tropic of capricorn, 1939 the obelisk press, Original o primera edición (23 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. The first UK edition (first printing). 8vo. 316pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Top- and fore edge lightly spotted, and with a little darkening to the backstrip cloth. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly rubbed and marked, and with some considerable fading to the publisher's red spine panel colouring. A quasi-prequel to Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' (1934), it was first published in Paris (in English) by the Obelisk Press in 1939. In was banned for obscenity in the US until 1961, and a year later Grove Press produced the first US edition. This English edition followed two years later.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. New York. Grove Press. 1961. First US edition; does not state first printing but is dated 1961. No edition remarks to copyright page. Thought to be an early reprint as Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn along with Black Spring were published as a set by Grove Press. Originally published in Paris by Obelisk Press in 1939. A prequel of sorts to Miller's first published novel, 1934's Tropic of Cancer, it was banned in the United States until a 1961 Justice Department ruling declared that its contents were not obscene. Hard Cover. Quarter bound black spine over magnolia boards with gilt and red titles to the upper board and spine. Crown 8vo. 5.4 x 8 in {13.7 x 20.3 cm } 260ps. Boards have sharp corners and no wear to the spine ends. Internally, the text block has uncut pages and is near fine with a hint of foxing to the free endpapers. No dust jacket. Miller created a new genre of writing which was semi-autobiographical which blended real and fictional experiences such as character study, social criticism, reflection, and consciousness. We also have 'Black Spring'. The boards will be covered with a 100 micron inert protective cover which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional photographs. Postage price quoted outside the UK are for a book up to 1kg using UPS. Book(s) above this weight may incur a surcharge. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg and are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.35). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo., 18.5cm, first edition (2nd/3rd issue). 364,[1]p., errata slip tipped-in preceding the title page on manila colour paper, bookseller ticket "La Concorde" on the bottom front corner of the title page, quarter bound in brown sheep, raised bands, gilt spine titles, marbled boards and endpapers, with the original red wraps bound in, price of 175.00 francs stamped on rear wrapper, t.e.g., on cheaper acid paper the text is toned with a light damp stain on the bottom front outer edge, some wear on the board edges, some slight wear on the spine, upper outside hinge cracked but sound, considering the production materials this is a very good copy, (Lthmds) ~ A early edition of Miller's sequel to "Tropic of Cancer". Miller's books were first published in France being banned in America until 1961. Print dated at end of book: September 1938, Villa Seurat, Paris.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very good book in a good unclipped dust jacket. Green cloth book has an ownership signature to the front free endpaper and a discrete ownership blind stamp to the title page; staining to the bottom page edges and a remainder mark? to the upper page edges. The jacket is priced at $7.50 as called for, with creasing and soiling to the panels and wear and chipping to the spine ends plus staining and wrinkling to the lower front panel. This novel was first published by Obelisk Press of Paris in 1939 and finally published by Grove Press in this edition following a successful court case ruling establishing Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn as literature.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. True First edition. One of 1,000 copies. States "First Published February 1939." 60 francs price on front flap, errata slip included. Original pictorial wraps in red, white, and black. Owner's name on front endpaper, much of spine missing with signatures showing through, otherwise GOOD+ (no bookplates, remainder marks, or writing of any kind, etc.). A delicate copy with a clear mylar protective cover included.

Henry Miller. ~ TROPIC OF CAPRICORN ~ Custom Clamshell Case Only. The Obelisk Press, Paris: [1939, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant RED Nuba & fine gold cloth, Custom Gilt-Stamped Titles to spine and dynamic GOLD STAMPED SUN design on the side graphically inspired from the DJ's iconic illustration. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. Magnificent for this Modern Classic. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Collection. "Books definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age, heavily-worn or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Size of this case: 7.7" x 5.6" x 1.25" Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The 1st printing. First edition variant, with 5 1/2' leaf size and 175 fr price stamped on back. Bookplate inside front cover. Name written on front endpaper. Some staining on spine. Wraps very worn and chipped.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. No jacket. First edition, first printing, 5.5 inch leaf size variant and "175 00" printed on back. Ex libris plate on inside front cover. Covers very heavily worn from handling, including chips and creases on edges. Small stain on front cover, heavier stain on spine, some discoloration on back cover. Errata page pasted in. Clean inside with good binding.

First Edition. Octavo. Original publisher's wrappers printed in red and black; 367pp. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper ("S. Lewis Rand / Paris / 1945"). Price elided on front flap, with new price stamped on spine (as on most copies); moderate creasing, wear and toning to wrapper edges and spine; small (ca 1/2") triangular chip to base of rear cover; just Very Good. In custom cloth slipcase. The third volume in Miller's renowned Obelisk Trilogy, which included Tropic of Cancer (1934) and Black Spring (1936). Like all of Miller's collaborations with Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press, this is a fragile book, rarely found in good condition; the present example shows ample evidence of use, but is still a presentable and complete copy.

