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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… Read More

Paris: Obelisk, 1934. First Edition. (Paris: Obelisk Press 1934). First Edition. Rebound in near contemporary red cloth (with no lettering to indicate the title of the book). Ownership name in ink to both the front and rear end-papers. Original printed front and rear wrappers (featuring a giant crab holding a naked woman in its pincers, designed by Maurice J. Kahan) bound in, wrappers torn and relaid with the inner flaps pasted down. The original spine of the book is missing. Now hailed as an American classic, the author's masterpiece was banned as obscene in the United States for 27 years. One of only a 1,000 copies and genuinely rare. This is the true First Edition of this title with First Published September 1934 on the copyright page

New York: Grove Press, 1961. First American Edition, Signed Limited Issue. Near Fine. First American edition, signed limited issue. One of only 100 unnumbered hors commerce copies specially bound and signed by Henry Miller. Bound in original marbled boards over brown spine cloth, titled in gilt. Near Fine with rubbing to edges heaviest at corners, former owner rubber stamp to front paste down. The famous novel with a multiple decades-long journey through the courts in different countries. This Grove first American edition triggered a landmark obscenity case that ended in 1964 with it being officially declared "not obscene.

London: Calder, 1963-4. Both first edition, first printings published by Calder between 1963-64. Both volumes are very good+ (Capricorn with moderate foxing to the prelims and edges). Both signed on the ffep by the Author and dated and located (London 1969). A bright pair and exceptionally rare to find Miller's masterpiece signed, especially in first edition form.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1983. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Complete set of the First Edition Library's "Published in Paris" Banned Books series, including Ulysses by James Joyce, Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.. [Three volumes]. High quality facsimiles, with almost identical weight, size, fonts, art, wrappers, and texture to the true first editions. Lolita printed in two volumes with green paper wraps. Tropic of Cancer in illustrated paper wraps, with facsimile "For Subscription Only" band around middle of book. Ulysses in blue paper wraps with title in black on front cover. All with a touch of wear to corners of wraps, a fine set. This set was available to subscribers only, and includes the publisher's pamphlet with information on each book's creation, initial publication, and reception from audiences worldwide. Housed in matching cloth clamshells, titles listed in gilt on green morocco labels affixed to spines. Due to varying degrees of graphic… Read More

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1961. First American Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author Henry Miller on a tipped in page from a signed limited edition, therefore the authenticity is guaranteed. First American edition, first printing - with "First Printing" stated on the copyright page. Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.75", with 318 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor surface wear to the boards. Minor staining to the bottom edge of the textblock. The original dust jacket is in good plus condition. Chipping to the head of the spine, with minor wear to the extremities. Original 7.50 price on front flap. Tropic of Cancer is an autobiographical novel by Henry Miller that is best known as "notorious for its candid sexuality", with the resulting social controversy considered responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature." Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing… Read More

Paris, France: Obelisk Press, 1934. first. hardcover. good. First edition. Preface by Anais Nin. Book is rebound. Book good, copyright page is missing, wear, bookplate attached to front paste-down, front and rear gutter have black tape, verso of front free end paper has previous owner's name and date, parts of pages 321-323 were repaired, verso of title page has a number stamp. Housed in custom-made slipcase.

E-261: Medusa Press. Fair. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Medusa Press, Inc, New York (Mexico). 1940. 323 pgs. First Pirated American edition that was printed in Mexico in 1940. Signed and inscribed by Henry Miller on the FFEP. Bound in cloth with heavile faded titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (spine is barely attached and chipped). Light foxing present to the edges of the text block. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Shocking banned and the subject of obscenity trials Henry Millers first novel Tropic of Cancer is one of the most scandalous and influential books of the twentieth century. Tropic of Cancer redefined the novel Set in Paris in the 1930s it features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes pimps and artists Banned in the US and the UK for more than thirty years because it was considered pornographic Tropic of… Read More

Paris: Obelisk, 1935. This is the Reprint from September 1935 (the book was first published in September 1934). A softcover issued in plain wrappers (without a D/W). A VG+ copy. Second Printing of Miller's first and most famous novel. This printing consisted of 500 copies; with most of the first printing confiscated by the censors. Precedes all American first editions. Shifreen & Jackson A9B. Uncommon

First American edition of this modern classic published after the ban was lifted, first published in Paris in 1934. Lawrence Durrell wrote that this title stands beside Moby Dick and that American literature today begins and ends with what he [Miller] has done. Basis for the 1970 film starring Rip Torn. A virtually Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of this classic.

