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Miller, Henry. Tropic of Capricorn. Grove Press. NY., 1961.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Thirteenth printing. Mass market paperback. This is the complete, unexpurgated Grove Press edition. Inscribed by the author. On the dedication page, Miller has written over the entire page, 8/3/69 NYC My Dear friend Leon---- Henry Miller Miller's sexually explicit novels were banned several times in his lifetime and they continue to incite debate to this day. He died in 1980. This copy appears at first glance to be an unremarkable paperback. The covers are faded with age and the pages are slightly yellowed. Yet, Miller autographed very few books. His works, still in print after forty years, seem certain to remain controversial.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer - mit langer Widmung signiert - signied. Grove Press, USA, 1961.
Price: US$526.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ( dt. Wendekreis des Krebses ), auf Vortitel mit Widmung und Datum (1978) signiert von dem amerikanischen SchriftstellerHenry Miller (1891-1980)," For Dr. P. Henry Miller P.S. If it were an Obelisk edition it would be worth (today) $ 2500. Think of it ! Henry Miller 8/16/78" , leichte Gebrauchsspuren, Papier etwas altersgebräunt, Schnitt etwas stockfleckig, Schutzumschlag ( extra geschützt im Klarsichtumschlag) etwas beschädigt. Signed by author Size: 8°
Seller: Antiquariat Luna, Lüneburg, Germany
Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. Grove Press, New York, 1961.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition, Fourth Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with price intact. Signed on the front free end paper by Henry Miller, inscribed to previous owner. Topstain shows a few small spots of discoloration. Faint wear to edges of spine cloth. The dust jacket shows rubbing and faint edge wear. There is light chipping at the spine ends, and an area of surface loss on both the front and rear panels. Signed.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry; Barney Rosset. Tropic of Cancer. Grove, New York, 1961.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated 1st Printing on copyright page. Introduction by Karl Shapiro. Blue boards with black cloth spine; some wear to bottom boards and rear corner. DJ price-clipped; rubbed and has general wear at edges, some staining and chips at spine ends and corners and long chip at rear edge with tape repair on obverse; mylar protected. SIGNED by HENRY MILLER on a card affixed to half-title page: "Bless you - Henry Miller, LA # 444" (#444 was his house number on Ocampo Drive in LA after 1963). Also attached to front end page is a bookplate SIGNED (inscribed) by famed publisher BARNEY ROSSET. Rosset was instrumental as owner of Grove Press to help overcome court obsenity cases to get Tropic of Cancer published (relatively scarce signature). Also SIGNED by Pulitizer Prize poet KARL SHAPIRO on a small card affixed at the end of his introducyion section. Unique 1st printing copy of Miller classic with related signatures. Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer SIGNED. Grove Press, Inc, New York, 1961.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 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 individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N8-52).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Miller, Henry; Karl Shapiro [Introduction]. Tropic of Cancer. Grove Press, New York, 1961.
Price: US$3800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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." First American Edition, Signed Limited Issue.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.