Apr 10, 2025 - Sale 2699

Sale 2699 - Lot 153

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

HERBERT EDWIN HUNCKE (1915-1996)


Two items: His U.S. passport Signed * Herbert E. Huncke 1915-1996, program for his memorial service.
The passport, "Herbert E. Huncke," vertically on page, facing his color passport photograph, issued from New York on July 8, 1994, with visa stamps from airports in the UK, Belgium, and the Netherlands, dated during the year following issue. 24 pages. 12mo, original gilt-stamped leatherette; minor wear. The program, for the service that took place at the Friends Meetinghouse in New York on November 30, 1996. 48 unnumbered pages including photograph bound in, with small color photograph tipped to inside rear cover and "Riverboat Casino" chip in envelope tipped to page 35 as issued. 4to, stiff wrappers, bound with ribbon; moderate dampstaining affecting rear cover, color photograph, and last 10 leaves. First limited edition, one of 500 bound copies (100 unbound).

[Washington: USGPO, 1994]; inscription: [New York, 1994]; (New York: privately printed by Jerry Poynton, 1996).