Nov 24, 2015 - Sale 2400

Sale 2400 - Lot 45

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
BLACK SUN PRESS. Crosby, Harry. Transit of Venus. Printed in red and black. 16mo, printed wrappers; uncut and unopened; glassine dust jacket, lacking original gold and silver paper-covered slipcase but with custom chemise and slipcase of 1/2 black morocco with gilt-lettered red calf spine labels. Paris, 1929
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Second edition. Number 151 of 200 copies. The book of poetry inspired by, and dedicated to, Josephine Roch, the 20-yr-old Boston socialite mistress of Crosby with whom he carried out his suicide pact in December of that year. Minkoff A-17b.