[Rarebooks] FS: MANUSCRIPT Archive of Henry Miller's CHINA
Charles Agvent
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Tue Aug 15 09:56:42 EDT 2023
MILLER, Henry. ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS) with CORRECTED
TYPESCRIPT of CHINA. . A 6-page (8-1/2" x 11") manuscript COMPLETELY IN
MILLER'S HAND and SIGNED by him at the conclusion, with a Typed
Manuscript of the same in 5 pages with minor ink corrections and
Miller's chop at the end. Eventually printed in Miller's MOTHER, CHINA
AND THE WORLD BEYOND (1976) by the Capra Press. With a SIGNED copy (#161
of 250) of the book included. Miller records his impressions of a China
about which he had only heard and read. "Even as a boy the name China
evoked strange sensations in me. It spelled everything that was vast,
marvelous, magical, and incomprehensible. To say China was to stand
things upside down." Small paperclip rust stain at top of first page of
each manuscript. About Fine. (#021346) $2,500
https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/021346/henry-miller/original-autograph-manuscript-signed-ams-with-corrected-typescript-of-china
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