Miller, Henry

Tropic of Cancer

      First Edition Library - ({Condition}} Fine Book & ClamShell Box. Facsimile of the first edition of the Paris Obelisk Press edition in fine clamshell case. Facsimile is so accurate as to include a copy of Original protective wrapper: "FOR SUBSCRIPTION. MUST NOT BE TAKEN INTO GREAT BRITAIN OF U. S. A." {{The Original}} Published in 1934 by Obelisk Press with originals currently selling in excess of $30,000. {{Synopsis}} Miller's mixture of memoir and fiction chronicles the adventures of a young expatriate writer and his friends in Paris in the 1930s. {{Receiption}} Now hailed as an American classic, the author's masterpiece was banned as obscene in the United States for 27 years, routinely seized by US customs for sexually explicit content and vulgarity. {The Facsimile} The First Edition Library is noted for it's precise replication of expensive 'Original First Editions'. Every published work is identical to the original edition even down to the minor printing errors. Meticulously reproduced, their facsimiles have the same weight, size, typeface, art, dustjacket, finish and texture as the originals. These facsimiles further improve upon the originals as each book is printed on acid-free paper lasting for centuries and each volume is handsomely slip-cased to protect the exact reproduction. The entire publication of FEL exact facsimiles have become collector items in their own right. ***************** Specsialists in First Edition Library Books ******************* [Attributes: Hard Cover]