NY: Medusa,, 1940.. First US edition, eighth edition overall.. 322 pp. Near fine in full green cloth, sunned to the spine and extrems. No dust jacket, possibly as issued (one not seen by bibliographer). SIGNED by Miller on the front free endpaper. Shifreen & Jackson A9j.

Obelisk Press 1935. Scarce in this condition, first reprint of first edition (most of which was destroyed), only 500 copies made, as issued in blank covers, Octavo, blank light card covers, 323pp, VG (moderately heavy browning to covers, light tanning to page edges, light creasing to spine extrems and cover edges)

New York: Grove Press, 1961. First authorized and first trade edition issued in America. With a long introduction by Karl Shapiro and a preface by Anais Nin. 8vo., publisher's original cloth backed boards in dustjacket. xxxiii, 318 pp. A handsome, clean and pleasing copy, some light evidence of age or shelving to the dustjacket, the book very fine. FIRST AUTHORIZED AND FIRST TRADE EDITION ISSUED IN AMERICA. Of the book, John Ciardi said, [it] "is a substantial work of art. The violence of Miller's attack on orthodoxy and falseness is indispensable to his human vision of things. In [the book] the test is ferocity, a ferocious and yet naive sincerity that castigates all sham. It cannot fail to be moral finally, because the ferocity is radically moral. And because the author is an artist--a very good one, as the continued 'underground life' of the book attests." Ours is a very nice copy of this classic.

John Calder,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first UK edition of Miller's infamous if pioneering novel. It was first published by Obelisk Press in Paris in 1934, and in the US in 1961 where it became the subject of a series of obscenity trials.

New York: Medusa, 1940. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Octavo in original pale green cloth. The first American edition, privately printed in this pirated edition of 1000 copies by Jacob Brussel (the imprint "Medusa" is assumed ficticious). 323 pp. A tight, internally bright example, spine strip somewhat embrowned and with some modest rubbing to the spine lettering. Precedes the authorized (Grove Press) American edition by more than two decades. (Shifreen & Jackson A9).

New York: Medusa, 1940. First U.S. edition -- albeit an unauthorized one -- of Miller's first and most famous book. One of only 1000 copies in the first-issue binding of light green linen boards with gilt spine lettering. According to Shifreen & Jackson, an overrun of 200 to 500 unbound sheets were printed for later distribution, accounting for the nine variants that followed this one. Spine lettering rubbed but readable, spine and board edges toned to tan, green topstain faded, endpapers poorly glued and/or re-glued. Altogether good or perhaps better. Issued without a dust jacket.

First Edition. paperback. Like New. 0x0x0. Brand new in clam shell and publisher's shrink wrap. Please email for photos.

This notable pirated first American edition, limited to 1000 copies by Jacob Brussel under the pseudonym 'New York / Medusa,' is a remarkable piece of literary history. Bound in purple paper wraps with a plain spine that has faded to beige, it exhibits uneven sun-fading on the covers and some wrinkling on the spine. This rare first paperback edition, printed in Mexico, significantly predates the authorized Grove Press American edition by over two decades. Despite its condition showing signs of age, this edition is a collector's gem, offering a unique glimpse into the controversial early circulation of this seminal work.

New York: Medvsa/Medusa, 1940. First Paperback Edition, Variant Binding. Softcover. Octavo, 322 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in purple paper wraps with plain spine faded to beige. Wrinkling to spine, uneven sunning to covers. Text block shows moderate age toning to edges and light age toning to pages generally, increasing to moderate age toning at top edge. Shelved in Case 2. "Up to the present, my idea of collaborating with myself has been to get off the gold standard of literature. My idea briefly has been to present a resurrection of the emotions, to depict the conduct of a human being in the stratosphere of ideas, that is, in the grip of delirium." (Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer). Miller's entire body of work may well be characterized by the concept of "self-collaboration" -- breaking out of long-held literary molds to become reacquainted with his own self and experience. He highlighted this autobiographical or confessional shift by the inclusion of a quote from Emerson prefacing… Read More

London: John Calder, 1963. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 318. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page; possibly a secretarial hand. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Large blue ink ownership to fly-leaf. Toning and spotting to edges and endpapers. Boards slightly bowed, with some toning to spine and wear to edges. Jacket heavily worn to edges, with creases, closed tears, and heavy chipping. Good. A classic account of an American writer's life in Paris, first published there in 1934, but not officially published in the US and the UK until 1961 and 1963 due to censorship.