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Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, London, 1963.

Price: US$7.80 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Novel. Light blue cloth cover with large Silver lettering on spine. 318 p. pages, 8" Tall. Spine faded and tanned. Leaning slightly. No inscriptions. Pages in very good, c;ean condition.

Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$7.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1963. First Published in GB. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$8.08 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1963. First Thus. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic Of Cancer. John Calder Ltd, 1963.

Price: US$8.13 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1963. John Calder Ltd. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Grey boards. Gilt titles. Slight edgewear. Boards marked. Spine worn. Previous owners name. End page foxing. Some pages marked. Some foxing. Page edges marked/foxed. 8x5.

Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$8.82 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1963. First Published in GB. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Thumb-marking present to front free endpaper. Water staining to gutters to last few pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water stain to rear board.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$9.10 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st UK edition, grey cloth covers, no inscriptions, clean and tight, attractive copy

Seller: Leaf Ends, Stocksfield, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$9.19 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1963. First Published in GB. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic Of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$9.43 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1963. John Calder . Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Grey boards. Silver titles. Slight edgewear. Boards marked. Spine damaged. Spine sunned. Spine marked. Previous owners name. Foxing throughout. 8x5.

Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic Of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$9.47 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1963. First British Edition. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Front endpaper missing. Mild foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Notable sunning to spine, with minor scuffing and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Henry Miller.. Tropic of Cancer.. John Calder., London, UK., 1963.

Price: US$10.40 + shipping

Description: This is the first Great Britain edition. Brown fore'edges. Foxing (brown marks) to free endpages. Stained outer cover binding spine and to cover binding too. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"

Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom

Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 205 x 130mm, light grey cloth, spine lettered & blocked in gilt, pp.[vi] 318. Transposed pages corrected. Spine faintly foxed, upper cover stained, internally clean. Good copy, without dustwrapper.

Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Henry Miller.. Tropic of Cancer.. John Calder (Publishers) Ltd., London, UK., 1963.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition. Last Rear free endpage is brown in colour. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"

Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$13.63 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1963. First Published in GB. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$13.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1963-01-01. John Calder. Hardback. ACCEPTABLE No DJ. Edgewear. Rubbed.

Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom

Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First UK printing. The volume is lightly bumped on the spine ends and top front corner.The end papers are lighlty toned, have pinched binding eminating from the gutter, and each pastedown has a small spot of soiling. Lacking the jacket.

Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

MILLER, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$15.60 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Early reprint of the English first edition (i.e. without errata slip). 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bruising to spine ends and bottom corners. Top edge spotted. Foxing to endpapers. Else, clean and tight. In poor original DJ - losses, with top quarter of back cover missing (including, unfortunately, the author's photograph).

Seller: Quair Books PBFA, Leeds, United Kingdom

Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$19.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 206 x 133mm, light green cloth, spine lettered & blocked in gilt, pp.[vi] 318. Spine a little sunned. Transposed pages corrected. Variant binding. Very good copy, without dustwrapper.

Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

MILLER Henry. TROPIC OF CANCER.. 1st. John Calder - London., 1963.

Price: US$19.50 + shipping

Description: VG+ in shabby dustwrapper.

Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder publishers ltd, London, 1963.

Price: US$19.97 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Slight discolouration of end papers. Jacket torn and worn around the edges. Cloth unmarked. Printing clear

Seller: Ystwyth Books, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic Of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$20.42 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1963. Tenth Edition. 318 pages. Blue dust jacket over grey cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light and frequent cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Book is noticeably bowed and forward leaning with visible sunning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has similar sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall; slight loss to front panel.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 28-1, 1963.

Price: US$20.79 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: Quality Books UK, Derby, DERBY, United Kingdom

MILLER, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, London, 1963.

Price: US$41.61 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Owner name on text bloc. Dust jacket is not price clipped but has edgewear top and bottom. 318pp uncommon in dj.

Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdom

MILLER, HENRY. TROPIC OF CANCER. LONDON: JOHN CALDER, 1963.

Price: US$45.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo, first UK edition, pp, 318, gilt titled grey cloth, unclipped dust-jacket which has edge-wear and a little loss.

Seller: Haddington Rare Books, North Berwick, United Kingdom

MILLER HENRY. TROPIC OF CANCER. Calder John, London(Londra), 1963.

Price: US$45.57 + shipping

Description: Edizione: Prima edizione in Gran Bretagna . Pagine: 318 . Illustrazioni: Sovracoperta di Guy Nicholls con foto dell'autore di Alan Daiches nel retro . Formato: 16° . Rilegatura: Cartonato telato grigio scritte oro al dorso e con sovracoperta originale . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Piccole usure alla sovracoperta.Bruniture . Collana: Contemporary literature from Calder .

Seller: Libreria Scripta Manent, ALBENGA, SV, Italy

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, London, 1963.

Price: US$77.81 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Hardback first UK edition. Original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. Smudge on front e Internally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Scarce in dust jacket. No inscriptions. Millers classic work.

Seller: Trinity Books, Boyle, ROSCO, Ireland

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$78.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good indeed hardback copy of this controversial novel. 1st UK edition, 1st printing, John Calder 1963. In very good unclipped dust jacket. This early printing has a tipped in errata slip on the verso of the half-title page informing of the printer’s error which transposes pages 259 and 288, making this one of the scarce first-issue copies. No discernible defects to the book; the dust jacket has general rubbing to the edges and minor shelf wear, not price clipped. Internally clean and bright. Very good indeed. Scarce in dust jacket. 318pp. 21cms. 'Notorious for its candid sexuality', this is the first UK edition of this important work of twentieth century literature from controversial American author Henry Miller., banned in the UK for thirty years. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK.

