Tropic of Cancer
by Miller, Henry; Shapiro, Karl (editor)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near fine(+) unread copy of the massmarket paperback edition; minor edge-wear.
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1961. First Black Cat edition, Fouruth printing". Paperback. Near fine(+) unread copy of the massmarket paperback edition; minor edge-wear.. Dark blue octavo pocket book, xxvii, 287 pages ; 18cm. "A stream-of-consciousness story of a poverty-stricken young American, living in Paris." -- "Miller's groundbreaking first novel, banned in Britain for almost thirty years. A penniless and as yet unpublished writer, Henry Miller arrived in Paris in 1930. Leaving behind a disintegrating marriage and an unhappy career in America, he threw himself into the low-life of bohemian Paris with unwavering gusto. A fictional account of Miller's adventures amongst the prostitutes and pimps, the penniless painters and writers of Montparnasse, Tropic of Cancer is an extravagant and rhapsodic hymn to a world of unrivalled eroticism and freedom. Tropic of Cancer's 1934 publication in France was hailed by Samuel Beckett as 'a momentous event in the history of modern writing'. The novel was subsequently banned in the UK and the USA and not released for publication for a further thirty years." -- Contents: Night people -- The secret life of insects -- The ballad of Easy Earl -- The crime of Marble Lesson. || Lacking DJ.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94607
- Title
- Tropic of Cancer
- Author
- Miller, Henry; Shapiro, Karl (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine(+) unread copy of the massmarket paperback edition; minor edge-wear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Black Cat edition, Fouruth printing"
- Publisher
- Grove Press, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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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...