Henry Miller
123 copies for sale · $20–$57,500 · 55 first editions · 31 signed
Notable copies for sale
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN - INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$3,850
MONEY AND HOW IT GETS THAT WAY TOGETHER WITH UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY - INSCRIBED TO HUNTING (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$3,750
MAX AND THE WHITE PHAGOCYTES - INSCRIBED TO JIM O'ROARK (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$3,750
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,200
Insomnia or the Devil at Large SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$1,200
Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel Inscribed first edition (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$950
The Cosmological Eye (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$800
Henry Miller miscellanea (first edition, signed) — Rulon-Miller Books$350
MAURIZIUS FOREVER (first edition, signed) — Tavistock Books$275
Engel ist Mein Wasserzeichen; Aquarelle und Zeichnungen (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$250
Insomnia or The Devil at Large (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$185
Kosmologiske Oje (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$150
What these are worth
Tropic of Capricorn11 copies from 5 sellers
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Works on the market
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN6 copies · $48–$188
TROPIC OF CANCER4 copies · $25–$948
CRAZY COCK4 copies · $63–$73
Just Wild About Harry: A Melo-Melo in Seven Scenes3 copies · £38–£75
Insomnia or The Devil at Large2 copies · $1,200–$1,750
The WORLD Of SEX2 copies · $65–$750
The Colossus of Maroussi2 copies · $150–$550
Henry Miller's book of friends. A tribute to friends of long ago2 copies · $30–$275
My Life and Times2 copies · $65–$250
Smile At the Foot of the Ladder2 copies · $73–$165
ALLER RETOUR NEW YORK2 copies · $33–$75
Maurizius Forever2 copies · $50–$75
Obscenity and the Law of reflection2 copies · $35–$75
MOLOCH OR, THIS GENTILE WORLD2 copies · $60–$68
Black Spring2 copies · $20–$25
Tropic of Cancer with Tropic of Capricorn1 copy · $57,500
Lithograph : D'apres Schatz1 copy · $4,500
Lithograph : Linear Fantasy1 copy · $4,500
Market context
65 copies of Henry Miller's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $75 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Insomnia, one of 20 special copies with autograph note from the co-publisher and portrait (forum, 2026-07-02)£300
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