[Black Sun Press] Group of 7 Crosby Continental Editions Titles

1. Hemingway, Ernest. The Torrents of Spring. (Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1932). 12mo. Publisher's stiff printed tan wrappers, light edge wear; in original printed glassine; red printed ad slip for Raymond Radiguet's The Devil in the Flesh tipped in at rear. Minkoff B-1

2. Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Paris: (The Black Sun Press), 1932. 12mo. Publisher's stiff printed tan wrappers, toned and spotted, light rubbing and wear along edges; ownership signature on half-title; foxing to text. Minkoff B-3

3. Philippe, Charles-Louis. Bubu of Montparnasse. Paris: (The Black Sun Press), 1932. 12mo. Publisher's stiff printed tan wrappers, loss in upper right corner of front wrapper, dampstaining on rear wrapper, light wear along edges; remnants of glassine on front and rear flaps. Minkoff B-4

4. Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. Night-Flight. Paris: (The Black Sun Press), 1932. 12mo. Publisher's stiff printed tan wrappers, unevenly toned, light wear along edges; top edge of some texts leaves at front bumped; text lightly toned. Minkoff B-7

5. Boyle, Kay. Year Before Last. Paris: (The Black Sun Press)/New-York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. 12mo. Publisher's stiff printed tan wrappers, unevenly toned, spine faded, scattered wear along edges; text toned. Minkoff B-8

6. Fournier, Henri-Alban (Alain-Fournier). Big Meaulnes. Paris: (The Black Sun Press), 1932. 12mo. Publisher's stiff tan wrappers, toned, light wear; light to moderate toning to text. Minkoff B-9

7. McAlmon, Robert. Indefinite Huntress and Other Stories. Paris: (The Black Sun Press), 1932. 12mo. Publisher's stiff printed tan wrappers, lightly toned and soiled; printed slip from The Albatross press laid in. Minkoff B-10

A near-complete run of Caresse Crosby's ill-fated Crosby Continental Editions (CCE) series. Begun in 1931 as a competitor to the popular Tauchnitz Editions, CCE sought to provide inexpensive paperback reprints of avant-garde and modernist literature. Her enterprise faced competition with the emergence of Albatross Books (also in 1932), and Caresse ceased publishing under the imprint by the end of 1932 after publishing only 10 titles. It was briefly reprised in the United States following World War II, but published only three titles (one being a reissue).

[Black Sun Press] Group of 7 Crosby Continental Editions Titles