colossus maroussi, Prima edizione (29 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. New book; a clean, unread copy, no reading creases, tight binding, no markings of any kind.

Paperback. Condizione: Poor. 1st Thus. Just a poor reading copy. Tight and sound but some damp marking.

Condizione: Good. 1942. First UK Edition. 234 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with white lettering. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Uncommon. Good overall with some fade to blue spine cloth and couple of blemishes to boards. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. First New Directions edition. 244p. A hardcover book in good condition with a tattered dustjacket. Owner's inscription on front endpaper, and pencil marginalia on numerous pages. Binding is tight. The jacket is chipped all along the edges, but remains in a single piece. Fictional travelogue of the Greek poet George Katsimbalis. This is the first New Directions edition, printed in 1946 (the copyright page states the original publication date of 1941).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 248. Original publishers blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. First published in 1942. Very good indeed in clean, slightly used and creased, very good dust jacket. Decent copy. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This first edition has some light corner bumping, little edge wear or rubbing of the covers. Light wear at the head and foot of the spine. Hinges are solid, some light shadowing. Interior text has slightly yellowed with age, clean and tight in binding.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 1941 New Directions hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - no dust jacket - tanning and minor staining to closed page edge - minor wear to cover - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 244 pages; Contents clean and secure in original blue cloth binding with printed title spine label; corners and spine ends rubbed, front board unevenly faded. Former owner's name and date on ffep - "David W. Lusher / Jan. 30, 1944 / Washington, D.C." "The Colossus of Maroussi is an impressionist travelogue by American writer Henry Miller that was first published in 1941 by Colt Press of San Francisco. Set in pre-war Greece of 1939, it is ostensibly an exploration of the "Colossus" of the title, George Katsimbalis, a poet and raconteur. The work is frequently heralded as Miller's best. In 1939, American writer Henry Miller left Paris, his home of nine years, as the Nazis began to take action in Europe and the outbreak of the Second World War loomed. In need of rejuvenation, he traveled to Greece at the invitation of his friend, British writer Lawrence Durrell, who lived in Corfu. Miller had already published what are considered some of his best-known works, including Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, and Tropic of Capricorn. Miller drew his Colossus from events that occurred and landscapes he encountered while living for nine months in Greece. His portrayal of poet Katsimbalis and the country is tempered by the outbreak of the Second World War, which forced him to leave for the United States in December 1939.[2] Miller wrote the book in New York, and it reflects his resentment at having to return to America, as well as his feeling of isolation there.".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 244 pages; San Francisco: Very Good. 1941. First Edition. 244 pages; Contents clean and secure in original blue cloth binding with printed title spine label; corners and spine ends rubbed, front board unevenly faded. Former owner's name and date on ffep - "David W. Lusher / Jan. 30, 1944 / Washington, D. C. " "The Colossus of Maroussi is an impressionist travelogue by American writer Henry Miller that was first published in 1941 by Colt Press of San Francisco. Set in pre-war Greece of 1939, it is ostensibly an exploration of the "Colossus" of the title, George Katsimbalis, a poet and raconteur. The work is frequently heralded as Miller's best. In 1939, American writer Henry Miller left Paris, his home of nine years, as the Nazis began to take action in Europe and the outbreak of the Second World War loomed. In need of rejuvenation, he traveled to Greece at the invitation of his friend, British writer Lawrence Durrell, who lived in Corfu. Miller had already published what are considered some of his best-known works, including Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, and Tropic of Capricorn. Miller drew his Colossus from events that occurred and landscapes he encountered while living for nine months in Greece. His portrayal of poet Katsimbalis and the country is tempered by the outbreak of the Second World War, which forced him to leave for the United States in December 1939.[2] Miller wrote the book in New York, and it reflects his resentment at having to return to America, as well as his feeling of isolation there. " .; Literature, Travel and Exploration, Most Recent Listing.

; 244 pp.; ; F-; The first trade edition in the first (blue) cloth binding. Sans the issued dust jacket. . O'Roark=A81 Shifreen/Jackson=A26.b. [kwA_ 1st Ed. ].

