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Lot 96
Sale 6417 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Sep 10, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,536
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Lot Description
[Black Sun Press] Crosby, Harry. Aphrodite in Flight Being Some Observations on the Aerodynamics of Love
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition, one of only 27 unnumbered copies, on Japan vellum. 16mo. Original stiff printed wrappers; in original glassine, lightly worn; text partially unopened; scattered slight splitting in gutters; Gotham Book Mart, New York, ticket in lower inner rear wrapper; in burgundy cloth slip case and chemise. Minkoff A-37
A fine copy of this scarce Black Sun Press title, one of only 27 copies printed. A collection of seventy-five aphorisms by Harry Crosby, printed by Caresse Crosby six months after his death.