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[BLACK SUN PRESS] CRANE, HART and EVANS, WALKER. The Bridge.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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[BLACK SUN PRESS] CRANE, HART and EVANS, WALKER. The Bridge.

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Lot 169
[BLACK SUN PRESS] CRANE, HART and EVANS, WALKER. The Bridge.
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition, number 63 from the total edition of 284 copies. Modern red morocco gilt, the original wrappers bound in, cloth slipcase. 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (27.5 x 22 cm); printed in red and black, with 3 fine photogravures by Walker Evans. Light thumbsoiling to wrappers and few spots within but generally clean, the final plate and tissue guard disbound.

First edition of this collection of Crane's seminal modernist poems The Bridge. Crane met photographer Walker Evans by chance in the shadows of the Brooklyn Bridge and this work constitutes one of Evans' earliest publications. Connolly 100 64; Minkoff A32


C The Collection of Erica Jong and Ken Burrows

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for $2,268 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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