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Publication Date: 1928
Seller: Gerard A.J. Stodolski, Inc. Autographs, Bedford, NH, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. We can only quote a small portion of this letter, for full details please contact us. MILLER, HENRY. (1891-1980). American novelist; author whose Bohemian lifestyle and autobiographical novels broke existing literary forms. Remarkable and highly important Autograph Letter Signed, H.V.M. , on imprinted Hotel-Restaurant de Grenoble et de Savoie stationery. Eight full pages, quarto. Aix-en-Provence, October 6, 192[8]. Folds strengthened with old scotch tape [stable] and edges show some chipping. To Dear Mr. Elkus . Miller writes: I believe I sent you my last letter from Avignon. Though not so very far away from that town we seem to have covered a lot of territory. Are you following us on your map as we move from town to town? If you are, you can see that we went from Avignon to Arles, from there to Martigne, and then to Marseille. Today we arrived here in Aix, which is a most interesting place of about 35,000 inhabitants, founded 124 B.C. and once the old capital of old Provence, the country of the troubadours. Here there are fountains everywhere with different kinds of mineral water, hot or cold, right in the street. People come with bug buckets to get a supply. It is a little out of the season and everything is tranquil, sedate, and somber. It is very beautiful and very mild. The trees are green deep green olives and grapes are growing, and there is loads of sunshine. Here Emile Zola was born, and Paul Cezanne, the greatest painter of modern times. And yet we are only about 20 miles away from Marseille, which is so utterly different that you would hardly believe the two cities belonged to the same country, much less the same department , which, by the way, is named Bouches du Rhome meaning the mouths of the Rhone , as the Rhone is very big, very powerful and empties into the Mediterranean through eight months. We stayed three days in Marseille and I got ill from the filthy water. I took a third of a glassful in my wine the first day, being very thirsty, and that little bit was enough to upset my stomach completely. However, we managed to take in most of the city. It is beyond all doubt one of the most notorious holes in the world. An international seaport, full of Americans, Turks, Arabs, Greeks, Spaniards, Senegalese, bums, thieves, fakers, pimps, whores, grand whores, and whatnot. The whole city smells bad and it contains about a half million people. The sea itself is wonderful, and the boats, etc. A marvelous spot, surrounded by volcanic mountains that look white, blue, gray and purple in different shades of light. But the city itself is a cesspool. I don t know how to describe it. You know how some of the worst streets on the East Side look. Well, imagine that and then increase the misery, the stench, the poverty, the degradation, the vice, the disease, etc. Last night we took a walk through the red light district what is really old Marseille and we were damned lucky that we had an interpreter with us or we might not have come out of the damned city alive. The whores and pimps just crowded around us like buzzards (despite the fact that June was along) and started pulling us one way and another, each one trying to drag us into their particular den. The street was full of dumber sailors, stevedores, floaters of all nationalities, and they were amused at our predicament. For the first time since being here in Europe I was thoroughly scared. Such a hole. A filthy narrow street, on each side, little cubby holes exposed to public view, in which you could see a bed and a dresser with a kerosene oil lamp on it. In front of the open door sat the mistress of the place, calling out to all comers to step inside. White, yellow, black, old, crippled, diseased it made no difference. And when you try to pass them by they grab your hat or tug at you by the coat tail or make a circle around you until you go mad. I was never so god damned sore, disgusted and bewildered in my life.
Publication Date: 1941
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Book Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. An ORIGINAL Watercolor painting SIGNED by Henry Miller. A SUPERIOR ASSOCIATION, NEATLY INSCRIBED "To Wallace Fowlie, Henry Miller, 1941." Colorful wartime drawing gifted to Fowlie, Miller's friend, frequent correspondent, and scholar whose translations of Rimbaud into English were important to the development of experimental postwar American writing. This watercolor using tempera measures 310 X 245 mm; 12 1/4x9 3/4 inches is Matted and framed. A beautiful painting. Offers and trades considered. Signed by Author(s).
