New York: Cape & Smith, 1929. First edition. Original blue cloth; spine dull, slight soiling to sides. Dust jacket worn and repaired. Cloth slipcase. First edition of the author’s first regularly published book. Presentation copy to Hart Crane, inscribed by Cowley on the front free endpaper: “To Hart | who..... More
Garretsville, Ohio: 1978. First edition. Wrappers, 8-1/2 in. x 6-3/4 in. [4] pp. Fine. Reproduces in facsimile a letter in Kent State University Libraries collections. One of 100 copies, issued as a keepsake on the occasion of the dedication of a monument to Hart Crane at Garretsville, Ohio, November 20..... More
1932. To Betty M. Crane, stepmother of Hart Crane ('Dear Bess”), Mixcoac, [Mexico], 7 April ’32 [1932], 4to, fragile tissue, in pencil, and accompanying envelope addressed to Bess Crane. . “Dear Bess: Your letter telling about the accident reached me day before yesterday. It was indeed a terrible story and..... More
To John Cumming, [?], an unidentified Brooklyn friend. "Am still in Paris and can't think of leaving until midsummer. Just getting settled down to work. There are so many people -- so much to do, and to see!..." Crane's signature is smudged; otherwise fine. Addressed to his rooming house address..... More
Signature on small sheet of brown paper with short inscription, “Merry Christmas to Sam, Pat and Mrs. Gamp! From Hart.” A few light creases, evenly browned, uneven top margin. Accompanied by inscribed magazine ad showing a New York dandy, as a Valentine (?), signed with a figure of a heart..... More
1929. Autograph postcard signed by Hart Crane, to Samuel Loveman, from Paris, 1929. 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Addressed to Samuel Loveman, dated March 5th, 1929. Sent from Paris on the same day as an important letter to Otto Kahn concerning the dedication to “The Bridge,” the "Cape Hatteras'" section of..... More
Crane was spending his birthday with ee and Anne Cummings. "Fine country up here!" he writes. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Evans, Walker. First American edition. Photographic frontispiece by Walker Evans. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (few soil marks); pictorial dust jacket (some minor chipping at edges, a few old tape repairs on verso). Provenance: Kathryn and Nick Kenney (presentation inscription). First..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Second edition. Dark blue cloth, frontispiece detached and chipped,spine worn. This second edition contains many corrections and revisions. Inscribed by Walter [Lowenfels] to Fania Marinoff, actress and wife of author Carl Van Vechten, July 10, 1931. Schwartz and Schweik A 3.1. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Evans, Walker. First American edition. Blue boards, a near-fine copy, without dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece by Walker Evans. An amazing association copy, inscribed on the front end paper by Hart Crane to Walker Evans, whose three small photographs illustrated the first edition. To Walker Evans..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. Photographic frontispiece by Walker Evans. Thin tall 8vo, dark blue smooth cloth boards stamped in gilt at spine and front cover. Very good copy. 82pp. With Walker Evans's famous photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge frontispiece signed by Evans under the photograph, and..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Second edition (after the deluxe Black Sun Press edition). Dark blue cloth,fine in lightly chipped, dust jacket, the frontispiece and jacket illustration are from a photograph of Brooklyn Bridge by Walker Evans. This second edition (first American and first trade edition contains many corrections and..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Second edition. Dark blue cloth, fine in near- fine dust jacket, jacket spine very slightly faded. The frontispiece and jacket illustration are from a photograph of Brooklyn Bridge by Walker Evans. This second edition (folloing the Black Sun Press limited edition (contains many corrections and..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. Photographic frontispiece by Walker Evans. Original dark blue cloth, uncut; spine faded and with slight wear at ends, a little mild spotting on front cover. Pictorial dust jacket reproducing the Walker Evans frontispiece photograph; jacket worn, ends of spine strengthened on verso..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Second printing of the second edition. Dark blue cloth,very good. This second edition contains many corrections and revisions. Its second printing has a different Evans photo as frontispiece. Schwartz and Schweik A 3.2. More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Evans, Walker. First edition. Quarto, original white printed wrappers, glassine cover, silver-gilt paper slipcase in pieces, light offsetting to the front end-papers, and with the usual slight discoloration to the covers, and a few small spots to the spine. Basically, a fine copy, fresh..... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Evans, Walker. First edition. From the first edition of 283 copies, this copy is one of only 25 review copies marked "hors commerce". Lightly soiled wrappers with minor wear and sun to the spine. Pages have the occasional faint spotting. Schwartz & Schweik A...... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Evans, Walker. First edition. Quarto, original white printed wrappers. Expert restoration to the paper on the spine, otherwise a bright, fresh copy with all tissue guards present; original glassine replaced; enclosed in a new slipcase. Copy number 30 of only 50 copies printed on..... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Evans, Walker. First edition. Quarto, original white wrappers, original printed dust jacket, original glassine jacket, untrimmed. Housed in publisher's original silver foil-covered slipcase. Custom boxed. Copy number 121 of 200 copies on Holland paper (from a total edition of only 283 copies). This copy..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Walker Evans. Second printing of the second edition. Dark blue cloth,very good, second printing jacket worn but intact. The second edition contains many corrections and revisions. This, its second printing, printed in July 1930, has a different Evans photo as frontispiece. Signed by Crane, and..... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Evans, Walker. First edition. No. 175 of 200 copies (from a total edition of only 283 copies) on Holland paper, printed in red and black. Printed for Harry and Caresse Crosby at the Black Sun Press. A most desirable association copy. The Crosbys visited..... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Evans, Walker. First edition. First edition Quarto, original white printed wrappers, small ownership "chop" on front endpaper, a fine copy in original silver paper slipcase. No. 97 of 200 numbered copies on Holland paper. [Schwartz & Schweik A 2]. More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Evans, Walker. First edition. Quarto, original white printed wrappers, copy number 104 out of 200 on Holland paper. Wrappers fine, just a bit of wear to the spine of the original glassine, original silver-paper slipcase worn, missing its ends and with a bit bent..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981. Cloth, tissue jacket, in publisher's slipcase. Fine. One of 2000 copies; signed by the photographer. More
1932. Typescript signed (“Hart Crane”) of Crane's poem “The Broken Tower” 2 pages (11 x 8 3/8 in.; 278 x 214 mm), Mixcoac, Mexico, 25 March 1932, carbon copy, 10 quatrains, single- spaced on the rectos of two sheets of thin typewriter paper, Crane’s name, Mexican address, and date typed..... More