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204. (Nin, Anaïs) pole, ruperT. Two typed letters signed from Rupert Pole, Nin’s husband, to Henry Miller.
Two TLs from Rupert Pole to Henry Miller, one reporting Nin’s grave condition in 1965 and one
after her death, in 1977, which includes a xerox copy of a TLs from Lawrence Durrell to Pole,
memorializing Nin.
Los Angeles: 1965 and 1977
The first letter states that Nin is very ill, and asks Miller to not mention her diaries when
speaking to her because a deal with Dartmouth College to house the archives (including Miller/
Nin correspondence) had fallen through and she was quite upset about it. The second letter
thanks Miller for his words on Nin for the National Academy, and chattily mentions his dislike
of Alice Walker: “...I hated her piece in Ms. Anais had been so good to her, writing a piece for
each of her books - and then after meeting her only superficially at the Vonneguts, she accused
Anais of ‘professional generosity.’ I guess meeting her in that New York literary jungle, she
couldn’t believe Anais was real!...” One letter with small coffee (?) stain, the other with slight
rust marks from paper clip; else near fine couple of letters, last in original envelope.
(200/300)
205. nin, AnAïs. Nuances. Hand-bound in Indian raw silk. No. 46 out of 99 copies.
San Souci Press, [1970]
Signed by Anaïs Nin on limitation page. Fine.
Page 94
(300/500)
206. nin, AnAïs. Three volumes. 3 volumes, including: Winter of Artifice: Three Novellas. Illustrated
by Ian Hugo. Cloth, dust jacket. Signed by Nin and inscribed to Sylvia and Ted on the front free
endpaper. First Edition. Alan Swallow, [1948]. * Linotte: The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1914-1920.
Preface by Joaquin Nin-Culmell. Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Signed by Rupert Pole (Nin’s
husband) and inscribed to Bob Kirsch on front free endpaper, with additional TLs from Pole laid
in. First Edition. Harcourt, Brace, [1978]. * This Hunger... Illustrated with woodblocks by Ian Hugo.
Pictorial boards. First Edition. Gemor Press, [1945].
Various places: Various dates
The first two volumes are inscribed, one by Nin, the other by her husband Rupert Pole. Some
wear to dust jackets; a few tiny stains to boards of This Hunger...; very good.
(200/300)
207. pAsTA, JAmes. Five autograph letters signed from Jimmy Pasta to his childhood friend, Henry Miller. 5 ALs
(of varying number of pages) from Jimmy Pasta to his childhood friend, Henry Miller, along with a
photocopied brief memoir of Miller by Pasta.
Woodhaven, NY: 1974-1979
Pasta attended P.S. 85 with Miller in Brooklyn, and later got him a job at the office of the
Brooklyn Park Commissioner, where he earned enough money for his passage to Paris. Pasta
appeared as Tony Marella in Miller’s Plexus & Nexus, and is referred to many times in Miller’s
notebooks of outlines for The Rosy Crucifixion. These letters were written when both men
were in their eighties, with news of old acquaintances and comments on Miller’s writing: “I have
glanced thru Vol. 2 of ‘Friends’ - Henry, I think you are now beginning to show to the world the
depth and warmth of your true self - your compassion and love for people and their struggles
for a better and more fruitful life...” Fine - an important set of letters.
(300/500)
Each lot is illustrated in color in the online version of the catalogue.
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