Lot 55
- 55
Black Sun Press
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Crosby, Caresse. Impossible Melodies. Paris, 1928
- ink and paper
8vo (8 x 5 in.; 203 x 128mm). Frontispiece portrait by Angelès Ortiz, title-page printed in red and black. Publisher's printed wrappers with fold-over flaps, enclosed in a glassine dust-wrapper; spine and adjacent area of covers browned.
Literature
Minkoff A-9
Condition
Condition as described in catalogue entry.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
One of 44 copies on Van Gelder Zonen (of a whole edition of 48, all hors commerce).
Laid in is an ALS from Caresse Crosby, on her personal letterhead, to Dunster House Publishing Company, seekng a publisher for 🍃the bookܫ. A second copy of the Ortiz portrait is also laid in.
A Black Sun rarity.