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HENRY MILLER (AMERICAN NOVELIST, 1891-1980) SIGNED CORRESPONDENCE
Two signed postcards by Miller, both addressed to a Ron Hall, Esq., with both addressed to England addresses to Cornwall, England, both postmarked from Big Sur CALIF, one dated 1954, the other unreadable. Together with a handwritten letter/envelope by Emil White ("artist and sidekick of Henry Miller"), also to Mr. Ron Hall, regarding the whereabouts of Miller in July of 1959.
Henry Miller was an American writer known for breaking with existing literary forms with his semi-autobiographical novels that melded character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism.
Deemed "obscene" most of his major works, including Tropics of Cancer, were banned in Britain and the United States until 1961. Henry Miler resided in Big Sur, California, from 1944 to 1961, during which he wrote many of his most important books.

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