New York, NY, USA: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. "In this volume: forty-seven distinguished stories that have appeared in The New Yorker since 1950. The list of contributors- printed in full on the back of the jacket- reads like an honor roll of the decade's most accomplished and adventurous writers. Their stories demonstrate again how The New Yorker, year in, year out, enriches our literature, continually bringing to..... More

New York, NY, USA: The American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc., 1965. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage 1965 number of the venerable literary & cultural journal then-chiefly edited by William Phillips & Philip Rahv Features a (somewhat snooty if you ask us) review of Saul Bellow's (1915-2005) now-classic novel Herzog by Richard Poirier (1925-2009), the noted American literary critic who co-founded the canonical Library of America (pgs. 264-271). Also in..... More

Norfolk, CT: Partisan Review, 1946. First Edition. Presented here is the Summer 1946 issue of Partisan Review--which was originally sold for a mere ¢50, as seen on the cover. The Partisan Review started as a left-wing, small-circulation quarterly “little magazine” compiling literature, politics, and cultural commentary and was published in New York City. Launched in 1934 by the John Reed Club of New York City — an American federation focused..... More

New York, NY, USA: Partisan Review, 1947. First Printing. Softcover. "My greetings to you, sir, whose memory,/ the striped coat and colors- What is one man?/ a man remembered still in the jacket/ of his success? of the winning club?/ in himself- successful? one man, alone?" (William Carlos Williams, "The Apparition," first five lines, pg. 296) This vintage 1947 number of the prestigious American literary journal chiefly edited by William..... More