Henry Miller The Smile At The Foot Of The Ladder buy First Edition Illustrated

buy The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder
by Henry Miller
1948

Not your usual Henry Miller fare, this story of a wandering French clown, whose destiny is to re-enact errors, follies and misunderstandings that are the lot of mankind. Illustrated with art from the collection of Merle Armitage with works by Picasso, Talouse-Lautrec, Klee, Chagall, Roualt and Segonzac.

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. 124 pages. First Edition. Bound in black quarter cloth, tan and brown paper covered boards with blue and orange print. Title on spine in gilt. Dust jacket not present. Orange striped end papers. Inscribed:
For Carla—
Christmas 1948
Florence
Newspaper write-up laid in.

Small amount of scuffing at edges.
Tanning where newspaper article was laid in.
Very Good

9 1/4” x 6 1/4”
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