Rare and desirable signed and inscribed example of this cornerstone of modern literature. With errata slip, often not found, tipped to title page. With first issue price of 60 francs printed on the spine. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the fragile wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Henry Church with best wishes, Henry Miller 5/5/39.” Henry Church and his wife Barbara were patrons of the arts in 1930s-40s France, and were friends with many of the important writers of the era. $6,500.00 Item Number: 110655įirst edition, one of only 1000 copies printed in Paris, to avoid obscenity laws in the United States. In this seductive technicolor swirl of Paris and New York, he captures like no one else the blending of people and the cities they inhabit.MILLER, Henry. With incomparable glee, Miller shifts effortlessly from Virgil to venereal disease, from Rabelais to Roquefort. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods, and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits, Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature.īlack Spring - Continuing the subversive self-revelation begun in Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Henry Miller takes readers along a mad, free-associating journey from the damp grime of his Brooklyn youth to the sun-splashed cafes and squalid flats of Paris. Tropic of Capricorn - Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Only a historic court ruling that changed American censorship standards, ushering in a new era of freedom and frankness in modern literature, permitted the publication of this first volume of Miller’s famed mixture of memoir and fiction, which chronicles with unapologetic gusto the bawdy adventures of a young expatriate writer, his friends, and the characters they meet in Paris in the 1930s.
Tropic of Cancer - Now hailed as an American classic Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller’s masterpiece, was banned as obscene in this country for twenty-seven years after its first publication in Paris in 1934. Inside, pages of all three books are like new and unread. Some extremely minuscule wear to covers, but nearly mint. Three beautiful leatherette hardcovers with gilded black spines, all Like New.
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn & Black Spring by Henry Miller COMPLETE HENRY MILLER BOOK CLUB SET GROVE PRESS
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