Jun 17, 2010 - Sale 2217

Sale 2217 - Lot 467

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
(BLACK SUN PRESS.) Crane, Hart. The Bridge: A Poem. Three photographic plates by Walker Evans. Printed in red and black. 4to, printed cream wrappers; original glassine, scattered light soiling and the usual semi-circular toning from the slipcase cut-out pull; publisher's silver paper-covered board slipcase, some wear but better than often encountered. Paris, 1930

Additional Details

first edition. number 216 on holland paper from a total edition of 283 copies. A handsome copy of one of only two books Crane published before his suicide in 1932 and one of the most iconic private press books of the 20th Century. Minkoff A32; Schwarz & Schweik A2; Connolly 64.