Tropic of Capricorn

TRUE FIRST IS PARIS — Obelisk Press, 1939, in wrappers; the census is correct on this point, confirmed by Bauman (ABAA), biblio, and Wikipedia as a pointer. Miller wrote in English, so the Paris edition is both the true first and the first in the original language; it was banned in the US and UK and circulated by smuggling. CENSUS CLAIM CONTESTED: the assertion that the first US edition is "Grove 1961" is NOT confirmed and the sources conflict. Grove Press copies are dated 1961 and several ABAA dealers catalogue them as 1961, but Wikipedia and others state Grove actually published the novel in the US in September 1962, following the 1961 Justice Department ruling that the text was not obscene. The likeliest reconciliation is a 1961 copyright date with 1962 publication, but this could not be confirmed against two independent authorities — record the Grove year as 1961/1962, unresolved. Do not confuse this title with Tropic of Cancer, which Grove did publish in 1961.