Yellow wrappers
Published on April 4, 1952.
Yellow wrappers
Published on April 4, 1952.
Note: One of 100 copies printed on Velin paper. This edition is 3/8 inch taller than the Trade Edition. Paper on copy seen retains much of its whiteness compared with the yellowing that has occurred on copies of the Trade Edition.
Fawn brown cardboard
Published in April 1953, at 2200 francs for both volumes, in an edition of 2,000 numbered copies.
Note: This First English language edition of Plexus consists of two separate volumes, the first containing Chapters 1-7, and the second containing Chapters 8-17.
Fawn brown cardboard
Published in April 1953, at 2200 francs, in an edition of 2,000 numbered copies.
Tan wrappers
Published on May 15, 1954, at ¥800, in an edition of 1,000 copies.
Note: "PLexus" spelled with capitals on the first two letters, appears on the tipped in Japanese colophon on page [351], a style which does not appear on colophons of either of the two later editions of Plexus published by Keimeisha.
This book is photo-offset from the Second Edition, Volume Two of the Olympia Press Edition, with pages renumbered and chapter numbers removed.
Dark green cloth boards. No dust jacket seen.
Published on May 10, 1954, as part of an edition of 1,000 copies.
Note: The general appearance of this book suggests rebinding of the paperback issue by someone other than the publisher. The cloth is of a tighter weave than other Keimeisha books described in this bibliography, and lacks the blind stamping of the elephant, Keimeisha's publisher's device, on the back board.
Tan wrappers
Published on February 15, 1956, at ¥800, in an edition of 1,000 copies.
Note: Tipped in Japanese colophon appears on p, [351] and is plainly priced at ¥800, rather than having the price appear in Japanese notation, as in the First Keimeisha Edition of Plexus.
Yellow wrappers
Published in July 1956, at 1.750 francs.
Note: The number "13" has been omitted from the chapter headings in this edition and progresses directly from "12" to "14." However, the Patrick Kearney bibliography of Olympia Press titles noted that what appears to have happened is that Chapter "13" was merely identified as "14" by mistake, thus producing two chapters of that number.
This is the first English language edition of Plexus to combine both books in a single volume.
Green wrappers
Published in April 1959, at 3.000 francs.
Note: This edition, just like the Olympia Second Edition, has chapter "13" incorrectly identified as "14."
White wrappers. Gold and white dust jacket
Published on July 30, 1960, at ¥700, in an edition of 1,000 copies.
Note: The tipped in Japanese colophon on page [351] reflects a price reduction to ¥700, compared with the first two Keimeisha editions of this title. In addition, the color of the wrappers has changed from cream with brown lettering, to white with red lettering.
Green wrappers
Published in October 1962, at "30.N.F."
Notes: This edition, like the Olympia Second Edition, has chapter "13" incorrectly identified as "14."
Red-orange cloth boards. White, blue, gold and black dust jacket
Published in October 18, 1963, at 30 shillings, in an edition of 10,500 copies.
Red-orange cloth boards. White, blue, gold and black dust jacket
Published in November 1963, at 30 shillings.
White wrappers with thick purple border. #GC - 105.
Published in 1965, at 95¢ per volume, in a two volume set.
Note: An unauthorized edition published under Miller's protest.
White wrappers with thick yellow border. #GC - 106
Published in 1965, at 95¢, per volume, in an two volume set.
Bright green wrappers. BC-100
1st - 3rd Printings: Published at $1.25, edges stained blue.
Black cloth boards. White dust jacket
Published in 1965, at $7.50.
Note: Plexus was issued in a black slipcase along with the two other volumes of the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, Sexus and Nexus at $14.95. Publisher's slipcase has white paper label on spine and is lettered in black and tan: [black] [inside rule frame] The Rosy Crucifixion / [outside rule frame] [tan] SEXUS / PLEXUS / NEXUS / [black] [inside rule frame] by Henry Miller.
Black illustrated wrappers illustration of sun-like object
Published in 1966, at 8 shillings 6 pence. Reprinted in 1967,at 8 shillings 6 pence.
Orange paper boards. Orange and black dust jacket Published on August 10, 1966, at ¥850.
Brown wrappers with white and red lettering
Published in 1969, at 10 / (50p). Reprinted in 1971, at 50p.
Tan paper boards. White dust jacket
Published in 1970, at $7.50.
White wrappers.
5th Printing: Published at $1.25, edges stained blue.
6th - 7th Printings: Published at $1.25.
8th Printing: Published at $1.45.
9th Printing: Published in December 1973, at $2.95.
10th Printing: Published January 1975, at $2.95, edges stained blue.
Copy not seen
Purple wrappers.
Published in 1978, at $3.95.
Note: This redesigned wrapper first appeared on the Eleventh printing. This specific wrapper design for Plexus was used when it was issued, along with Sexus and Nexus, in a three volume set of paperbacks, issued in a publisher's slip case. Copies of the Eleventh printing have been seen with a price of $6.95 and were probably issued later than 1978.
Brown wrappers
Published in 1986, at £2.95.
Red and black illustrated wrappers with "Woman, I"by Willem de Kooning, a multicolor illustration
Published in 1987, at $9.95.
Red and black illustrated wrappers with "Woman, I"by Willem de Kooning, a multicolor illustration
Published in 1991 as second printing, at $14.95. Also with third through fifth printings.
White and blue wrappers with photo by Alan David-Tu
Publication: Published in 1993 at £6.99.
Wrappers with photo by Mikio Ishizaki on cover.
Published in 1997 as sixth printing, at $11.95.
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