8vo (9 1/8 x 7 in.; 233 x 178mm).  Frontispiece photograph of a bust of Harry Crosby sculpted by Caresse, introduction of Stuart Gilbert; browning from newspaper clipping on an initial blank, stain from paperclip in upper margin of frontispiece.  Publisher's two-toned red and white cloth, paper spine label; soiled and rubbed, spine label chipped.

Minkoff A-40

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Copy 9 of 500 numbered copies (of a whole edition of 544).  Laid in is Caresse Crosby's visiting card ("Le Moulin de Soleil, Ermenonville, Oise").  Also laid inis a printed wrap-around band declaring this to be a presentation copy.  The front free endpaper contains an inscription ("To Helen, In Paris–Sept. 1931—Alors— — Alfred").