New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, 82pp; blue cloth. An excellent presentation copy, inscribed by Crane on the front flyleaf to his old Cleveland friend and drinking companion Kathryn Kenney and her husband: "For Kay and Nick - with the most affectionate regards of the 'the last..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, 82pp; blue cloth. This publication was done with some reluctance by Horace Liveright, whose finances were always precarious and who had lost money on Crane's first book, White Buildings (1926). But the poet had influential friends with the publisher's ear, including..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Second printing. 8vo, 82pp; blue cloth. A nice copy of the uncommon second printing, for which the title page photo by Walker Evans was swapped for a different Evans image of the bridge. Schwartz & Schweik A3.2. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, 82pp; blue cloth. This copy has been inscribed by the American radical writer Walter Lowenfels to Fania Marinoff, actress and spouse of Carl Van Vechten. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, 82pp; blue cloth. In this copy, the frontispiece has been signed by the photographer Walker Evans. Additionally, an original print of Evans's portrait of Crane used in Liveright's publicity is pasted to the half-title. The front flyleaf bears a presentation inscription..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, 82pp; blue cloth. An extraordinary presentation copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf just three days after the official publication date and one day before the Library of Congress recorded its accession: "To Walker Evans, - 'clean animosity, - clear name' from..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, 82pp; blue cloth. A remarkable association copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To John A. Roebling in hommage to the traditions and great achievements of the Roebling family. From Hart Crane, August '30." The recipient, John Augustus Roebling was the grandson..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. 4to, 71pp ; cloth. One of 2000 numbered copies in th edition, signed by the photographer. The paste paper endsheets and slipcase were designed by Carol Blinn, suggesting the flow of the river spanned by the eponymous bridge. More
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. 4to., unpag.; original printed white wrappers. Copy number 30 of only 50 copies printed on Japan Vellum, signed by Crane. There were an additional 200 copies in the regular issue. One of the most important American poetic works of the twentieth century as..... More
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. 4to., unpag.; original printed white wrappers. One of 200 numbered (104) copies in the regular issue. this copy retains its small numbered slip loosely inserted in front. Schwartz & Schweik A2. More
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. 4to., unpag.; original printed white wrappers. One of 200 numbered (#97) copies in the regular issue on Holland paper. Schwartz & Schweik A2. More
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. 4to., unpag.; original printed white wrappers. One of just 25 copies issued as review copies and marked "hors commerce" in pencil at the colophon. A publisher's note that was sent with some copies of the hors commerce issue (though not present with this..... More
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. 4to., unpag.; original printed white wrappers. One of 200 numbered (#175) copies on Holland, this was from the publisher's own library and has the joint bookplate of Harry and Caresse Crosby. Harry Crosby committed suicide in New York in 1929 while The Bridge..... More
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. 4to., unpag.; original printed white wrappers. One of 200 numbered (#121) copies in the regular issue on Holland paper. This copy derives from Crane's own library with his bookplate in its earliest state present on the inside front wrapper. After his death, Crane's..... More
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. 4to., unpag.; original printed white wrappers. One of 200 numbered (#216) copies on Holland in the regular issue of Crane's masterpiece. Schwartz & Schweik A2. More
New York: Liveright, Inc., (1933). First Edition. 8vo, 179pp; original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Copy number 1 of the special limited issue of fifty numbered copies; this one belonged to the poet's mother, Grace Hart Crane and has her ownership signature on the recto of the frontispiece..... More
New York: Liveright, Inc., (1933). First Edition. 8vo, 179pp; original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Copy number 14 from the presentation issue of just fifty press-numbered copies. This one was presented to Allen Tate and has his pencil ownership signature on the front free endpaper and occasional marginal..... More
New York: Liveright, Inc., (1933). First Edition. 8vo, 179pp; original maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Schwartz & Schweik A4.1. More
New York: Liveright, Inc., (1933). First Edition. 8vo, 179pp; original maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind. A notable association copy of the first edition from the library of John H. Birss, a Rutgers University professor, specialist on Herman Melville and one of the earliest scholars -- and collectors --..... More
New York: Liveright, Inc., (1933). First Edition. 8vo, 179pp; original maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind. A nice association copy, inscribed by the book's editor Waldo Frank to novelist Evelyn Scott, a one-time romantic partner in the Bohemian scene of Greenwich Village. More
(Columbus, OH): The Logan Elm Press, 1980. First Separate Edition. 4to, unpag. chapbook in wrappers, saddle-stitched. Crane's poem first appeared in The Double-Dealer in 1921 with a corrected version being collected in his Complete Poems & Selected Letters (1966). This edition is illustrated with three photogravures by Andrew Cahan. One..... More
(Columbus, OH): The Logan Elm Press, 1980. First Separate Edition. 4to, unpag. quarter leather and linen-covered boards. Crane's poem first appeared in The Double-Dealer in 1921 with a corrected version being collected in his Complete Poems & Selected Letters (1966). This edition is illustrated with three photogravures by Andrew Cahan..... More
[Cambridge, Massachusetts]: The Ibex Press, 1966. First Edition. Unpag. chapbook in printed wrappers, sewn. One of 250 numbered copies, the entire edition, signed by printer and artist Laurence Scott on the frontispiece. Schwart & Schweik A11. More
Columbus: The Ohio State University Libraries, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, unpag. pamphlet in printed wrappers, stapled. One of a stated 500 copies in the edition, of which fifty on special paper were reserved for private distribution. This copy has letter from one of the editors laid in. Schwartz & Schweik..... More
Brooklyn Heights: November 1934. First Edition. Bifolium, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in. printed on three sides. One of just fifty copies printed for friends of Jack Birss, an early scholar of Crane. The text comprises two letters from Crane to Samual Loveman for 1928 and 1932 respectively. An extremely scarce Crane..... More