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Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Gift inscription on front flyleaf. Dust jacket is chipped with few small tears.

Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974. Hard cover. Very good/Fair. Jacket is worn and chipped along edges, but protected by a mylar cover. Book itself is in great condition apart from some ink writing from previous owner on front endpaper and half-title page. Cover is clean, binding is tight, and all other pages are clean and unmarked.

New York : Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Poor. Henry Miller. Gilt lettering on black covers in a black dust jacket. A Love Story & watercolor illustrations by the author. 4to. Pages not numbered. Dust jacket edges * corners torn.

Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Thirty-three facsimile pages of Miller's handwritten love story (at 75 he falls love with a young Japanese singer); twelve reproduction of the writer's watercolor illustrations, and several pages of commentary. With five photographs. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed and chipped dj.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974-11-01. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good+ Dust Jacket. 5x0x8. Ex-library copy with minimal exterior clues that it was a library book. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Text and illustrations also very good. "Buckham Memorial Library" stamp on title page, pocket removed from rear endpaper, abrasions on pastedowns where protective Mylar had been adhered, but no library markings on dust jacket itself (or exterior of book, for that matter). Sunning to edges of endpapers, dust jacket has edgwewear, rubbing, and a half-inch closed tear at head and heel of spine. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.

New York: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Hardcover book in near fine condition, dust jacket torn slightly in places but protected with mylar. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.

Garden City: Doubleday, (1974). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Trade Edition. Quarto, black cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine title. Unpaginated. Facsimile reproduction of Miller's handwritten notes toward an autobiography and color reproductions of 12 of his watercolor paintings. A fresh and unread copy, with slight fading to edge of pastedown and ffep and sparsely speckled spray on lower edge in a dust jacket which is sharp, crisp, glossy bright and razor edged with only a touch of the remainder spray near inside bottom edge else fine. A near fine volume in very near fine dust jacket..

Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1974. 33 [35]p., colored and b/w illus., lightly chipped dj, quarto format.

Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1974. First Trade Edition. 4to, pp. 33, plus color reproductions, plus commentary. With five photographs. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Small bump at bottom of front cover, o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and chipped dj.

New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1974. Rear board has small (1/4 inch) white spot near upper corner, endpapers faded along edges, else very good plus. Pages clean, illustrations bright, and binding firm. DJ torn along edges, large piece missing from front lower edge. Overall, poor. Protected in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Poor. Illus. by Miller, Henry. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Gemini Smith Books/Doubleday.. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First trade edition. Near fine in a good only dust jacket. (Chipping at corners of jacket. Top inch and bottom 1/4"-inch of jacket at spine chipped. Edge tears. ) ; 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" .

[Garden City, NY: Doubleday And Company, Inc. 1974]., 1974. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., 33, [35]. 15 illus. (12 full-page colour). cloth. dw. (lightly rubbed, two tears to head of spine, extremities slightly chipped). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.

Doubleday. DJ in archival cover . Fine. Hardcover. 1976.

Doubleday, 1974-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. First edition thus. 4to, unpaginated. Photographs, illustrations throughout. Handwritten text in facsimile. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Miller to his friend, Dr. Robert Macy and dated in 1976 on the half title. Black cloth lettered in gilt in jacket. A nearly fine copy with some toning to endpapers in very good jacket with a few edge tears and light chipping.

Gemini Smith Books/Doubleday and Company, 1974. Signed by Henry Miller at title page. Large 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" design. Fine black full cloth boards, gilt cover signature and spine titles. Pages fine. Night blue endpapers. Black dj, lt. wear, chip; unclipped 10.95, in clear protective sleeve. Very attractive. Several photos throughout. Henry's watercolors adorn a several pages assuaging the insomnia. A handwritten story of Henry's love affair and quandry w/a Japanese woman piano bar player; and the whims, fancies, and tragedies in life - all leading to a night in bed w/o sleep. Rare, uniquely personal. Insured post.. Signed by Author(s). First Gemini Smith Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

NY: Gemini Smith/Doubleday, (1974).. Third edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue.. Small 4to. [72 pp]. Fine in full black leather stamped in gilt on the spine and front panel. Near fine publisher’s cloth-covered slipcase that is lightly sunned at the opening. One of 100 (of 150) copies with an original lithograph numbered and SIGNED and dated by Miller. Shifreen & Jackson A175j.

New York: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover. Full black morocco, Japanese style endpapers colored thistle. Fine in fine black cloth slipcase. 33 text pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Limited edition, copy 74 of 150, with a limited edition lithograph signed and dated by Henry Miller -- copy #3 9/6/66 with signature and date in orange, printed on hand-made Japanese paper with a tissue guard. Special edition designed by Bradley Smith of Gemini Smith, Inc.

Albuquerque: Loujon Press, 1970. First Edition. Easily the most elaborate production by Jon and Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb of the Loujon Press, the last title they would produce together before Jon's death in 1971. 'Insomnia' was the second of Miller's books published by Loujon. In the mid-1960's, Miller became infatuated with a Japanese cabaret singer named Hoki Tokuda. He'd spend hours at the piano bar in the Imperial Gardens Restaurant in Hollywood, listening to Hoki sing. Miller eventually married her, and sometime in 1965-66 he got insomnia worrying about the relationship, prompting him to write this book. The Economy Edition was produced because many of the regular Loujon Press subscribers could not afford the deluxe edition; it was an expensive item ($1200.00, in 1970), produced in tiny numbers and issued in a special wooden box, complete with a suite of 12 watercolors. For the Economy Edition, subscribers could purchase 'Insomnia' with or without the watercolors, the present copy offered without… Read More