Tropic of Cancer. by MILLER, Henry - 1934: Preface by Anaïs Nin.

Paris: The Obelisk Press,, 1934. Rare in the original wrappers First edition, first printing, in the scarce original wrappers. The publication of Tropic of Cancer by Jack Kahane's expatriate Obelisk Press was a seminal event in 20th-century publishing, and the book became the subject of a landmark obscenity trial in the 1960s. It was later a significant influence on the Beat Generation. The majority of surviving copies of the first edition were rebound either at the time of publication or in later years. The design is by Kahane's son Maurice (later Maurice Girodias) of whom, Neil Pearson notes, "we must forgive since he was fourteen years old at the time". Octavo. Original wrappers lettered and decorated in blue and black. Housed in a custom black morocco slipcase and chemise. Publisher's single leaf prospectus loosely inserted. Expert repairs to spine ends and extremities, hint of rubbing to wrappers, minor marks to fore-edge, a near-fine copy. Neil Pearson, Obelisk: A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press, 2007.