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110. miller, henry. The World of Sex - revisions. 42 glossy photographs, each 8x10 of Miller’s holograph revisions. 2 pages of text per photograph. No place: 1957 Miller was told by Olympia Press that they were to publish a side-by-side edition with one page demonstrating his holograph revisions facing a page of the final text. The book was published with only 10 such pages, maddening Miller. The photographs show the actual extent of revisions and emendations by Miller on the work, which left hardly a sentence unchanged. Near fine. (800/1200) Lot 110 111. miller, henry. “Third Eye Correspondence”. Envelope filled with Miller’s 9-page typed essay on T. Lobsang Rampa’s book, The Third Eye (with numerous holograph corrections by Miller) & ensuing correspondence from Rampa (Hoskins) to Miller and from Ken McCormick, editor in chief at Doubleday, to Miller. Various places: 1957-1958 Fascinating correspondence regarding the famous literary hoax, in which Cyril Henry Hoskin, a plumber’s son from Plympton, England who had never been to the Orient, masqueraded as Tibetan lama “T. Lobsang Rampa” and wrote The Third Eye, an “autobiographical” account of the lama’s life in Asia, clairvoyant doings, and occult beliefs that was questioned from the outset. In 1957, before the hoax was revealed, Henry Miller was on a “one- man crusade” to bring about awareness of the importance of Rampa’s already controversial metaphysical book, and to get it published in the United States, and his essay gives many insights into Miller’s own philosophies despite the hoax. Throughout the correspondence, the hoax is revealed and Hoskin comes up with a number of explanations, one being that he had ghosted the story for a Tibetan in hiding, another that he was a Tibetan spiritually inhabiting the body of an Englishman, and (my personal favorite) that he had stolen identity papers from a dead Englishman living in the East and masqueraded as him to move to Ireland, where he resided at the time of the hoax. There are several signed letters from him to Henry Miller, providing these explanations, and Miller’s letters back to him are very supportive. Throughout their correspondence, Hoskin’s language get more relaxed, making it quite clear that English is not his second language, and the two get down to writing about the best & worst literary agents, money, etc. As Hoskin had sworn Miller to utter secrecy regarding the revelation that he had stolen a British I.D. off a dead body, the outside of the envelope of correspondence reads, in Miller’s hand, “Do not open until after my death - Henry Miller.” Fine - a fascinating group of letters. (600/900) Page 58
DRAFTS OF UNPUBLISHED NEXUS II 112. miller, henry. Nexus II - first and second drafts of the work, with numerous holograph corrections by Miller. 6 manila file folders that include the following contents: First Draft of Nexus II with extensive holograph corrections by Miller. 112 pp. * First draft of Nexus II, carbon typescript. 112 pp. * First draft of Nexus II, carbon typescript. 112 pp. * Second Draft [Fragment] A of Nexus II with a few holograph corrections by Miller. Pages 87-115. * Second Draft Fragment B of Nexus II with a few holograph corrections by Miller. Pages 1-87. * Second Draft of Nexus II carbon typescript. No place: 1961 The publication of Nexus in 1959 was the first of a projected two volume work. The typescript for Nexus II begins in the summer of 1928 when Miller and his wife June leave for a six month vacation in Europe on money provided by June’s “patron,” Pop. The trip took Henry & June to France, England, Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary & Poland. The book was never finished. Except for a small segment published in El Corno Emplumando during 1964, the entire text remains unpublished. Fine. (10000/15000) Lot 112 You can bid absentee directly from the item description in the online version of the catalogue at www.pbagalleries.com. Or bid during the auction using the Real-Time Bidder. Page 59
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