Soft Cover. First Edition. Square 8vo. Paperback. Red & white wrappers with flaps printed in black. 367pp. Previous owner's name in ink on front end-paper. Covers edge-worn. Spine sunned. Rear cover soiled. Internally very good. An acceptable copy. 60 FRS price on spine with black cancel over 60. Lacking errata slip.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. 1st Edition. Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller. Paris: The Obelisk Press, February 1939, Stated First Edition, Original price on binding: 60 Francs, 367 pp, 7.5 x 5.5". In fair condition. Previous restoration work includes: front & rear spine hinges reinforced & front and rear gutters conserved. Also a protective mylar cover (not pictured) is included with purchase. Paper boards are scuffed at edges & worn at hinges of flaps. Paper spine collapsed at head and tail and lettering beginning to fade. Both front and rear flaps intact & include original price. Previous ownership signature found on front end-page: S.M. Steward, 1939. Bright yellow errata slip tipped in on title page. Light toning throughout text-block, with some instances of finger-soiling. Binding is beginning to split between 32-3 pp - cording exposed. Binding is intact, but fragile. Please see photos. Henry Valentine Miller (1891-1980) 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 of Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York & Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). Sales of his books were boosted by the controversy surrounding their censorship, with complaints against Miller and his publisher on charges of pornography. In 1944, accompanied by his soon-to-be third wife, Janina Martha Lepska, Miller read excerpts from Tropic of Capricorn at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Miller was seen by many as a champion of the new sexual freedom, and was endorsed by well-known literary figures of the time, including Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac. First Edition - Published in France & banned in U.S. until 1961. Rare & a reading copy.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Extremely rare first printing variant limited to 1,000 copies (ref. A21b of Shifreen & Jackson bibliography). First printing points include first published date of February 1939 on the copyright page and price of 60 francs on the cover spine (back strip) and front and rear inside panels; yellow errata sheet bound in before the title page. Bright red and white wrappers with black lettering and capricorn ornament and sun ornament in white with black obelisk on the front cover. Wrappers with heavy wear and soiling; paper loss to the spine with edges torn with light taping to the spine; pages dusty with light age toning; previous small inscription inside. Overall fair-good copy. Photos available upon request.

8° , Broschur, Broschur Einband mit Randläsuren, Seiten durch Aufschnitt mit Randläsuren, Seiten nachgedunkelt, Errataschild auf der Titelei eingeklebt, kleiner nachträglicher Stempel auf dem hinteren Deckel, sonst in einem guten Zustand. Abgleich des Titelbildes bitte bei nika-books. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition of this long-banned masterpiece first published in Paris in 1939, the companion to Miller s earlier Tropic of Cancer. An unsparing account of what it means to grow to manhood in America, the magic leaps from the page in uninhibited, subversive, often hilarious never less than brilliant prose, proving yet again why the author remains one of the most iconic writers of the twentieth century. A Fine copy in like dust jacket. SEE ALSO OUR (TRUE) FIRST EDITION OF THIS TITLE, THE OBELISK EDITION, PUBLISHED IN FRANCE IN 1939.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller. First edition in half leather and paper binding. Publisher: The Obelisk Press, Paris (1939). With statement: First Published February 1939 on the printing history page of other Miller books facing the title-page. Yellow errata slip inserted in front of the title-page. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 367 pages. Binding protected by Mylar. Wonderful copy. Inventory #14-045. Price: $750. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Softcover. Condición: Very good. First edition. First edition, first state published february 1939 with yellow errata slip bound inat title-page. Heavy paper wrappers with fold-over flaps. Front panel red with zodiacal sign and sun in white. Front flap with title, author blurb and price [60 francs]. One of the few copies sold before the beginning of the war, the death of Kahane and the shuting down of the Obelisk Press. The original price on the spine and both flaps NOT inked out. The bulk of the first edition with the prices inked out were sold when Maurice Girodias, Kahane's son, reopened for business after the war. Wraps with edgewear and soiling, pages are clean, unmarked. 5½" - 7½. book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING in the original wrappers. With the scarce errata slip tipped-in; 60 Francs on the spine and front flap. Moderate expert restoration at spine head and joints. Overall a very handsome copy.

First Edition. Slightly cocked, very good copy with light edge wear and a few tiny tears. Price canceled on spine and front flap as usual. Paperbound in printed wrappers.

8vo. 367, (1) pp., 1 f. (errata leaf ). Original wrappers. One of two versions of first edition. "Published in February 1939, at 60 francs" (Shifreen/J.). Price "60 FRS" printed to spine. Both versions were issued in February 1939 with a "yellow errata sheet bound in before title page". - Some bumping at upper guard and minor marginal tears. Untrimmed and partly unopened. Wrappers a little soiled and scuffed. - Shifreen/J. A21b.

