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MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). Tropic of Capricorn [and] Tropic of Cancer. New York: Grove Press, [1961]. 8vos. 348; 318 pp. Publisher’s cloth backstrips over boards, front boards and spines stamped in silver or gilt, publisher’s unclipped (“$7.50”) dust jackets (light rubbing to bindings, some wrinkling, soiling, a few short tears to rear jacket panels, some edgewear to jackets, jacket spines a bit sunned, previous owner’s inkstamps on title-pages and last pages). Near fine. FIRST AMERICAN TRADE EDITIONS. These titles were banned in the United States until Grove Press published them in 1961, precipitating over 60 court cases on obscenity, until the Supreme Court eventually ruled (in 1964) that these titles were not obscene, overruling several state courts.