrappers. Most uncommon signed by Miller. .