Rare Books

Henry Miller on Turning 80, Fighting Evil, And Why Life is the Best Teacher

Only 200 copies of Henry Miller’s 1972 chapbook, On Turning Eighty, were ever printed; each hand-numbered and signed. How I ended up with copy 48 is a story for another day. The book contains 3 …

Henry Miller on The Complicated Relationship Between Friendship and Aging

Shortly after his 80th birthday, Henry Miller wrote an essay on aging. More of a treatise on living life, it was published in 1972 in a chapbook titled On Turning Eighty. Only 200 copies of the book …