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Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller A signed and inscribed first printing. Publisher and Year: Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1934. - Edition: First edition, first printing ("First Published September 1934"). Signed and inscribed on the flyleaf to American artist Beatrice Heide Thomas (1913-2002) in 1938, a friend of Henry Miller during his time in Paris: "To Beatrice Heide, Henry Miller, Paris, 6/38." The book is also accompanied by a signed letter written by Miller to Beatrice in 1971, in which he expresses gratitude that she lent him $100 when he "was desperate." Only 1000 copies of the first printing were produced, many of which were destroyed by authorities in countries where the book was banned. Shifreen & Jackson A9a. - Condition and Description: Contemporary quarter leather rebinding, with the front wrap featuring the iconic Maurice Kahane art and the rear flap bound in. Signed and inscribed on the front flyleaf in June of 1938. Clean pages without any writing or underlining. Tropic of Cancer is not… Read More

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.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1961. First American Edition, First Printing. Signed by author Henry Miller on a tipped in page from a signed limited edition therefore the authenticity is guaranteed. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.75" with 318 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor scuffing to both ends of spine and around edges of boards. Minor scuffing to bottom edge of textblock. Interior pages are bright and clean. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine on jacket. Minor chipping to corners of jacket. 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 individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (O8-64).

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

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.

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.