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Miller, Henry. Black Spring. The Obelisk Press, 1938.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A fair copy in original gray printed wraps (heavy creasing, nicks, and tears to wraps with tape to edges; age-toning to brittle text which has some chipping to edges). 269 pages. Shifreen & Jackson A12b; one of 1000 copies printed in October of 1938 (originally published in 1936 by the same press).b/w Title vignettes; Title Pages (red/black).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1938.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 269pp. Octavo [20 cm] Light gray, black and white printed wraps. Good. The edges of the covers are slightly, rubbed, bumped and creased. There is a tiny chip in the paper at the head of the spine. The text block is beginning to come away from the covers. This was first published in June of 1936. This was dedicated to Anais Nin.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Henry Miller. BLACK SPRING. The Obelisk Press - Paris, 1938.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Second printing. Fragile wraps, pages excessively browned, sewn binding holding but tender. A fair copy.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry.. BLACK SPRING.. Obelisk Press: Paris, 1938.
Price: US$28.75 + shipping
Description: 7.5 x 5.75, wraps, 269 pp, ink name and address, front cover torn at spine, back cover slightly worn, covers soiled and rubbed. "Second Edition."
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. BLACK SPRING. Paris: The Obelisk Press, (1938). (1938)., 1938.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Paris: The Obelisk Press, (1938). (1938). Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed light bluish gray wraps. The covers are soiled, creased and chipped at the edges and the rear cover is nearly detached. 268 deckle-edged pages. The pages are darkened. Good. The second edition.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1938.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paperback. Black and white paper wrappers with white title to black front wrapper and black title to white spine. Minor browning to exterior. Minor edgewear to wrapper. Place and date of acquisition in ink on the front free endpaper. Phone number, date, and Paris address in ink on the back wrapper. Minor browning to margins. Else is clean and bright. On the front wrapper: 'Second edition'. On the copyright page: 'Reprinted October 1938'. Blurbs by Cyril Connnolly, Herbert Read, Aldous Huxley, et al. Second edition/second Obelisk edition. 269 pages. LIT/101416.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Henry Miller. Black Spring. The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1938.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of this uncommon second edition, which was limited to 1000 copies according to the publisher, Paris-based Obelisk Press. The book is tight and intact with just some minor separation on top and bottom of spine.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
MILLER, HENRY. Black Spring. The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1938.
Price: US$74.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing. Grey wraps. Paper has browned. Wraps a little rubbed with some light creasing at back. Bumped at foot of spine with a few short tears. Good clean copy of a fragile item.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Miller (Henry).. Black Spring. Obelisk Press, Paris,, 1938.
Price: US$80.81 + shipping
Description: Backstrip and lower wrapper somewhat soiled and wrappers split at head and foot of upper and lower hinges, otherwise a very good copy; browned throughout as usual This edition was entirely re-set, the text running to 269 pages, as compared with the 267 of the First Edition. Pearson, Obelisk, A-42(b). Original white wrappers printed in green and black, the title and authors namer on the upper wrapper being reversed out in white
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. The Obelisk Press, Paris, France, 1938.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good minus, fragilesecondedition book with black paper front cover and whitebackground on back cover. Price of 60 francs is blacked out on back cover. Covers are soiled and stained. Upper left front corner of cover has 1 1/4" separation from text spine. Upper edge on front cover has 1/2" closed vertical tear near center. Upper and lower edges of covers are curled with numerous chips and small closed vertical tears of 1/8". Back end paper is stamped *78 00. Back cover is separating from text block. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. Second printing.. The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1938.
Price: US$263.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 269 S., 1 weißes Blatt. Orig.-Broschur. Miller's first three books, of which this is the second, were banned in the United States and England for obscene content; Black Spring was not published in the US until 1963. The pages a little browned due to the poor quality of the paper. The spine rubbed and with small loss at foot, but inspite of the wear an overall still acceptable copy. Papierbedingt etwas gebräunt, der Rücken berieben und unten mit kleiner Fehlstelle, trotz der Gebrauchsspuren handelt es sich jedoch um ein insgesamt noch ordentliches Exemplar.
Seller: Antiquariat Rolf Bulang, Dautphetal, Germany
Miller, Henry.. Black Spring.. Paris, The Obelisk Press, (1938)., 1938.
Price: US$274.73 + shipping
Description: 269, (1) SS., l. w. Bl. Bedr. Originalbroschur. 8vo. Zweite Ausgabe (Nachdruck der Erstausgabe von 1936). "Published in October 1938, at 60 francs, in an edition of 1,000 copies" (Shifreen/J.). Wohlerhalten. Unbeschnittenes, unaufgeschnittenes Exemplar. - Shifreen/J. A12b.
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. Obelisk Press, Paris, 1938.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the second printing, published by the Obelisk Press in 1938. Considerable frugality was excersized in the paper selection for this production which has invariably resulted in page browning - and a certain fragility to the pages. Gray wrappers which are lightly worn to the edges and the spine. One of the pre-text pages ( that which lists other books by Henry Miller ) has been archivally repaired in response to a tear at the top edge.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. Paris: Obelisk Press, 1938, 1938.
Price: US$448.94 + shipping
Description: Second Edition.19.5x14cm. 269pp. Good. Badly cut. Cover and spine are bumped, with some loss to the spine.
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. Obelisk Press; Paris, 1938.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: s-101 Second Obelisk Edition published October 1938 in a run of 1000 copies. Black wraps (not 1945 steel-gray). Original "60 f" price not blacked out to front leaf but is blacked on rear cover as is price on rear leaf. Stamped "78 00" to rear free end paper. Covers in good condition despite some staining and chipping are still intact. Hinges are solid. Untrimmed page edges soiled. Age browning to pages but all text clear. Stored and shipped in a Brodart archival box. PICTURE SHOWN IS PROVIDED BY PUBLISHER AND DOES NOT REFLECT ACTUAL COVER
Seller: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. The Obelisk Press, 16 Place Vendome, Paris., 1938.
Price: US$1026.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Originally published 1936 by Obelisk Press in soft covers, this reprint has a SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY HENRY MILLER on the detached fly-leaf. "To Prudence - memories of Corfu - the paradisical clinic, Henry. 8/8/38" Signed also by previous owner, Prudence Lucas. Married to the writer and classicist F. L. Lucas, she had an brief affair with Miller whilst in Greece just before the war. Provenance: The copy's poor condition (front cover missing,inscription page and half-title page detached, spine partially missing and text browned and fragile though unmarked though still sewn tightly together and absolutely readable) is due to it having survived a direct hit by a bomb during the London Blitz. It was happily rescued from the ruins of No.34 Redcliffe Road by Prudence Lucas and her friend, the writer Joan Wyndham, who was helping her in an attempt to recover some of her possessions from the rubble, in particular her own unfinished novel. This episode is described by Joan Wyndham in her published wartime journal LOVE LESSONS. This copy of Black Spring passed down from Prudence to its current owner, a relative.
Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom