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Tropic of Capricorn
de Miller, Henry
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- Librería
-
Albany, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Tokyo: Keimeisha Press. First Edition Thus/Unknown Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published in Japan while still banned in the US and prior to the Grove Press Edition. Printing not stated, but early as 700 Yen on price stamp on verso of rfep. In red buckram with bright yellow type. Dings to three corners and some dings to edges of boards. Tanning to free endpapers and page ends with a few tiny spots to top page ends. Scarce in jacket with a few short(1/4 inch) tears to bottom of front panel and heel of spine. Some edgewear and nicks as well. Very small stain to heel of spine as well. Title faded on spine which is creased.
Sinopsis
Like his previous work, Tropic of Cancer , Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn stayed banned in the U.S. until 1961. Written with a similar style and theme, the book details and to some extent parodies Miller's experiences working for Western Union, referring to the company throughout the book as the “Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company.” In Capricorn , Miller expounded on his travails as a struggling writer in New York in the 1920s, and with his troubled marriage. The book was published by Obelisk Press in Paris in 1939. The first U.S. Edition was printed by Grove Press in 1961, and signed copies of this book are also sought after, due to the lawsuit and controversy surrounding its publication. The trilogy itself represents a significant challenge to traditional literary forms, and Miller's appeal to counter-culture continues to attract new collectors. The final book in Miller's Obelisk Trilogy , it was followed by Black Spring in 1938, a collection of shorter stories related to the series, and Tropic of Capricorn in 1939, another stream-of-consciousness account of the author's struggles in New York in the 1920s. Flaws in the first Paris edition (printed in English) commonly include a damaged or missing spine. Wear to the cover and boards, and chips and unevenness to the page edges are also common. Signed copies of this work in good condition are often sold for over $1,000. The first U.S. Edition is of higher quality, and features gilt lettering on the title pages, and marbled paper boards. Less commonly seen errors for this edition include soiling and damage to the edges, folded corners of pages, and slight loosening of the boards and binding.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- LPB005779HM
- Título
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Autor
- Miller, Henry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition Thus/Unknown Printing
- Editorial
- Keimeisha Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Tokyo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Catálogos del vendedor
- American Literature;
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
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