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1934
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Preface by Anais Nin. 323 pp. 8vo, publisher's wrappers illustrated by Maurice J. Kahane (rear wrapper detached). A dark brown stain affects the bottom 1-1/4 inch of the spine, extending to a larger (unprinted) area on the back panel; small chips at the edges of the spine, affecting the lettering at the bottom of the front panel. Old pencil ownership signature; contents otherwise clean and fine.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Book Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. An ORIGINAL Watercolor painting SIGNED and dated by Henry Miller. Miller's inclination for bawdiness given free rein here, with what appears to be a kangaroo and a goat disporting themselves while what may be the artist himself looking on. Measures 470 X 350 mm; 18 1/4x13 3/4 inches. Matted and framed. Signed and dated lower right by Henry Miller. Offers and trades considered. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Obelisk, Paris, 1934
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. (Paris: Obelisk Press 1934). First Edition. Rebound in near contemporary red cloth (with no lettering to indicate the title of the book). Ownership name in ink to both the front and rear end-papers. Original printed front and rear wrappers (featuring a giant crab holding a naked woman in its pincers, designed by Maurice J. Kahan) bound in, wrappers torn and relaid with the inner flaps pasted down. The original spine of the book is missing. Now hailed as an American classic, the author's masterpiece was banned as obscene in the United States for 27 years. One of only a 1,000 copies and genuinely rare. This is the true First Edition of this title with First Published September 1934 on the copyright page.
Published by Grove Press, New York, 1961
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Near Fine. First American edition, signed limited issue. One of only 100 unnumbered hors commerce copies specially bound and signed by Henry Miller. Bound in original marbled boards over brown spine cloth, titled in gilt. Near Fine with rubbing to edges heaviest at corners, former owner rubber stamp to front paste down. The famous novel with a multiple decades-long journey through the courts in different countries. This Grove first American edition triggered a landmark obscenity case that ended in 1964 with it being officially declared "not obscene." First American Edition, Signed Limited Issue.
1/4 Gilt Lettered Brown Cloth. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Number 33 of only 100 copies SIGNED BY HENRY MILLER on the limitation page. A beautiful copy. Size: 8vo.
Published by London Calder 1963-4, 1963
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Both first edition, first printings published by Calder between 1963-64. Both volumes are very good+ (Capricorn with moderate foxing to the prelims and edges). Both signed on the ffep by the Author and dated and located (London 1969). A bright pair and exceptionally rare to find Miller's masterpiece signed, especially in first edition form.
Published by The First Edition Library, Shelton, CT, 1983
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Wraps. Condition: Fine. Complete set of the First Edition Library's "Published in Paris" Banned Books series, including Ulysses by James Joyce, Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. (illustrator). Limited Edition. [Three volumes]. High quality facsimiles, with almost identical weight, size, fonts, art, wrappers, and texture to the true first editions. Lolita printed in two volumes with green paper wraps. Tropic of Cancer in illustrated paper wraps, with facsimile "For Subscription Only" band around middle of book. Ulysses in blue paper wraps with title in black on front cover. All with a touch of wear to corners of wraps, a fine set. This set was available to subscribers only, and includes the publisher's pamphlet with information on each book's creation, initial publication, and reception from audiences worldwide. Housed in matching cloth clamshells, titles listed in gilt on green morocco labels affixed to spines. Due to varying degrees of graphic language and sexual content, the original manuscripts of Ulysses, Tropic of Cancer, and Lolita were not accepted by publishers in the home countries of the author's, but were released by Olympia Press in Paris. Despite their controversial nature, these three titles are now essential works in english canon.
Published by First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut,, 1983
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Edition Library (1983). Facsimiles, wrappers, Cream fabric clamshell cases with leather title and year labels on spines. An extraordinary degree of accuracy was maintained in the duplication of the original first editions. These facsimiles have the same weight, size, typeface, art, wrappers, finish, and texture as the originals. Even mistakes were duplicated. If you have $300,000.00+ buy the original first editions. If you want it to look like you have $300,000.00 in your library, you can buy these for approximately 1% of the cost of the originals. Your friends and acquaintances may be fooled, except most rare book dealers know how to distinguish the difference. These complete sets are very scarce and virtually unobtainable in the as new condition of this set.
