First edition. The trade issue. Sm. square 4to., 102pp., frontispiece of an aerial view of Big Sur, 16 pp. of b/w photographic illustrations. Pictorial card wrappers. 1/10,000 copies printed.
Edited and with an introduction by Emil White, Miller's boon companion and curator of the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur. While Miller was considered the grandfather of the sexual revolution, White was its most avid practitioner.
Collection of pieces by and about Henry Miller, most of them dealing with various attempts to censor his books. Contents include: US District Judge Goodman on the pornographic nature of the Tropics, correspondence between Miller and Norwegian defense lawyer Trygve Hirsch, L. Yakovlev on "Literature of Decay," judicial opinions from the trial of Sexus in Norway, "Henry Miller: Pornographer or Prophet," and "Henry Miller: Superman and Prophet."
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