The Library of Roger Wagner - PBA Galleries

LETTERS FROM MARCEL MARCEAU WITH MANY DRAWINGS
191. mArceAu, mArcel. Holograph letters signed from Marcel Marceau with many drawings to Henry Miller
plus a typed letter in response from Miller. Lot contains what appears to be two separate ALs from Marcel
Marceau to Henry Miller, each with many doodles and drawings (clowns, faces, flowers, sun and
moon, etc.). One is a 15 page letter, the other is an 8 page letter. Also includes a typed copy of a letter
to Marceau in response from Miller, and signed at bottom with his initials.
March 13 and March 21, 1973
The 15 page letter from Marceau dated March 13, 1973 begins with “Dear Great Man.” That
first page has a mad-hatter type character doodled into the letter. There are many drawings
within the pages of each letter. In the two letters he invites Miller to his performance at
the Schubert in May, and Miller, in the 1 page TLs responds that he will likely attend with a
“distinguished Chinese actress, Lisa Lu...” Miller’s holograph note on the first page of Marceau’s
8 page letter. Fine - drawings are a must see!
(500/800)
192. miller, BArBArA. 16 original photographs of Barbara, Henry Miller’s first child. 16 original photographs
of Barbara, Henry Miller’s first child, most of her as a very young child in Brooklyn (including one
of her on the running board of a car with 2 men, one of whom may be Miller) and as a teenager; a
couple later.
Various place: [c.1922-1960]
The very early photographs of Barbara that Henry Miller held on to throughout his life show
that perhaps it was not as easy to leave his first family as is commonly thought. A few labeled on
versos, some in Henry Miller’s hand. Very good or better.
(200/300)
193. miller, eve. Four autograph letters signed, plus one typed letter signed from Eve, Henry Miller’s 4th
wife, to Henry. 4 ALs from Eve (1 to 3 pages each) and 1 TLs. Also includes a group of 21 original
photographs and 1 slide of Eve (some with friends, child, etc.) 8x10 or smaller, a couple labled on
versos in Miller’s hand.
Big Sur: [c.1950s-1965]
Friendly letters regarding family members, particularly Henry Miller’s guardianship of his
retarded sister Lauretta, along with a copy of a letter from Henry Miller to Charles Rembar
about Lauretta. The photographs show Eve mostly during the years of her marriage to Miller
(though one shows her at age 17 or 18). One was used in a publication The Intimate Henry
Miller. Very good to fine.
(700/1000)
194. miller, henry. Numerous ephemeral pamphlets, booklets, fliers, and more for shows, books, films and
readings by Henry Miller. Items include “Henry Miller Asleep and Awake” film prospectus & postcard;
“Titles Available and Unavailable” list of Miller books for sale by him, 1957; “Henry Miller Recalls
and Reflects” audio record prospectus, 1956; “The Henry Miller Literary Society Newsletter” 1961;
Here’s a Little Guessing Game by Sydney Harris. promoting Miller; A Dream of a Book, booklet
about Into the Night Life; “Water Paintings by Henry Miller” broadside with quotes; various offprints
of newspaper articles on censorship of Tropic of Cancer and other Miller-related news (incl. Why I
Wrote Tropic of Cancer, 1963); Exhibition of Water Colors, Henry Miller catalogue from Jerusalem
Artists House; offprint of Henry Miller and Friends by Milgram & Genesis of the Night Life by
Bufano; postcards printed by Miller advertising his various books; “The Henry Miller Odyssey”
flier; Playboy’s Choice: The Bulletin of the Playboy Book CLub, Apr. 1972, featuring Miller; 18page
prospectus for Catalogue Raisonn‚ of Henry Miller’s Prints, 1948-1973 in English & Japanese;
prospectuses for Miller’s books, incl. Order & Chaos chez Hans Reichel, To Paint is to Love Again,
Henry Miller - Between Heaven and Hell, Book of Friends, Reflections on the Death of Mishima,
First Impressions of Greece, Life in Big Sur by Val Miller, etc., etc.
Various places: [c.1950s-1970s]
Fine.
(500/800)
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