Black Spring

Miller, Henry

Published by No Publisher, No Place, 1936

About this Item

SCARCE ILLEGAL PIRATED / BOOTLEG COPY. EARLY EDITION. Reddish wraps with title printed in black to front cover & spine. No publisher or place listed. Title page states: "Black Spring - by Henry Miller - Author of Tropic of Cancer". Copyright page states: "First published June 1936. Printed in France. Copyright in all countries. All rights reserved". Verso of page opposite title page states: "By the same author: Tropic of Cancer - first published 1934, reprinted 1935. In preparation: The World of Lawrence, Tropic of Capricorn". No price indicated on rear cover. Inside flap of cover notes (in part): "Henry Miller sprang into prominence with his first volume, Tropic of Cancer, generally considered to be one of the most outstanding books of recent years. Black Spring, Henry Miller's new volume, is in our opinion even better than Tropic of Cancer". The true first edition has a pictorial cover (not on this copy) & was published by Obelisk Press in Paris, though is the same pagination as this copy & both the first edition & this copy state "First published June 1936". Appears to be a pirated/bootleg copy, illegally printed in France on cheap paper, in plain printed wraps, lacking any publisher details. NOTE: A POOR copy only with MAJOR DEFECTS. Front cover & rear cover & final signatures (pages 227-267) + blanks ALL DETACHED (but all present), both inner flaps detached (but present), covers & page edges heavily chipped, spine mostly lacking, brittle cheap paper, former owner's ink stamp to front cover, tape-remnant ghostings, otherwise a fair copy only. Part of the appeal is in the ruinous condition - the inherent character of the book lies in the fact that it took many years of well-worn use to get this way! 267pp. RARE PIRATED COPY. Seller Inventory # 001340

Bibliographic Details

Title: Black Spring

Publisher: No Publisher, No Place

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Poor