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194410703ABerkeley, Bern Porter, o. J. [1944]. 13,5 x 9 cm. 24 S. Geklammerte Broschur, unbeschnitten.
1938041640Belgium 1938. Second Edition. Softcover. The Second Printing of Miller's pamphlet originally distributed free in 1935 with an added foreword. A humorous pamphlet ostensibly to raise money to retire Alfred Perles to Ibiza. Lacking the front wrapper but with the rear and very good otherwise. Size: 16mo . Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 041640. <br/><br/> paperback books
1938041640Belgium 1938. Second Edition. Softcover. The Second Printing of Miller's pamphlet originally distributed free in 1935 with an added foreword. A humorous pamphlet ostensibly to raise money to retire Alfred Perles to Ibiza. Lacking the front wrapper but with the rear and very good otherwise. Size: 16mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 041640. unknown
1944112512009Bern Porter 1944-01-01. Hardcover. First Edition. Bern Porter: Berkeley 1944. Third edition and the first American edition. The binding is stapled wrappers in printed dustwrapper. One of 738 copies printed with the offending censored words hand blacked over. In this copy there are 15 words blacked out. The condition is very good in a sturdy binding. There is some sunning to spine area but is very faint. Bern Porter hardcover
196710680AReinbek, Rowohlt Verlag, 1967. 8°. 367 S. Orig.-Leinen mit Umschlag.
198610724ABerlin, Volk und Welt, 1986. 8°. 319 S. Orig.-Pappband mit Umschlag.
196110738ANew York, Grove Press, 1961. Second Printing. 8°. 348 S. Orig.-Leinen.
196110737ANew York, Grove Press, 1961. 8°. 346 S. Orig.-Leinen.
1961mbb005951New York: Grove Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 215x150x30mm. 215x150x30mm540g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Grove Press. New York. 1961. First Edition. . . Pp346. Black cloth hard boards. Gilt lettering to spine. In original dust jacket. Unclipped. Book near fine slight browning to endpapers. Jacket slight wear to top corners fore-edges and head and foot of spine back of jacket shows wear small losses to corners. Companion to Tropic Of Cancer a long banned masterpiece. A clean pleasing copy of this reprint edition distributed by Bookthrift New York 1961. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.00 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$47.80 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$54.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$13.00 Grove Press hardcover
1961mbb005950New York: Grove Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 215x150x30mm. 215x150x30mm542g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Grove Press. New York. 1961. First Edition. . . Pp316. Black cloth hard boards. Gilt lettering to spine. In original dust jacket. Unclipped. Book near fine slight browning to endpapers. Jacket Very Good slight wear to top corners fore-edges and head and foot of spine back of jacket shows wear. A notorious book with respect to the issue of censorship establishing Miller as a very avant-gard figure. First published in 1934 by a pornographer in Paris banned in the US and when this First US Edition was published it caused censorship battles that were not resolved until 1964 when the Supreme Court ruled it was not pornographic. A clean pleasing copy of this reprint edition distributed by Bookthrift New York 1961. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.00 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$47.80 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$54.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$13.00 Grove Press hardcover
196346631John Calder 1963. 8vo. First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first UK edition of Miller's infamous if pioneering novel. It was first published by Obelisk Press in Paris in 1934 and in the US in 1961 where it became the subject of a series of obscenity trials. John Calder, hardcover
1935355490713503Paris: Obelisk 1935. This is the Reprint from September 1935 the book was first published in September 1934. A softcover issued in plain wrappers without a D/W. A VG copy. Second Printing of Miller's first and most famous novel. This printing consisted of 500 copies; with most of the first printing confiscated by the censors. Precedes all American first editions. Shifreen & Jackson A9B. Uncommon Obelisk paperback
1934355490714078Paris: Obelisk 1934. First Edition. Paris: Obelisk Press 1934. First Edition. Rebound in near contemporary red cloth with no lettering to indicate the title of the book. Ownership name in ink to both the front and rear end-papers. Original printed front and rear wrappers featuring a giant crab holding a naked woman in its pincers designed by Maurice J. Kahan bound in wrappers torn and relaid with the inner flaps pasted down. The original spine of the book is missing. Now hailed as an American classic the author's masterpiece was banned as obscene in the United States for 27 years. One of only a 1000 copies and genuinely rare. This is the true First Edition of this title with First Published September 1934 on the copyright page Obelisk hardcover
196534215New York: Grove Press 1965. First printing of the first Grove edition the first edition printed in America and the first edition for general circulation. The three books in the trilogy were initially banned in the United States and thus published only in France and Japan in very small numbers. Provenance of Library of Congress Manuscript Historian Grover Batts. 8vo publisher's original black cloth the spines and upper cover with gilt lettering within a gilt frame that one the upper covers being a facsimile of Miller's signature in the original white paper jackets printed in three contrasting colours and in the original slipcase with large printed paper label. 506; 640; 316 pp. A very fine set the books are without flaw the jackets near pristine but for a little toning on the spines which is essentially unavoidable due to the white paper used SEXUS also with very minor wear at the tips of the jacket. The slipcase is a little rubbed and mellowed and has a small abrasion on the printed label. QUITE SCARCE FIRST PRINTING OF ALL THREE TITLES in Miller's fictionalized account of his six-years living in Brooklyn the period where he fell for his second wife June. It also describes his struggles to become a writer and the events leading up to his departure for Paris in 1928.<br> All three books in the trilogy were initially banned in the United States as pornographic thus there was no American publication prior to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1964 decision that the also-banned Tropic of Cancer was a work of literature and therefore should no longer be banned. In spite of no longer being accused of peddling porn Miller had other concerns about an American edition. He believed that his first wife Beatrice who is portrayed in the books as "Maude" would be able to sue. He relented however and in 1965 THE ROSY CRUCIFIXION volumes were holding the top spots along with two other recently unbanned works on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list. Grove Press hardcover
196110730ANew York, New Directions Publ., 1970 / 1961. 2 Werke / 2 vols. 8°. 292 und 428 S. Illustrierte Broschuren.
017184New York 1945: New Directions. First Edition. Octavo. First printing in first issue dust jacket. When the war broke out Miller decided to travel across the United States to get a feel for what "home" was like again after living almost ten years in Europe. 292pp. illustrated by tipped in photographs map and title page drawings by Abe Rattner bound in a beige-green cloth spine lettering in blue and brown a near fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with light chipping to spine ends and corners minor edge wear. Shifreen & Jackson A50a. New Directions unknown books
196810678AReinbek, Rowohlt Verlag, 1968. 8°. 350 S. Orig.-Leinen mit Umschlag.
194415868New York: New Directions 1944. First edition. 8vo publisher's cream colored cloth with crimson lettering on spine in the original dustjacket. 300 pp. A fine copy in a well preserved dustjacket with minimal wear at the edges and a few chips. The book and jacket are both quite fragile due to the paper standards during the war rare in this condition. FIRST EDITION. “Iconoclast prophet poet painter philosopher acute observer and recorder of the vagariesof his fellow humans severe critic of modern civilization partisan of the underdog champion of frank expression explorer in new realms of feeling--Henry Miller is a writer like no other writing today.†dustjacket<br> This is a collection of Miller’s previously unpublished writings and includes works that were in progress at the time a long story a critique of Hollywood and critical analyses on various subjects such as Greece D.H. Lawrence art and the work of AnaÄs Nin. Miller’s work was an influence on the Beat Generation and reflected an unconventional and highly unique approach. Much of his work was autobiographical and emphasized individualism a preference for natural rather than overly civilized behaviour and his endless search for intellectual and physical stimulation. New Directions hardcover
196810721AStuttgart, Deutscher Bücherbund, [1968]. 8°. 184 S. Orig.-Leinen mit illustr. Umschlag.
0526573171.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
197010719AReinbek, Rowohlt Verlag, Deutsche Buchgemeinschaft, [1970]. 8°. 575 S. Orig.-Leinen mit Umschlag.
1947006686New York: New Directions 1947. Nice copy of first printing. with photographs on photo paper not leaves. Maroon cloth lightly rubbed and sunned on spine. Textblock tight and square. Date July 5 1949 neatly written on front endpaper. Beautiful facsimilie jacket is vivid bright and fresh. First printing. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fine Facsimilie Dust jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Hardcover
196210705AZürich, Im Verlag der Arche, 1962. 14,6 x 14 cm. 100 S. Orig.-Leinen mit illustriertem Umschlag.
197610701AMünchen, List, 1976. 8°. 153 S. Orig.-Leinen mit Umschlag.
197410745ASanta Barbara, Capra Press, 1974. 8°. 62 S. Illustrierte Broschur.