2 books relating to Henry Miller and Erica Jong, both signed by Jong + 2 typescripts.
1. Black Messiah: A Tribute to Henry Miller, edited by John Bennett, 1981, first edition, softcover, Vagabond Press. Signed by Jong on the title page. She contributed a 3 page essay to this book titled Goodbye to Henry-san.
In good condition, light wear to covers, including creasing and fading; lower corner
bumped; sound binding; ink underlining to 7 pages, some possibly by Jong
herself.
ISBN 0912824263
This was the first and only issue of Black Messiah to be published.
2. Erica Jong, Henry Miller: Ou Le Diable en Liberte, 1994, first edition in French, softcover, Grasset. Signed by Jong on the front blank.
Very Good condition, bottom corner of front cover and first 25 pages slightly bent, otherwise a sound, clean copy.
ISBN: 2246474213
ALSO INCLUDES 2 typescripts for newspaper articles:
1. Henry and Venus by Erica Jong, 9 pages, book review for DEAR, DEAR BRENDA: The Love Letters of Henry Miller to Brenda Venus, published in the March 29, 1986 issue of The Washington Post.
2. Two Writers in Praise of Rabelais and Each Other by Henry Miller, 10 pages, editorial published in the September 7, 1974 issue of the New York Times.
Both loose sheets, printed on rectos only, paper-clipped upper left, fading to edges.
A great collection linking two of the preeminent authors of erotic literature in the 20th century.