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Lot 118A

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[LOUJON PRESS]. MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel. Karl Shapiro, foreword. Larence Durrell, introduction. [Tucson, AZ]: Loujon Press of New Orleans, 1966.


4to. Printed in various blue, red, and black on various paper throughout, original black and white portrait photograph of Miller, numerous reproductions of Reichel's work. Original red morocco-backed tan cloth, spine gilt-lettered, fore-edges uncut, by the Schuberth Bookbindery of San Francisco; publisher's printed pictorial dust jacket; original board slipcase with orange-stained cork mounted to sides and spine, printed in black. 

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, letter "V" of 26 hand-lettered copies of the "26 Copy Crimson Oasis A-Z Inscription edition," SIGNED AND DATED 11/27/66 BY MILLER. Containing letters and art sent between Miller and his friend, Artist Hans Reichel, Loujon Press' Order and Chaos was published to resounding success, winning awards for design, direction, and typography from the prestigious Type Directors Club of New York and copies were ordered by celebrities such as Ella Fitgerald and Nancy Sinatra. Shifreen & Jackson A157b.


Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio

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