The Library of Roger Wagner - PBA Galleries

myself. Even now, as my 80th birthday approaches I think how true that ‘bum’ business is. I am
still a bum - perhaps you might say a ‘spiritual bum.’...” Many with rust from paperclips; very
good - and with interesting material.
(1200/1800)
CORRESPONDENCE WITH LITERARY AGENT
149. miller, henry. Documents and correspondence between Miller and his literary agent Agence Hoffman. 15
file folders filled with papers between Miller and Agence Hoffman in Paris, ranging from 1961 to
1976.
Various places: 1961-1976
Includes numerous signed contracts, carbon letters from Miller to Michael Hoffman and original
letters from Hoffman to Miller (including some contentious wrangling from time to time),
royalty statements, copy letters from other publishers, etc. Very good or better - an important
group of material.
(2500/3500)
Lot 149
150. miller, henry. File containing ephemera and documents relating to Henry Miller and Hoki Tokuda’s
wedding. 2 manila folders: 1 folder contains approximately 20 pages of original and photocopies
Japanese and American clippings, along with 31 telegrams from well wishers. 1 folder contains
financial documents and correspondence regarding Hoki and Henry, including 8 cancelled checks
written by Miller to Hoki, notes on the transactions, bills, tax returns, etc.
Various places: 1967 and 1974-75
Hiroko (Hoki) Tokuda Miller, Henry’s fifth wife was a Japanese singer and pianist in a
Chinatown restaurant. The wedding of course caused a bit of sensation, as the “aging, whitehaired”
Miller was at least 75, while Hoki was reportedly anywhere from 23 to 29 to 32, and
the marriage was so sudden that Hoki’s parents could not even attend. The Japanese newspaper
clippings show candid photos of the couple. Letters from lawyers detail immigration problems
concerning taxed. Materials are very good to fine.
(200/300)
151. miller, henry. File of correspondence between Henry Miller and his major publisher, Grove Press.
Correspondence includes contracts and royalty statements.
Various places: Various dates
Includes a 2 page holograph letter, signed, from Miller to Barney Rosset at Grove Press trying
to get his paperbacks back on supermarket shelves, photocopies of contracts for various books,
including Norman Mailer’s Mailer on Miller, Sexus, Plesux, The World of Sex and Quiet Days in
Clicy, motion picture agreements, etc. Very good.
(400/600)
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