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STEPHEN CRANE: A PHOTOGRAPH AND A LETTER
(CRANE, STEPHEN). Crane, Stephen & Stanley Wertheim. New York: Black Sun Books, 1976. First Edition 1/200. 8vo. Hand-Tied Printed Wrappers. Very Good -.. np (20pp), 2 b&w illustrations, 1 hand-tipped black and white photograph. This is a prospectus by noted New York Antiquarian dealer Black Sun Books that reproduces a letter from Stephen Crane to his British publisher William Heinemann regarding a review of "The Red Badge of Courage" by George Wyndham. The letter is reproduced both photographically and typographically along with a brief essay by Stanley Wertheim, and a facsimile military photograph of Stephen Crane in a military cadet group at Claverack College and Hudson River Institute. A handsome example of the first printing limited to two hundred hand-numbered letterpress copies showing a bit of sunning along the spine of the rear cover. Inventory Number: 008430