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1941, First Edition(no other publication date listed). Book is tight and square with clean, compact text-block edges. Black boards are bright with some slight fading; unfaded, clear spine decor and lettering, although some watermarks through spine. No dustjacket. Minor underlining by prior owner. 244 pages. An Appendix which is a letter received by Miller in 1940 that "rounds off the Portrait of Katsimbalis".

First Edition. Attractively bound in finely woven black cloth stamped with gold rules and lettering along the spine. Very clean and tight throughout; virtually unread. With some offsetting from the dust jacket to the endpapers. In a good dust jacket, separating along the edge folds; completely separated along the front fold. With the original price of $3.00 at the bottom of the inside front flap. A pleasant, place-holding copy. "Out of the sea as if Homer himself had arranged it for me the islands bobbed up lonely deserted mysterious in the fading light Enraptured by a young woman s account of the landscapes of Greece Henry Miller set off to explore the Grecian countryside with his friend Lawrence Durrell in 1939 In The Colossus of Maroussi he describes drinking from sacred springs nearly being trampled to death by sheep and encountering the flamboyant Greek poet Katsumbalis who could galvanize the dead with his talk This lyrical classic of travel writing represented an epiphany in Millers life and is the book he would later cite as his favourite One of the five greatest travel books of all time." ( Pico Iyer).

234, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First UK edition. First UK edition. 234, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Fine in about fine dust jacket with tape repairs to inside, some marking externally.

Condizione: Good. Recreating the courageous, independent, Greek spirit of the people and the land they live in. Toning with light foxing to the top, fore- and lower page edges. A couple of tiny open tears to the rear fold. Ex libris label pasted on the front fep. 234 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st UK Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Open tear to spine footer. Edge-wear to extremities. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with light sunning and some foxing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. First Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 244 pages. First ed., New Directions pub. Black cloth with gilt titles, ruled lines. Somewhat faded, gently rubbed. Yellowing but clean interior. Spotting to pp. 198. Prev. owner's name on fep. In a browned and chipped paper jacket, blue stripes with black titles. Large sections missing from spine, some chips missing elsewhere. PC. In a mylar jacket. VG-/P.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good-VG. 1st Edition. Black cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Text block edges and endpapers typically somewhat tanned, otherwise only minor shelf wear. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover. Dust jacket shows shallow chipping (1/16" to 1/8") along most of top edge, with 3/4" loss at heel of spine, minor chipping at corners, now in mylar. 244 pp. No statement of edition or printing on copyright page, with New Directions imprint on lower main title still given as Norfolk, CT, but rear panel of DJ gives NYC 18 address and lists Sunday After the War (1944) and Why Abstract? (1945); thus, book may be a 1st ptg. but DJ is clearly a later issue. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. First ed. SIGNED and inscribed by Miller on ffep. Tanning to jacket, minor chipping at top back of jacket. Pages/boards clean, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. FIRST. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN DJ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good or slightly better copy of the first edition, in an unclipped very good jacket that shows some chipping and sunning. Book shows toning to cloth and page edges as well as ffep where there is a small previous owner name plate. Possibly Miller's most highly acclaimed work. Octavo, 244 pages, blue cloth, pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. First separate edition. Designed, illustrated, and bound by Norman Gross. Tall narrow quarto. [8]pp. String-tied wrappers. Very good with stitching loose, creases to the wraps and faint stain to lower margin of the covers and text. Inscribed by Norman Gross one month after publication: "to Mel and Deirdre Wiseman- from Norman Gross, June 14, 1952." Not found in Shifreen & Jackson or Renken. *OCLC* locates no copies. Rare.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus to Near Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy of first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Uncommon first edition/first printing (ref. A26b of Shifreen & Jackson biblio) of what is generally considered Miller's best book; inscribed by the author (Miller) in ink on the front free end page and dated 12/4/41 in N.Y.C - just 3 days before Pearl Harbor and America's entry into WWII. The book recounts Miller's pre-war travel in Greece in 1939. Blue cloth hardcover boards with beige label on the spine with black lettering. Boards with heavy wear and age toning; edges frayed; pages with light age toning; binding generally sound and complete. Photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First New Directions edition, after the Colt Press first printing. INSCRIBED by Henry Miller to longtime friend Kenny Du Main on first blank. Near fine in black cloth with some age darkening to rear end paper & paste down & small damp spot at top edge, in very good dust jacket with front panel neatly separated at edge of spine. Light traces of soiling & couple tiny chips. One of Miller's most engaging works. ; 8" x 9"; 244 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. True first edition. (Precedes the New Directions printing) Near fine in very good+ or better dust jacket. (244pp. ) (Clear tape mends on interior of dust jacket. Light shelf-wear at spine ends. ) Apart from his Paris books this is Miller's most evocative and insightful work. ; 6" x 9 1/2" ; 244 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. True first edition. (Followed by the New Directions edition published in 1946) Close to fine in blue cloth with white paper label at spine in near fine dust jacket with trace of off-setting on rear panel of jacket. ) One of the author's best books. A must read for Pan-Hellenes everywhere. Elusive in nice condition.

