Tropic Of Cancer (And) Tropic Of Capricorn
by Miller, Henry
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No DJ
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books , 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No DJ. First Ballantine Printings, 1973, #23408 And 23409. From The Collection Of Ian Ballantine, Who Was The American Representative Of Penguin Books Prior To His Founding Of Bantam Books And Then Ballantine Books In 1952. Each Book From The Ballantine Collection Comes With A Loose Card Indicating It Is From The Library Of Ian And Betty Ballantine. Books Are Fine, No Wear Or Marks Or Creases.
Synopsis
Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer is one of the most notoriously and frequently censored books in the history of American literature. In a combination of autobiography and fiction, the novel centers of Miller’s own life as a struggling writer in Paris in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Tropic of Cancer is written in the first person and lacks linear organization, two of Miller’s most favored techniques. Some chapters are narratives about Miller’s friends and workplaces, and others are stream-of-consciousness-style reflections, but all of the chapters touch on the sexual exploits and general low-life ruthlessness in which the author had engaged at the time. Tropic of Cancer was first published by Obelisk Press, a French publisher of soft pornography, in Paris in 1934. Shortly thereafter, the novel was banned in the US and later tried for charges of obscenity, a trial that challenged American pornography laws at the time. In 1961, the ban of Tropic of Cancer was lifted, and later that year, Grove Press published the first US edition of the novel, but only after the firm’s Barney Rosset offered Miller a sizeable advance and promised to defend the author in any future legal battles regarding the publication. Grove Press’s edition of Tropic of Cancer sold over 1 million copies by the end of 1961… and was the subject of about 60 lawsuits as well, one of which involved the American Civil Liberties Union. All of this hullabaloo makes one wonder what the reactions might have been if Miller had decided to go with the novel’s working title, Crazy Cock — which was, ironically, far more modest than the published version. Regardless, the novel’s 1970 film adaptation, directed by Joseph Strick, received an X rating (meaning no one 17 and under admitted). Today, Tropic of Cancer finds itself ranked 50th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century and 59th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029137
- Title
- Tropic Of Cancer (And) Tropic Of Capricorn
- Author
- Miller, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Printed Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellany #53 File Copies of Ian Ballantine; Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
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