Hardcover. NY, Grove Press, 2nd pr., 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcpver in green boards with dark green cloth spine, titles stamped in gilt. Dust jacker shows edgewear and chipping, with $7.50 on flap. Top edge stained green. Framed gilt facsimile of Miller's signature to front of green boards. Clean, tight, bright. 348 pp. First published in 1939 in France, it took over 20 years to be cleared for publishing in the United States. Despite the ban, Miller has been one of the most influential figures in American literature. "The completion of his seven-volume autobiography, if it fulfills the promise of what he has already given us, will put his name amongst the three or four great figures of the age."