True first edition of the author's landmark travel book and frequently cited as one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Tania and Jimmy, from their good friend, Henry Miller, N.Y., 12/3/41." The recipients were James and Tania Stern, close friends of the author. Very good in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition with some rubbing and wear. Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Millerâ s The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent travel writers such as Pico Iyer and Rolf Potts. The book Miller would later cite as his favorite began with a young womanâ s seductive description of Greece. Miller headed out with his friend Lawrence Durrell to explore the Grecian countryside: a flock of sheep nearly tramples the two as they lie naked on a beach; the Greek poet Katsmbalis, the â colossusâ of Millerâ s book, stirs every rooster within earshot of the Acropolis with his own loud crowing; cold hard-boiled eggs are warmed in a villageâ s single stove, and they stay in hotels that â have seen better days, but which have an aroma of the past.â .

Softcover. Condizione: Good. First Penguin edition. Good plus in moderately worn, but intact wrappers. Inscribed by the author to his former wife June Mansfield: "For June - the very last copy of this edition! Henry 6/21/57 Sent me from Tasmania!" Though Miller and Mansfield, the inspiration and impetus for most of his major works, parted ways in 1934, they remained close for decades and he continued to send her copies of his books long after their divorce.

First edition. This non-pornographic piece must have disappointed publishers anticipating something more lurid from Miller after his "Tropic of Cancer" because ten New York publishers rejected it before Colt Press accepted it with an advance of only 100 USD [Shifreen & Jackson A26b]. INSCRIBED -- "TO TAMAR, THE FLAMING MEDEA OF BIG SUR WHO IMPROVISES 'UNITS' AND ISLANDS OF FOG AND SEA ANEMONES. HENRY MILLER. 4/2/44." The recipient is, perhaps, Robinson Jeffers who, though not a friend of Miller's, was a fellow inhabitant of Big Sur and whose most famous poem is titled "Tamar." Or more likely, though a bit disturbingly, it is perhaps inscribed to Tamar Nais Hodel, who was named for the poem and was the young daughter of Miller's friend and fellow inhabitant of Big Sur, Dr. George Hill Hodel -- a suspect in the infamous 1947 "Black Dahlia" murder and mutilation of Elizabeth Short. Tamar Hodel would have been around 9 years old at the time of the inscription, a tender young age to receive an inscribed book from a friend of ones father. But this was a father who allowed Man Ray to take nude pictures of her when she was 11 years old and whom she accused at 14 of sexual molesting her beginning when she was 11. (He was acquitted and fled the country soon after.) Name at base of front endpaper, cloth at spine ends and corners slightly frayed, general light cover wear, front hinge repaired where previously loose otherwise good to very good, lacking original dust jacket but with facsimile provided. MYSTERIOUS INSCRIPTION.