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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.

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… Leer más

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1961. First American Edition, First Printing. 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… Leer más

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.