Tropic of Capricorn
New York: Grove Press, Inc., (1961). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Pp. [8], 348. Reprints the foreword, by Peter Abelard, to Historia Calamitatum. Former owner name and date (1962) in ink on the front free endpaper. Bound in green half-cloth over patterned paper-covered boards, gilt signature in facsimile stamped on front board, gilt lettering on spine. In the dust jacket a tad rubbed, with slight edge-wear and spine moderately faded. A tight copy. Fine / Very Good-. Item #6765
The first authorized American edition of Miller's autobiographical meanderings, above and below the belt, that focus on his American upbringing. First published by Maurice Girodias at his Olympia Press, 1939. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $40.00