Tropic of Cancer

Lot 343
17.09.2021 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 343 | Tropic of Cancer
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Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller, 1934
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). Tropic of Cancer. Paris: Obelisk Press, 1934.

First edition of Miller's eroto-biographical masterpiece, with original prospectus. First published by the infamous Obelisk Press and with a preface by Anaïs Nin, the novel was banned in the United States until the landmark obscenity trial following the publication of the Grove Press edition in 1961, overruling various state decisions condemning the book. One state Supreme Court Justice described it as "a cesspool, an open sewer, a pit of putrefaction." It went on to be a major influence on the Beat Generation and the swinging 60s. Shifreen and Jackson A9a and A8a (prospectus).

Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers after a design by Maurice J. Kahane, acetate chemise, printer's prospectus laid in (repairs to head and foot of spine); custom chemise and slipcase.
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