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Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. Medusa, New York, 1940.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 323 pages. pirated edition printed in Mexico. rebound in full leather, raised bands and gold lettering. rubbing around edges. a very nice copy in attractive leather binding. ; 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 "

Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.

Miller, Henry. TROPIC OF CANCER. Medvsa/Medusa, New York, 1940.

Price: US$320.00 + shipping

Description: 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 the 1961 Grove Press edition of Tropic of Cancer: "These novels will give way, by and by, to diaries or autobiographies-captivating books, if only a man knew how to choose among what he calls his experiences that which is really his experience, and how to record truth truly." Known largely for the charges of obscenity leveled against it, and its nearly three-decade censorship in the United States, Tropic of Cancer is now recognized as something much more: an uncompromising attempt at self-revelation, and the pursuit of a prose style up to the task. This is the first American edition, privately printed in this pirated version of 1000 copies by Jacob Brussel under the fictitious imprint of 'New York / Medusa.' An overrun of 200 to 500 unbound sheets were printed for later distribution, accounting for the nine variants which followed this first issue. The First Paperback Edition, also the Seventh Medusa Variant. Printed in Mexico, it precedes the authorized (Grove Press, 1961) American edition by more than two decades. References: Shifreen & Jackson A9Q. 1313761. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Paperback Edition, Variant Binding.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

MILLER, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. Medusa, New York, 1940.

Price: US$385.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo (19.5cm.); original reddish brown imitation leather cloth, gilt-lettered spine, red topstain; 322pp. Light shelf wear, else Very Good overall. One of the numerous pirated "Medusa" variants, though this apparently unlisted in SHIFREEN & JACKSON: the binding conforms with A9p ("Variant Eighth Edition / Second Illustrated / Medusa Variant") but without the illustrations.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Miller, Henry. TROPIC OF CANCER. Medusa, New York, 1940.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: 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.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.

Miller, Henry. Tropic Of Cancer. Medusa, New York, 1940.

Price: US$575.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 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).

Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.

Miller, Henry. TROPIC OF CANCER. New York, Medusa, 1940.

Price: US$875.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 8vo, green boards, bit dull, spine lettering FADED but still visible, bit cocked (yes it's a joke) INSCRIBED "For W.S. Maederich Greetings! Henry Miller.3/2/40".vvbr2/3

Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer. Medusa Press, E-261, 1940.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 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 Cancer continued to be distributed in France and smuggled into other countries When it was first published in the US in 1961 it led to more than 60 obscenity trials until a historic ruling by the Supreme Court defined it as a work of literature Long hailed as a truly liberating book daring and uncompromising Tropic of Cancer is a cornerstone of modern literature that asks us to reconsider everything we know about art freedom and morality. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pages; Signed by Author

Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.