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The smile at the foot of the ladder / by Henry Miller.
LIBRA PS3525.M5454 S5 1974 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.
- Series:
- New Directions paperbook ; 386.
- ND paperbook ; 386
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Directions, 1974.
- Summary:
- "This touching fable tells of Auguste, a famous clown who could make people laugh but who sought to impart to his audiences a lasting joy. Originally inspired by a series of circus and clown drawings by the cubist painter Femand Léger, Miller eventually used his own decorations to accompany the text in their stead. 'Undoubtedly, ' he says in his explanatory epilogue, 'it is the strangest story I have yet written'."--Page 4 of cover.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 is eleventh printing, 1998.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. Smile at the foot of the ladder.
- ISBN:
- 0811205568
- 9780811205566
- OCLC:
- 4260590
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