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Lot 138: MILLER,  HENRY

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 12, 2012

Item Overview

Description

TROPIC  OF  CANCER...  PREFACE  BY  ANAÏS  NIN.  PARIS:  THE  OBELISK  PRESS,  1934
8vo,  first  edition,  one  of  1,000  copies,  presentation  copy  inscribed  by  the  author  two  months  after  publication  ("To  Guy  Hickok  |  who  so  generously  |  opened  his  arms  to  |  me  when  I  arrived  |  like  a  beggar  in  Paris  |  Sincerely  |  Henry  V.  Miller  |  Paris  11/5/3  |  4"),  author's  address  in  black  ink  on  same  page  ("18  Villa  Seurat  |  Paris  |  XIV"),  the  reporter  and  writer  Wambly  Bald's  copy  with  his  ownership  signature  and  two  New  York  addresses  on  front  endpaper,  notes  on  half  title  relating  to  Cinema  Spendide  and  Place  Nortier,  previous  pencil  signature  on  same  page,  rebound  in  brown  morocco,  covers  nearly  detached,  spine  defective  with  remains  of  backstrip  detached,  front  endpaper  detached,  covers  very  worn,  some  browning  to  text,  endpapers  stained

Artist or Maker

Literature

Pearson A-32

Provenance

Guy Hickok, presentation inscription by the author; "H. McMahon", pencil ownership signature; Wambly Bald, ownership signature; presented to current owner in 1989

Auction Details

English Literature, History, Children’s Books & Illustrations

by
Sotheby's
December 12, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK