[Rarebooks] FS: 19-Page ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT by Henry Miller

[Charles Agvent]

   MILLER,  Henry.  ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH  MANUSCRIPT  with  PHOTOCOPIED
TYPESCRIPT  and  THREE  ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE  SUBJECT:  EPHRAIM
DONER.  A 19-page (8-1/2" x 11") memoir COMPLETELY IN MILLER'S HAND of
the  Jewish  painter  Ephraim  Doner,  a  close  friend  of  Miller's.
Accompanied  by  three  photocopied  typescripts of  the  memoir  with
several  photocopied corrections and three small original  photographs
of  Doner,  one with identifying notes on the reverse,  apparently  in
another  hand,  dating the photograph to July 1977 and stating:  "this
picture  is  going  to  be  in the  new  Henry  Miller  book."  Miller
published  an essay about Doner in his book MY BIKE AND OTHER  FRIENDS
in  1978,  and  this is likely the manuscript basis  for  that  essay.
"...It  was  in  Big  Sur that I first  became  acquainted  with  this
phenomenal  being.... He was like a man out of the early Middle  Ages.
He  could  discourse  on  most  anything.  But  his  favorite  subject
(presumably)  was  the  Old  Testament,   the  ancient  prophets,  the
miracles,    the  very  language,  whether   in  Hebrew,  Yiddish   or
English....  At  table,  which  always opened with  rapid  prayer  (in
Hebrew)  Ephraim  would soon begin reminiscing about some book he  had
just  read  or  was in the process of reading. This led  to  vivacious
discussion about authors past and present - Cervantes, Hamsun, Proust,
Joyce,  O'Casey,  and, not least of all, Isaac Bashevis  Singer,  whom
we  both  adored....  A completely different side of him came  to  the
fore  when  it became time to tackle the canvas...." Much, much  more.
An  especially interesting piece in that Miller has often been accused
of  anti-Semitism,  and  indeed  in  this essay  one  wonders  why  he
stresses  Doner's  religion.  Superb and scarce example of  a  lengthy
holograph manuscript.                                         $7500.00

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