About this title: Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, and how he learned to draw on his own experience.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780811201124ISBN:0811201120
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. heavy wear on binding with creases, dirt soiling & staining on cover, pages clean with no marks or tears, heavy wear on binding corners. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. New Directions Paperbook, 151. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780811201124ISBN:0811201120
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Tight binding with clean text. Near fine with light age-toning to cover spine and edges. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. New Directions Paperbook, 151. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1964-06-01
ISBN-13:9780811201124ISBN:0811201120
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780811201124. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corpor
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780811201124ISBN:0811201120
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions, NY:
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very Good; Light tanning and minor soiling to cover wrappers; faint crease and slight wrinkling to spine; else, a clean solid copy. 216 p.; A New Directions Paperbook Original. [NAP] read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions, New York
Date Published: (1964)
Description: Later printing. Octavo. A New Directions paperback original. Selected by Thomas H. Moore from the published and unpublished works of Henry Miller. Near fine with light age-toning to cover spine and edges. "ND 151" on the spine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780811201124ISBN:0811201120
Description: New. Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, an... read more
Edition: First Printing of the First Edition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: A Very Good plus copy of this Paperback Original. 1/7000 copies of the first printing. This collection of Miller's writings and views on the writer's art is broken into four parts covering: The "Literary Writer; Finding His Own Voice; The Author at Work; Writing and Obscenity. 216 pages. Catalog Agate. read more
"Essential for not only the writer and artist, but also the reader in all of us. In one section he refers to his own creative life as, "hurtling toward the stellar flux." Passages that are filled with a density of groundbreaking diction as well as a mystic quality that is quintessentially Henry Miller. If you like his work, want to live a creative life or breathe air and can read then read this book."
"While reading the books that this collection was taken from is the best way to take in Mr. Miller, this collection is excellent for the beginner or for the Miller fan that is inclined to write (who shouldn't be inclined to write!) and wants those words of advice and encouragement in one place. This book could have been twice as long, but remains short enough to catch is burning intensity and catching a fire within one's self."
"I bought this book in an airport on my way to Arizona and read it in one day. Heavy stuff with the autobiographical tone of the book and emphasis on seemingly random pieces of his life, but I loved it. I was offended by his treatment of women, but I felt that finally someone wasn't walking on eggshells. i was young when I read it, but I still remember quotes and have dog eared pages. It's a book I've recommended highly, but have never been able to part with it long enough to loan it out. "He and I are so alike, it is like looking at myself in a cracked mirror." Profound and utterly dirty. Read it."
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