Seller: Cheerleader Productions Ltd, Cheltenham, GLOS, United Kingdom

Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, London, 1963.

Price: US$117.02 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Errata slip present on the verso of the half-title page informing of the transposing of pages 259 and 288 making this one of the scarce first-issue copies. Minor wear only to the book, no inscriptions. The dust jacket has general wear and creasing with small loss to the top of the spine, not price clipped.

Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. John Calder 1963-64, London, 1963.

Price: US$178.12 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first U.K. editions of Henry Miller's two autobiographical novels, controversial works which were banned in the U.S. The first U.K. editions, first impressions.In the original unclipped dust wrappers.All three of these works had first been published by the Obelisk Press in the 1930s, due to the obscenity laws in the States at the time, which resulted in the works being banned in the country. These are the first U.K. editions published, after copies of the Obelisk Press edition had been smuggled in to the country. In the 1960s Scotland Yard debated banning the publication of the book, however they decided to publish, as eminent literary figures were publicly defending the book. Among the works defenders was T. S. Eliot.'Tropic of Cancer' is a novel regarded now as an important work in twentieth century literature, notorious for its candid sexuality. 'Tropic of Capricorn' is likewise a semi-autobiographical novel which acts as a prequel to 'Cancer'.By Arthur Miller, an American author who was known for breaking with the literary forms of the day and developing anew type of semi-autobiographical novel. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart. Marks to the front board of 'Capricorn'. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities of 'Capricorn'. Front board of 'Capricorn' is a little bowed. 'Cancer' dust wrapper is edge worn with a few light marks. Dust wrapper of 'Capricorn' is heavily edge worn with chips and closed tears. Marks to the dust wrapper of 'Capricorn', heavier to the front wrap, with loss. Small label to the front fly leaf of 'Capricorn'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. John Calder, London, 1963.

Price: US$182.02 + shipping

Description: 'Notorious for its candid sexuality', this is the first UK edition of this important work of twentieth century literature from controversial American author Henry Miller. The first UK edition, first impression of this work, with tipped in errata slip to title page, noting the transposing of pages 259 and 288, as called for. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The seminal work of American author Henry Miller, this novel was first published in Paris in 1934, but banned from publication in the USA. Until the publication of this edition, only smuggled copies of the work were available in the United Kingdom. Scotland Yard contemplated banning its publication in Britain in the 1960s, but decided against the ban because literary figures such as T. S. Eliot were ready to mount a public defence of the work.The dust wrapper advertises this work as detailing life in Paris in the interwar years, recounting the experiences of the author as he 'worked, starved, ate, drank and made love'. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to head of back strip, with shelf wear to spine tail. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Significant losses and tears to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with a fold and discolouration to rear wrap, and general edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn. John Calder 1963-1964, London, 1963.

Price: US$214.53 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Two first UK editions of these important 20th century works of literature by Henry Miller, known for their candid depictions of sexuality. Tropic of Cancer, published in 1963 is the first UK edition, later issue without the errata tipped in to the Emerson quote. Tropic of Capricorn, published in 1964 is the first edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. Two important works of twentieth-century literature, Tropic of Cancer (1963) and Tropic of Capricorn (1964). Written by American author Henry Miller, these two works are semi-autobiographical and narrate the author's early writing career, but also include fictive and free-form elements. These two works of literature were extremely controversial when first published in the United States in the 1930s, due to their candid depictions and descriptions of sex and sexuality. The United States Justice Department banned the original editions of bothTropic of Cancer andTropic of Capricorn. When the 1961 Grove Press edition ofTropic of Cancer was released, it led to the obscenity trials that reviewed American laws of pornography. In 1964, the US Supreme Court finally declared these works non-obscene. Two exceptionally bright copies of these important works of twentieth-century literature. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally in lovely condition with just minor shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrappers are smart with chipping, creasing and slight loss to the extremities. Tropic of Capricorn is sunned to the spine as is common with this work. Tape repairs to the reverse of the Tropic of Cancer. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot to the fore edge. Near Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Miller, Henry (1891-1980). Tropic of Cancer. London : John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$216.75 + shipping

Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 318 pages ; 21cm. Subjects: Bohemianism ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Miller, Henry (1891-1980). Tropic of Cancer. London : John Calder, 1963.

Price: US$244.00 + shipping

Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 318 pages ; 21cm. Subjects: Bohemianism ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). Tropic of Cancer. London: John Calder, 1963, 1963.

Price: US$325.04 + shipping

Description: [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.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

MILLER Henry. Tropic of Cancer. [First UK Edition.] FIRST UK EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO. John Calder, [1963], 1963.

Price: US$608.48 + shipping

Description: 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.

Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom

MILLER, Henry.. Tropic of Cancer.. London, John Calder, 1963., 1963.

Price: US$1950.25 + shipping

Description: [With:]MILLER, Henry. Tropic of Capricorn. London, John Calder, 1964. Two vols 8vo, pp. [4], 318; and pp. 316; fine copies, Cancer in a fine dust-jacket; Capricorn in a good jacket, spine sunned, a few small tears to edges.First UK editions of both books. Laid in loose is a rare piece of ephemera, comprising articles written by Miller for the LA Times ('Why I wrote "Tropic of Cancer"') and by John Ciardi for the Saturday Review in 1963, 'Reprinted by the Henry Miller Literary Society, Minneapolis'. At the end Miller has annotated it with the comment 'I wrote this, not for a newspaper, but for our U.S. Supreme court to read. We petitioned them to take the case. HM.' Although first published in Paris in 1934, Tropic of Cancer's republication by the Grove Press in 1961 led to numerous obscenity trials in US state courts, until the Supreme Court finally ruled it was not obscene in 1964.

Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom