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Chronicle Books, Published 1982. Paperback, 143 pp.; 25 x 26 cm; illustrated with 78 works reproduced in color and black-and-white etchings. Foreword by Lawrence Durrell; edited by Noel Young; published in cooperation with Capra Press.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Glossy pictorial wrappers with French flaps; front cover reproduces a Miller watercolor, rear cover a color photograph of Miller by Gail Mezey; mild shelf and edge wear, light scuffing to covers. Sewn binding; four leaves (title, dedication, contents and acknowledgments) have separated from the sewing and are laid in, all present; remaining text block sound. Gift inscription in ink dated 1983 on dedication page; otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Retrospective of Henry Miller's watercolors and etchings spanning nearly fifty years, assembled from collectors around the world by Noel Young, Miller's friend and publisher during his last decade. The paintings are arranged by decade from the 1930s through the 1970s, many of them inscribed by Miller to friends, with a list of paintings giving date and collection for each (Anais Nin, the Yale and UCLA libraries, Miller's family). Four essays by Miller on painting: Paint as You Like and Die Happy, first published here; To Paint Is to Love Again (first published 1960 by Cambria Books); The Painting Lesson; and The Waters Reglitterized (first published 1973 by Capra Press). Also includes a list of Miller's exhibitions from 1927 to 1978. Color plates printed by Dai Nippon, Tokyo; designed by Howard Jacobsen. Contents: Acknowledgments; Editor's Preface (Noel Young); Foreword: The Paintings of Henry Miller (Lawrence Durrell); Essays by Henry Miller: Paint as You Like and Die Happy; To Paint Is to Love Again; The Painting Lesson; The Waters Reglitterized; Paintings by Henry Miller: The 1930s; The 1940s; The 1950s; The 1960s; The 1970s; List of Paintings; Henry Miller's Exhibitions.