The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

A66a 1948 FIRST DUELL, SLOAN AND PEARCE EDITION

Beige and blue paper boards. Light orange and dark orange dust jacket.
Published in March 1948, at $5.00, in an edition of 5,000 copies.
Note: The text of this book is in blue ink with title page in blue and orange. The illustration are either in blue, red or green ink. Except for the Clown on p. 15, the illustrations are on heavier stock paper consisting of two leaves with the illustration on the inner pages.

A66b 1953 FIRST L.J.C. BOUCHER EDITION

Green cloth boards. White illustrated dust jacket with man on top of a large ball.
Published on April 15, 1953, in an edition of 1,200 copies.
Note: Text for this edition is entirely in English. Note on p. [54] reads: This edition with drawings from Dick Elffers / and published by L.J.C. Boucher The Hague in April 1953 / may only be sold in Holland.

A66c 1953 LE SOURIRE AU PIED DE L'ÉCHELLE FIRST CORRÊA EDITION

White, black, gray, red and orange illustrated wrappers with photograph of Henry Miller altered with clown make-up.
Published in the fourth trimester of 1953.
Note: For this edition the even numbered pages of text are in English, with the French text appearing on odd numbered pages. Numbered edition not seen.

A66d 1955 GREENWOOD PRESS LIMITED EDITION

Light blue paper boards limited to thirty-five copies with an original etching by Gordon Cook.

A66e 1955 GREENWOOD PRESS TRADE EDITION / TRADE ISSUE

Light blue illustrated wrappers with sketch of a clown.
Published in 1955, at $2.50, in an edition of 500 copies.

A66f 1959 FIRST NEW DIRECTIONS EDITION

Burnt-orange paper boards. Burnt-orange dust jacket with an illustration of a clown by Henry Miller.
Published on January 29, 1959, at $2.25, in an edition of 7,500 copies.

A66p 1962 FIRST LA PETITE OURSE EDITION

Textured brown paper with silver stars and a bear on front.
Published on Febuary 10, 1962 in an edition of 8,000 copies.
Note: The even numbered pages of text are in English, with the French text appearing on odd numbered pages. A limited edition of 30 copies was not seen.

A66o 1962 FIRST BUCHET / CHASTEL EDITION

White, black, gray, red and orange illustrated wrappers with a photograph of Henry Miller altered with clown make-up.
Published on March 15, 1962.
Note: The even numbered pages of text are in English, with the French text appearing on odd numbered pages.

A66g 1966 FIRST NEW DIRECTIONS PAPERBACK EDITION

White unlettered wrappers with burnt-orange dust jacket with an illustration of a clown by Henry Miller.
Published in 1966, at $2.25, in an edition of 5,000 copies.

A66h 1966 FIRST MACGIBBON AND KEE EDITION

Olive green cloth boards. Red and orange dust jacket with watercolor of a clown.
Published on March 2, 1966, in an edition of 1,500 copies at 15s.

A66i 1968 HOKUSEIDO PRESS ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOK EDITION

Semi-soft beige textured wrappers. White dust jacket.
Published on January 10, 1968, at ¥500, in an edition of 5,000 copies.
Note: One of four English language textbooks of Miller work published in Japan.

A66j 1971 FIRST HALLMARK EDITION

Red cloth boards. Black dust jacket.
Published on June 1, 1971, at $2.50, in an edition of 30, 714 copies.
Note: The section "FOREWORD" for this edition is the "EPILOGUE" in other editions described in this bibliography.

A66k 1973 VILLAGE PRESS EDITION

Orange illustrated wrappers with an illustration of a clown by Henry Miller.
Published in 1973, at 30 pence.

A66l 1975 SECOND NEW DIRECTIONS PAPERBACK EDITION

White illustrated wrappers with clown illustration by Henry Miller.
1st Printing: Published on February 13, 1975, at $1.95, in an edition of 4,032 copies.
2nd Printing: Published on August 4, 1975, at $1.95, in an edition of 3,061 copies.
3rd Printing: Published in April 1977, in an edition of 2,629 copies.
4th Printing: Published in 1980, at $2.95, in an edition of 2,000 copies.
5th Printing: Published in 1981, at $3.95, in an edition of 2,000 copies.
6th Printing: Published in 1983, at $3.95, in an edition of 2,000 copies.
7th Printing: Published in 1986, at $3.95, in an edition of 2,000 copies.
8th Printing: Published in 1990, at $4.95, in an edition of 2,000 copies.
9th Printing: Published in 1992, at $5.95, in an edition of 2,000 copies.
Note: The 7th and the 9th Printings have a publisher's device on the spine above the number.

A66m 1979 SHELDON EDITION

Off-white illustrated wrappers with an illustration in blue of a clown, by Henry Miller.
Published in 1979, at £1.95.

A66n 1982 SECOND BUCHET / CHASTEL EDITION

Orange wrappers.
Published in February, 1982, at 40 francs.

A66q 1985 BÜCHERGILDE GUTENBERG

Gray Boards with white dust jacket.
Published in 1985.

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