Tropic of Capricorn.

by Miller, Henry.

$250 · Offered by Biblio · No longer available

First edition

New York:: Grove Press,, 1961.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight square copy with owner name stamped on front pastedown in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a sreak of rubbing to the front panel. Tropic of Capricorn is Miller's semi-autobiographical novel first published by Obelisk Press in Paris in 1939. It is a prequel of sorts to Miller's first published novel, 1934's Tropic of Cancer, Sales of the book, along with Tropic of Cancer, were boosted by the controversy surrounding their censorship, with complaints against Miller and his publisher on charges of pornography. Tropic of Capricorn was banned in the United States until a 1961 Justice Department ruling declared that its contents were not obscene, After Grove Press published the novel in the US in September 1962, Miller gained a new, younger generation of readers for his work, which coincided with the sexual revolution of the 1960s. He was seen by many as a champion of the new sexual freedom, and was endorsed by well-known literary figures of the time, including Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac.

• Publisher: Grove Press,
• Year: 1961
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: unknown

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