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[email protected] HENRY MILLER COLLECTION “I DETEST THE ILLUSTRATIONS” 1. TROPIQUE DU CANCER. Paris: Deux-Rives, 1947. Limited Edition. Unbound signatures in wrappers and a slipcase. One of 750 copies. Translated into French by Paul Rivert, with a Preface by Henri Fluchère. Illustrated with original lithographs by Timar. This edition contains a thirteen-page essay on Miller‟s writing, “Le Lyrisme de Henry Miller” by Henri Fluchère, which does not appear in any American or British edition. While striking and unusual due to colorful illustrations and being issued in an unbound state, Miller‟s reaction to this edition was not favorable. Writing to J. Rives Childs on June 24, 1950, Miller says, “Incidentally, there‟s a deluxe illustrated edition of Cancer I never mention… because I detest the illustrations – by Timar…” Miller appears in a number of them and a line drawing which appears on the title page has his nose drawn as a penis. Wrappers lightly creased at the spine, else a fine copy. 2. TROPIC OF CANCER. New York: Grove Press, 1961. First Grove Press Trade Edition in dust jacket. With an Introduction by Karl Shapiro and a Preface by Anaïs Nin. Ownership signature on the front free endpaper, else a very good copy in a very good jacket. Henry Miller was a leading example of a special kind of writer who is essentially seer and prophet, whose immediate ancestor was Rimbaud, and whose leading exponent was D.H.