Ver a tamaño completo.
Tropic Of Cancer
de Miller Henry
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
Cedar Creek, Queensland, Australia
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: Grove Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 215x150x30mm. 215x150x30mm+542g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Grove Press. New York. 1961. First Edition. . . Pp316. Black cloth hard boards. Gilt lettering to spine. In original dust jacket. Unclipped. Book near fine, slight browning to endpapers. Jacket, Very Good +, slight wear to top corners, fore-edges, and head and foot of spine, back of jacket shows wear. A notorious book, with respect to the issue of censorship, establishing Miller as a very avant-gard figure. First published in 1934 by a pornographer in Paris, banned in the US, and when this First US Edition was published it caused censorship battles that were not resolved until 1964 when the Supreme Court ruled it was not pornographic. A clean pleasing copy of this reprint edition distributed by Bookthrift New York 1961: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$28.20 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$45.20 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$51.40 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$12.40
Sinopsis
Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer is one of the most notoriously and frequently censored books in the history of American literature. In a combination of autobiography and fiction, the novel centers of Miller’s own life as a struggling writer in Paris in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Tropic of Cancer is written in the first person and lacks linear organization, two of Miller’s most favored techniques. Some chapters are narratives about Miller’s friends and workplaces, and others are stream-of-consciousness-style reflections, but all of the chapters touch on the sexual exploits and general low-life ruthlessness in which the author had engaged at the time. Tropic of Cancer was first published by Obelisk Press, a French publisher of soft pornography, in Paris in 1934. Shortly thereafter, the novel was banned in the US and later tried for charges of obscenity, a trial that challenged American pornography laws at the time. In 1961, the ban of Tropic of Cancer was lifted, and later that year, Grove Press published the first US edition of the novel, but only after the firm’s Barney Rosset offered Miller a sizeable advance and promised to defend the author in any future legal battles regarding the publication. Grove Press’s edition of Tropic of Cancer sold over 1 million copies by the end of 1961… and was the subject of about 60 lawsuits as well, one of which involved the American Civil Liberties Union. All of this hullabaloo makes one wonder what the reactions might have been if Miller had decided to go with the novel’s working title, Crazy Cock — which was, ironically, far more modest than the published version. Regardless, the novel’s 1970 film adaptation, directed by Joseph Strick, received an X rating (meaning no one 17 and under admitted). Today, Tropic of Cancer finds itself ranked 50th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century and 59th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Mammy Bears Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- mbb005950
- Título
- Tropic Of Cancer
- Autor
- Miller Henry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Grove Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1961
- Tamaño
- 215x150x30mm
- Catálogos del vendedor
- American Literature;
Términos de venta
Mammy Bears Books
I do my utmost to describe my books accurately, please read the description
The picture forms an important part of the description, please view the image carefully. Thanks
Book prices are net in Australian dollars, Shipping Rates are at cost and sent tracked with Australia Post.
SHIPPING ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON 500g PACKAGES.
MammyBearsBooks has individual book shipping costs already calculated.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
Sobre el vendedor
Mammy Bears Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2019
Cedar Creek, Queensland
Sobre Mammy Bears Books
MammyBearsBooks is a small internet only book store located in the Scenic Rim near Brisbane Australia. We have a broad, general range specialising in Vintage Children's Books and Australiana, along with a selection of Antiquarian books. Our aim is to provide one hundred per cent satisfaction with your purchase and we are happy to answer emails or phone calls about our stock. Friendly service is assured at all times :)
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
