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More imagesWar Letters. Harry Crosby. First limited edition.
Crosby, Harry (1898 -1929); Henrietta M. Crosby, editor ; Roger Lescaret, printer; Bacharach, David [?] photographer
Published by Paris: The Black Sun Press, MCMXXXII
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 4to. 17.7 x 23cm. VIII, 312, [2]pp. Original publisher's half tree calf; spine repaired and rubbed.One of 125 unnumbered copies on Navarre paper. Photogravure frontispiece dated 1921, and signed, possibly by David Bachrach (1845-1921), founder of Bachrach Brothers Photography Studio in Baltimore, Maryland in 186…8. Harry Crosby's "War Letters" is a collection of letters he wrote home during his service in the American ambulance corps during World War I. Published posthumously in 1932 by The Black Sun Press, the book offers a personal and often poignant account of his experiences. Crosby, a poet and publisher, later co-founded The Black Sun Press with his wife, Caresse, and the book was edited by his mother, Henrietta Crosby.,Henrietta (Grew) Crosby (1872-1957) Parents (2). Henry Sturgis Grew. Henry Sturgis Grew, of Boston. 1834-1910. Jane (Wigglesworth) Grew.Minkoff, A-43; .OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:2723816. Provenance? Collection of Dr. Gregory R. Bonomo.
