{"product_id":"to-2026-049","title":"Le Sourire au Pied de l'Échelle (INSCRIBED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMILLER, Henry. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLe Sourire au Pied de l'Échelle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST FRENCH EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e. Paris: Éditions Corrêa, 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe inscribee \"Toby\" has been suggested to be Webster F. \"Toby\" Street, the Monterey attorney and Stanford friend of John Steinbeck; the identification is unverified. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSmall 8vo. 133 pp. Text in French and English (translation by G. Belmont), with a frontispiece photo-plate of the author. Color photo-illustrated wrappers. Light wear and creasing to the covers; a very good copy in the original wrappers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first French edition of Henry Miller's \u003cem\u003eThe Smile at the Foot of the Ladder\u003c\/em\u003e, his short fable of a clown — first published in English in 1948 — here in the bilingual Corrêa edition. Inscribed by Miller on the half-title: \"For Toby from Henry 5\/7\/58,\" with a further note in his hand below: \"Note: English text has some printer's errors.\" A warm, characteristic Miller inscription with his own wry caveat about the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU\u003c\/strong\u003e TO-2026-049 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Miller, Henry","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46459952070817,"sku":"TO-2026-049","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7001\/0785\/files\/TO-2026-049_01_840b5287-302e-4206-8460-e2f52683cbbc.jpg?v=1783399424","url":"https:\/\/twoorangesbooks.com\/products\/to-2026-049","provider":"Two Oranges Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}