ID 602662
Lot 344 | Tropic of Capricorn
Estimate value
$ 1 500 – 2 500
Henry Miller, 1939
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). Tropic of Capricorn. Paris: Obelisk Press, [1939].
First edition of Miller's banned semi-autobiographical novel. Concieved as a prequel to his earlier Tropic of Cancer, this novel's sexually explicit passages likewise earned it a ban in the United States until 1961. Copies had to be smuggled into the US and were often seized by customs. Shifreen & Jackson A21b.
Octavo. Yellow errata slip tipped in. Original red and white printed wrappers without printed flaps, unopened; custom chemise and slipcase.
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