Hardcover. Condición: Near fine. First Edition. 1st edition (in English despite the Paris imprint). 1st issue, but the price has been scratched out on front flap and spine, though a part of the â 0' is legible on the front flap, so it was not stamped over and there is no â 175.00' printed on the rear wrapper. Despite this, we will pretend it's a 2nd issue and price it that way. Extremities of the wrapper are a bit pushed from being larger than the page block, otherwise fine and bright in the original wrappers, with errata sheet tipped in before title page. Custom cloth clamshell box. Miller's semi-autobiographical prequel to Tropic of Cancer (there were actually 3 other books in-between the 2), set in New York in 1920, where the central character (Henry V.Miller) works for the Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company, paralleling Western Union where the real Miller actually worked. But (other than some of the scenes with his first wife) this is the closest of the book's analogies, and Tropic of Capricorn is rightly considered fiction.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Henry Miller (1939) Tropic of Capricorn , true first edition, published in Paris by the Obelisk Press. Signed and inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front free endpaper in the month of publication: To / Miola and Annie / from / Henry Miller / with best of greetings / Paris / 5/ 25/ 39 . First edition, first state, with Henry Miller and 60 FRS on spine, printed flaps, price on both of them not blocked, no price on back panel and yellow errata slip affixed on the title page (Jackson and Ashley, Henry Miller A Bibliography of Primary Sources, Volume II, A21a). Octavo in printed red wrappers, 367 numbered pages. One of only 1,000 copies printed. Condition: The book is square and tight, strong binding, light edge-wear and creasing to wrappers mainly at the bottom where the covers are oversized; three very short closed tears, the longest being 13 mm to joins tips, a touch of soiling to spine which is slightly creased, a faint damp stain on the back wrapper which doesn t affect the inner pages. Traces of discrete and professional mending at spine very bottom, not affecting the lettering, and hinges. Housed in a quarter-bound tobacco leather and cloth clamshell box. A very good, fresh copy. Although the book publication was scheduled for February, 1939 and so it is stated on the half title verso, it was delayed until May (Jackson and Ashley, Volume II, p. 12). Tropic of Capricorn, Miller s masterpiece along with Tropic of Cancer, was one of the great censorship cases of Twentieth Century and it was published in Paris as Miller s works were banned in the United States for their explicit sexual contents until the 1960s. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing, first issue, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper prior to publication, "To Audrey Beecham, from her well wisher, Henry Miller, 1/5/39". Copies are rare inscribed. Beecham was a "poet and eccentric" (ODNB), and a descendent of Thomas Beecham, founder of the eponymous pharmaceuticals empire. Miller published several of her poems while editor at Delta magazine. She once took an extended holiday from her Oxford studies to run guns for the anarchists in the Spanish Civil War, and when she graduated in 1937, she moved to Paris, where she befriended Miller, Anaïs Nin, and Lawrence Durrell. In the 1940s, she spent much of her time in London, where she garnered a serious poetic reputation, and befriended Joe Ackerley and Dylan Thomas: "she prided herself on her mastery of martial arts and on her claim to have knocked out Dylan Thomas cold when he made unwelcome advances to her" (ibid.) To the surprise of her contemporaries, she applied for and was appointed the warden of Nightingale Hall, the women's residence at the University of Nottingham, in 1950. Lord David Cecil remarked on her unexpected appointment, "There's no martinet like a reformed rake" (ibid.) Pearson notes that publication of Tropic of Capricorn was initially scheduled for February 1939 but was delayed until 10 May 1939, "as a result of which few copies were sold before the beginning of the war, the death of Kahane, and the shutting down of the Obelisk Press". It was banned in America until the landmark 1961 obscenity trial that saw Tropic of Cancer declared non-obscene, a watershed moment in 20th-century publishing that was instrumental in ushering in the liberal social mores of the Sixties. This is a first issue copy, with the price of 60 francs printed on the spine and the errata slip present on the title page. Pearson A60; Porter, p. 12. Octavo. Original buff wrappers with flaps, spine lettered in red, front lettered in black on red ground with astrological motifs in buff, edges untrimmed. Housed in a custom red cloth flat-backed box. With yellow errata slip tipped-in on title page as issued. Spine ends and upper corner of rear flap chipped, wrappers creased but very bright, nicked with a few short closed tears, rear wrapper toned and soiled, occasional marks to endmatter. A very good copy.

First edition, one of only 1000 copies printed in Paris, to avoid obscenity laws in the United States. Octavo, original red and white 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. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the fragile wrappers. With first issue price of 60 francs printed on the spine. With errata slip, often not found, tipped to title page. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed example of this cornerstone of modern literature. Tropic of Capricorn, with its focus on on Henry Millerâ s Brooklyn youth, concludes his famed autobiographical trilogyâ "following Tropic of Cancer (1934) and Black Spring (1936). Once hailed by Norman Mailer as â the last great American pioneer,â Miller sparked much controversy over the novelâ s explicit descriptions of sexual encounters. â Although his two most important works, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, were published in Paris in the 1930s, because of their heavy sexual content, they were not published in the United States until the early 1960s, when Millerâ s work became the leading battlefield in the war over â pornographicâ literatureâ (Hoffman, 108). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.