The Rosy Crucifixion: SEXUS, PLEXUS, NEXUS
by Miller, Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Secaucus, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1965. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Reprint. Each of the three volumes is inscribed and dated by Henry Miller on the front flyleaf: "a great pleasure to meet a charming woman of France with whom I do no always see eye to eye, but better heart to heart." A fictionalized account of Henry Miller's life in Brooklyn as he falls for his second wife, June, and struggles to become a writer, leading up to his departure for Paris in 1928. The title comes from a sentence near the end of Miller's Tropic of Capricorn (1934): "All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten." Octavo, three volumes. Original light brown paper-covered boards, with a red stamping. The dust jackets are a bit toned along the spine and folds, with a half-inch chip to the spine head of Plexus, an unobtrusive label shadow to each front panel, and some minor shelfwear; otherwise a very good set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73997
- Title
- The Rosy Crucifixion: SEXUS, PLEXUS, NEXUS
- Author
- Miller, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Castle Books
- Place of Publication
- Secaucus, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Literature, Brooklyn, New York, American Expatriates, Paris
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- New
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...