[Black Sun Press] Group of 12 First Editions

Paris and New York: The Black Sun Press, 1928-1948. 12 titles in 13 volumes. First editions. Publisher's wrappers, etc., condition varies, scattered wear and toning. Comprising:

1. Poe, Edgar Allan. The Fall of the House of Usher. Editions Narcisse, 1928.#48/300 numbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen paper. Rebacked; lacking glassine; wrappers toned; in slip case. Minkoff A-7

2. Lord Lymington (Wallop, Gerard Vernon). Git Le Coeur. Editions Narcisse, 1928. #174/200 numbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen paper. Inscribed by Lymington in pencil on front free endpaper (signed "Gerard"). Minkoff A-8

3. The News Letter of the LXIVMOS. 1928. One of 450 unnumbered copies on Verge d'Arches paper. With mailing envelope. Minkoff A-12

4. Lawrence, D.H. Sun. 1928. One of 150 unnumbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen paper. Book-plate on inner front wrapper. In original glassine. Minkoff A-15

5. Joyce, James. Tales Told of Shem and Shaun Three Fragments from Work in Progress. 1929. #243/500 numbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen paper. Frontispiece portrait by Brancusi. Front wrapper largely detached. In later glassine; lacking slip case. Minkoff A-21

6. MacLeish, Archibald. Einstein. #72/100 numbered copies on Holland Van Gelder Zonen paper (from a total of 150). Frontispiece portrait by Paul Emile Becat. Glassine and slip case wanting. Minkoff A-23

7. Lord Lymington (Wallop, Gerard Vernon). Spring Song of Iscariot. 1929. #13/25 numbered copies on Japan vellum signed by the author (from a total of 150). Glassine and slip case wanting. Minkoff A-28

8. Jolas, Eugene. Secession in Astropolis. 1929. #2/10 copies on Japan vellum signed by the author (from a total of 135). In original glassine, worn; slip case wanting. Minkoff A-29

9. Laclos, Choderlos de. Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 1929. In two volumes. Mixed set: first volume, #100/1,000 copies on Moirans Paper; volume two, #15/15 copies on Japan vellum (each from a total of 1,020). Slip cases wanting. Minkoff A-31

10. [Proust, Marcel] 47 Unpublished Letters from Marcel Proust to Walter Berry. 1930. French edition, #149/200 numbered copies on Arches Paper (from a total of 224). With a frontispiece facsimile letter. Glassine and slip case wanting; in brown cloth fall-down-back box. Minkoff A-33b

11. [Joyce, James]. Collected Poems of James Joyce. New York, 1936. #63/800 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait by Augustus John. Foxing to text. Original glassine wanting. Minkoff A-45

12. Olson, Charles. Y & X. 1948. Out-out-series copy. Illustrations by Corrado Cagli. Minkoff A-52

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Darren Winston, Senior Vice President at Freeman’s, has served as Head of Department for Books & Manuscripts, Philadelphia, since 2018. He has been a trustee of the Rosenbach Museum and Library since 2022, is a member of The Manuscript Society, The Bibliographical Society of America, and Philadelphia’s Philobiblon Club.

Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

[Black Sun Press] Group of 12 First Editions

Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

[Black Sun Press] Group of 12 First Editions

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