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MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). The Rosy Crucifixion Book One: Sexus. Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1949.


2 volumes, 8vo. Original green cloth (a few pale stains, light spotting to edges). FIRST LIMITED EDITION, number 1,167 of 3,000 copies. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY MILLER in vol.I: "For John Rich Henry Miller." ADDITIONALLY SIGNED by Miller in vol.II.

[With:] MILLER. The Rosy Crucifixion Book Two: Plexus. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1953. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original brown printed wrappers (some minor rubbing to extremities). FIRST LIMITED EDITION, number 666 of 2,000 copies.

Two works in 4 volumes, comprising the first and second installments of the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy which draws its title from his own Tropic of Capricorn: "All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten."

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