Published by First Edition Library
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Book
paperback. Condition: Like New. As new three clamshells, four books (Lolita is 2 volumes) softcover facsimiles of the original issues. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.
Published by London, John Calder, 1963., 1963
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
[With:]MILLER, Henry. Tropic of Capricorn. London, John Calder, 1964. Two vols 8vo, pp. [4], 318; and pp. 316; fine copies, Cancer in a fine dust-jacket; Capricorn in a good jacket, spine sunned, a few small tears to edges.First UK editions of both books. Laid in loose is a rare piece of ephemera, comprising articles written by Miller for the LA Times ('Why I wrote "Tropic of Cancer"') and by John Ciardi for the Saturday Review in 1963, 'Reprinted by the Henry Miller Literary Society, Minneapolis'. At the end Miller has annotated it with the comment 'I wrote this, not for a newspaper, but for our U.S. Supreme court to read. We petitioned them to take the case. HM.' Although first published in Paris in 1934, Tropic of Cancer's republication by the Grove Press in 1961 led to numerous obscenity trials in US state courts, until the Supreme Court finally ruled it was not obscene in 1964.
Published by Grove Press, Inc, New York, 1961
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First American Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author Henry Miller on a tipped in page from a signed limited edition, therefore the authenticity is guaranteed. First American edition, first printing - with "First Printing" stated on the copyright page. Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.75", with 318 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor surface wear to the boards. Minor staining to the bottom edge of the textblock. The original dust jacket is in good plus condition. Chipping to the head of the spine, with minor wear to the extremities. Original 7.50 price on front flap. Tropic of Cancer is an autobiographical novel by Henry Miller that is best known as "notorious for its candid sexuality", with the resulting social controversy considered responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature." Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N8-52).
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1935
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller. Second printing in plain wrapper. Publisher: The Obelisk Press, Paris, (1935). Second printing with: Reprinted September 1935, on the copyright page. Wrapper is in very good plus condition. Contents clean. 322 pages.5 5/8 x 8 ¾ inches. Inventory #11-391. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.
Published by Medusa Press, E-261, 1940
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Medusa Press, Inc, New York (Mexico). 1940. 323 pgs. First Pirated American edition that was printed in Mexico in 1940. Signed and inscribed by Henry Miller on the FFEP. Bound in cloth with heavile faded titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (spine is barely attached and chipped). Light foxing present to the edges of the text block. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Shocking banned and the subject of obscenity trials Henry Millers first novel Tropic of Cancer is one of the most scandalous and influential books of the twentieth century. Tropic of Cancer redefined the novel Set in Paris in the 1930s it features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes pimps and artists Banned in the US and the UK for more than thirty years because it was considered pornographic Tropic of Cancer continued to be distributed in France and smuggled into other countries When it was first published in the US in 1961 it led to more than 60 obscenity trials until a historic ruling by the Supreme Court defined it as a work of literature Long hailed as a truly liberating book daring and uncompromising Tropic of Cancer is a cornerstone of modern literature that asks us to reconsider everything we know about art freedom and morality. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pages; Signed by Author.
Published by The Obelisk Press. Paris, 1935
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. FAIR to GOOD condition, binding beginning to peel back at spine, but still attached, previous owner's name and address inside front cover, rough cut pages, plain, un-marked grey covers. BP/locked cabinet.
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1938
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stiff card covers with flaps, measures approx. 7.5 x 5 inches; covers lightly browned, binding somewhat slanted, spine lightly browned with a few creases but nothing missing; Third Printing, "Reprinted March, 1938" opposite title page; page edges untrimmed, light age toning to outer margins and near the glued spine; overall a very presentable copy of a book usually found quite distressed.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. "Tropic Of Cancer" by Henry Miller 1940 Rare First Pirated American Edition Vintage Hardcover Book 8" x 5 1/2" 322 Pages The book is in good minus condition free from rips, tears, bends, and writing. The end pages are lightly toned with some foxing and there are a few minor edge nicks on a couple of pages. The boards are in good minus condition with light edge toning and minimal wear. The title on the spine is faded. The binding is tight and square. This a Rare First Pirated American edition that was printed in Mexico in 1940 and issued without a Dust Jacket. Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller that has been described as "notorious for its candid sexuality" and as responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature." It was first published in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris, France, but this edition was banned in the United States.
