Black leather boards. Acetate dust jacket. Issued in both red and green cloth slip
Published in February 1976, at $100, in an edition of 26 signed and lettered copies.
Note: The "FOREWORD" is a facsimile reproduction of a letter written by Miller dated September 8, 1975 and printed on both the front and back endpapers.
For this edition, Miller's signature appears on both the original sketch and the colophon page.
Black leather boards. Acetate dust jacket
Published in February 1976, at $25.00, in an edition of 224 signed and numbered copies.
Dark orange cloth boards. Yellow-orange dust jacket with "Happy Days, 1974" a sketch by Henry Miller
Published in February 1976, at $7.95, in an edition of 10,000 copies.
Note: This Issue of Book of Friends contains a printing error on page 134, where the first two letters in the first two words of the first two sentences, are missing. An errata slip, noting the correct reading of these two words, is loosely laid into the book. This error was also contained in both Limited Issues, but the individual page had been removed and a corrected page tipped in.
A corrected copy of the Capra Trade Issue was not produced.
Tannish-orange illustrated wrappers with "Happy Days, 1974" a sketch by Henry
Published in October 1977, at $3.95, in an edition of 3000 copies.
Light blue cloth boards. Black illustrated dust jacket with multi-colored surreal illustration by Robert Howe
Published in 1978, at £3.95.
Note: The brief introductory note which appeared on the front and back endpapers of the American hardbound editions of Book of Friends has been deleted from the British edition.
Black illustrated wrappers; with multicolored surreal illustration by Robert Howe
Published in 1978, at 95 pence.
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