Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.
2. Jackson, Roger.

Description

1. 832 p. : chiefly ill.; 29 cm.

Subject

1. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Relations with women
2. Authors, American > 20th century > Portraits
3. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Relations with women > Beatrice Wickens
4. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Reflections on the death of Mishima
5. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Relations with women > June Edith Smith
6. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Bibliography
7. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Relations with women > Anaïs Nin
8. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Homes and haunts > France
9. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Relations with women > June Lancaster
10. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Tropic of Capricorn
11. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Tropic of Cancer
12. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Quotations
13. California > Intellectual life > 20th century > Pictorial works
14. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Relations with women > Hoki Tokuda
15. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Relations with women > Betty Ryan
16. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Nexus
17. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Appreciation
18. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Homes and haunts > California
19. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Order and chaos chez Hans Reichel
20. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Colossus of Maroussi
21. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Biography
22. Censorship > United States > History > 20th century
23. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Friends and associates > Portraits
24. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Portraits
25. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Quiet days in Clichy
26. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Relations with women > Lisa Lu
27. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 > Sexus
28. Authors, American > Homes and haunts > California > Pictorial works

Call number

1. Berg Coll+ Miller, H H46 2012

Note

1. In case, as issued.
2. Limited edition of 50 unnumbered copies.
3. Hand-bound in imitation leather with hand-marbled endpapers, and issued with a matching slipcase.
4. 780 illustrations, most in full-color.
5. Contents include: 140 photographs of Henry Miller ; 138 photographs of wives, friends, residences ; 307 reproductions of ephemera ; 43 full-color reproductions of Miller's watercolors ; 151 supporting documents (legal briefs, magazines, book jackets) ; 28-page index.
6. A visual history of Henry Miller's life as a writer and watercolorist structured around more than 300 individual pieces of ephemera (publishers' announcements, art gallery notices, self-promotional handbills, letters of appeal written by Miller, clippings, etc.).
7. Formatted to give the appearance of a documentary scrapbook.
8. Photographs and Miller's excerpts from letters, interviews, and essays provide historical context for individual pieces.
9. Begins with Miller's business card from 1914, when he was working for his father's tailor shop in New York City, and ends with a handbill listing the events at "A Celebration of Henry Miller," organized by Fiddle Viracola at the New School for Social Research in New York City, June 30th, 1980, three weeks after Miller's death.
10. First 43 copies issued with a Miller ephemerum bearing his autograph: a 2 x 2.25-inch bookplate signed for the "Minnesota Co-op Autograph Party" in January, 1962 ; a full page in the book is devoted to the story behind this item; probably no more than 50 of the bookplates were produced.
11. Also contains a listing of 73 different watercolor exhibitions (1927-2010) held for Miller as either a solo or small group participant. Also included is a reference page with 21 samples of Miller's signature from 1916-1978.

With (note)

1. Accompanied by: Check list of titles published by Roger Jackson, 1993-2012. 8 p. ; 28 cm. ; Index. 28 p. ; 28 cm. ; signed letter from the publisher ; envelope with card signed by Miller for the Minnesota Co-op autograph party.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 790-798) and index.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Title

1. Henry Miller, his life in ephemera 1914-1980.

Imprint

1. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Roger Jackson, c2012.

With:

1. Accompanied by: Check list of titles published by Roger Jackson, 1993-2012. 8 p. ; 28 cm. ; Index. 28 p. ; 28 cm. ; signed letter from the publisher ; envelope with card signed by Miller for the Minnesota Co-op autograph party.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 790-798) and index.

Local note

1. Berg Collection copy with signed ephemerum.
2. Berg Collection copy with two sections of book printed separately: the Index and the Checklist of Jackson's publications on Miller, with cover letter from Jackson bearing his signature.

Access

1. Restricted access; request permission in holding division.

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1. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection

Added author

1. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. Signer
2. Jackson, Roger.
3. Jackson, Roger. Inscriber

Research call number

1. Berg Coll+ Miller, H H46 2012