Books and Manuscripts

Covarrubias, Miguel
Negro Drawings
New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First and limited edition, #5/100 copies signed by Covarrubias and with an original drawing by him. 4to. Introduction by Frank Crowninshield. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 56 numbered black and white or color plates, after drawings by Covarrubias. Publisher's quarter black cloth over blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt, corners and extremities rubbed, spine ends lightly worn, boards lightly and unevenly darkened; top edge gilt; text block slipping; front and rear hinges lightly worn; light smudging to original drawing; scattered very light soiling to text and plates; slip case wanting.

From the library of Savi Salzberg, manager of the London offices of Alfred A. Knopf from 1927 to 1931.