Includes an afterword by the author Harry Crosby was the godson of J. P. Morgan and a friend of Ernest Hemingway. Living in Paris in the twenties and directing the Black Sun Press, which published James Joyce among others, Crosby was at the center of the wild life of the lost generation. Drugs, drink, sex, gambling, the deliberate derangement of the senses in the pursuit of transcendent revelation: these were Crosby's pastimes until 1929, when he shot his girlfriend, the recent bride of another man, and then himself. ...
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Includes an afterword by the author Harry Crosby was the godson of J. P. Morgan and a friend of Ernest Hemingway. Living in Paris in the twenties and directing the Black Sun Press, which published James Joyce among others, Crosby was at the center of the wild life of the lost generation. Drugs, drink, sex, gambling, the deliberate derangement of the senses in the pursuit of transcendent revelation: these were Crosby's pastimes until 1929, when he shot his girlfriend, the recent bride of another man, and then himself. Black Sun is novelist and master biographer Geoffrey Wolff's subtle and striking picture of a man who killed himself to make his life a work of art.
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8vo, pp. xiii, 367. Chronology, notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Black cloth. Cover slightly faded and scuffed at edges and sides of spine, o/w a Vight copy in heavily scuffed and chipped dj.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Contains: Illustrations. New York Review Books Classics. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Good in Fair jacket. Ex Libris. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Jacket is chipped, closed tear on spinecover, triangle piece missing from top edges. Black boards are clean. Gift inscription on ffep. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Good in Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps with tears and chips to the edges; moderate wear; pages dusty; interior clean. Illustrated. 3rd Printing. Harry Crosby (1898-1929) was an American heir, World War I veteran, bon vivant, poet, and publisher who for some epitomized the Lost Generation in American literature. He was the son of one of the richest banking families in New England. As such, he was heir to a portion of a substantial family fortune. Crosby's life in Paris was at the crossroads of early 20th-century Paris literary and cultural life. He numbered among his friends some of the most famous individuals of the early 20th century.
