1947 ANAIS NIN preface HENRY MILLER'S TROPIC OF CANCER

PREFACE TO HENRY MILLER'S TROPIC OF CANCER by ANAIS NIN. ( possibly written or coolaboration by ANAIS NIN & HENRY MILLER)  Lawrence R. Maxwell; New York; 1947. Crisp clean condition stapled printed black wraps with yellow lettering, unpaginated (8 pages), 7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches, tipped in frontispiece photo of Anias Nin. "Tropic of Cancer was originally issued in 1934 by the Obelisk Press of Paris. It was Miller first book, and Miss Nin deeply perceptive preface acquires added significance, therefore, as the first published notice to be taken of his work. Through the years Miss Nin essay has appeared in the editions issued by the Obelisk Press. The ever alert censors have succeeded, however, in holding to a minimum the number of Tropics to reach our shores; and the preface was omitted entirely (perhaps because it contained no four-letter words and could not be expected to titillate even the most prurient-minded) from the pirated Medusa edition which was produced here shortly before the war. Because it constitutes not merely an introduction to a single book, which most readers will, in any event, have no opportunity to see, but rather an exposition of the basic values and motivations of one of the important writers of our times, its republication should lead to a wider reading and a clearer appreciation of those of Miller works which are generally available in this country." (Lawrence R. Maxwell, March 15, 1947).