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1939
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Fifth printing. Printed self-wrappers. Pages browned, a modest tear on the front wrap and first leaf, a nice and pleasing, very good copy with no restoration. Miller's best known work, an acknowledged classic detailing with then-unprecedented sexual candor his expatriate experience in Paris. It was banned for decades in the United States. The first edition consisted of 1000 copies, the next four printings were 500 copies each, so this is one of the first 3000 copies. Because of the fragile binding, early editions are usually found in poor condition. Very scarce.
Paperback. 2nd printing. 322p. Fine copy of the rare second printing of Henry Miller's landmark novel that opened the way for the free speech we take for granted today Fine condition, in plain grey wrappers.
Published by Obelisk, Paris, 1935
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
This is the Reprint from September 1935 (the book was first published in September 1934). A softcover issued in plain wrappers (without a D/W). A VG+ copy. Second Printing of Miller's first and most famous novel. This printing consisted of 500 copies; with most of the first printing confiscated by the censors. Precedes all American first editions. Shifreen & Jackson A9B. Uncommon.
Published by New York, Medusa, 1940
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, green boards, bit dull, spine lettering FADED but still visible, bit cocked (yes it's a joke) INSCRIBED "For W.S. Maederich Greetings! Henry Miller.3/2/40".vvbr2/3. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 1986
ISBN 10: 3874292630ISBN 13: 9783874292634
Seller: Antiquariat Silvanus - Inhaber Johannes Schaefer, Ahrbrück, Germany
Book
1172 Seiten Seiten mit zahlreichen 1936 zweifarbigen Verbreitungskarten, 3874292630 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 4700 4°, Original-Kunstlederbände (Hardcover), gute und innen saubere Exemplare, 3 Volumes, so complete, (3 Bände, so vollständig),.
Published by Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd, 1986
ISBN 10: 3874292630ISBN 13: 9783874292634
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Book
hardcover. Condition: New. New. book.
Published by NY: Grove Press, 1961
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition of this modern classic first published in Paris in 1934. Lawrence Durrell wrote that this title stands beside Moby Dick and that American literature today begins and ends with what he [Miller] has done . Basis for the 1970 film starring Rip Torn. A virtually Fine copy in like dust jacket.
Published by NY: Grove Press, (1961), 1961
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition of this modern classic first published in Paris in 1934. Lawrence Durrell wrote that this title "stands beside Moby Dick and that "American literature today begins and ends with what he [Miller] has done". Basis for the 1970 film starring Rip Torn. A virtually Fine copy in like dust jacket.
Published by Obelisk Press 1935, 1935
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Scarce in this condition, first reprint of first edition (most of which was destroyed), only 500 copies made, as issued in blank covers, Octavo, blank light card covers, 323pp, VG (moderately heavy browning to covers, light tanning to page edges, light creasing to spine extrems and cover edges).
Publication Date: 1973
Seller: Sophie Dupre ABA ILAB PADA, Calne, United Kingdom
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
saying that he expects "to be here when you arrive in June. Please call me when you arrive. The telephone number is 454-408 (unlisted). If I don't answer, leaver your name & number with my answering service.", on the verso of a coloured reproduction of his painting 'One Fish', 6" x 4", no place but with an American stamp, 5th August Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolours.
Published by NY: Medusa,, 1940
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
322 pp. Near fine in full green cloth, sunned to the spine and extrems. No dust jacket, possibly as issued (one not seen by bibliographer). SIGNED by Miller on the front free endpaper. Shifreen & Jackson A9j. First US edition, eighth edition overall.
Published by The Obelsik Press, Paris, 1935
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Book First Edition
Original Wrappers. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The second printing from September 1935, within the original plain grey wrappers, unlettered" ("within" being the best description as the glue no longer holds the spine of the wrapper to the text block). The covers and spine are one piece, the spine creased and slightly chipped, awaiting repair. Some leaves roughly opened. Subsequent printings took place in Hungary not France.