The picture above is of a first edition of The Colossus Of Maroussi by Henry Miller.
The writer Eugene Walter told me to read this book in the summer of 1964 when I was in Rome and was heading to Greece. It helped me no end. Click on the link below to read some pages from the book and you can read reviews also.
http://www.amazon.com/Colossus-Maroussi-Henry-Miller/dp/0811201090#_