[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 [Proust, Marcel] 47 Unpublished Letters from Marcel Proust to Walter Berry. 1930.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

[Black Sun Press] Group of 12 First Editions