New York, NY, USA: Reporter Publications, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Stapled Sheets with Wrappers. This vintage edition of the 1950s-era gentlemen's magazine Gentry highlights eight artists in its feature story with the cover focusing on the color reproductions of Henri Matisse's (1869-1954) "Jazz" collage series. Also included are a short novel by Prudencio de Peredo (1912-1973) illustrated by Feliks Topolski (1907-1989), a series of watercolors by David Fredenthal (1914-1958), photography..... More

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. "At last here is the definitive biography of W. Somerset Maugham, one of the most remarkable and secretive literary figures of the twentieth century. Ted Morgan has penetrated the barriers which for years prevented the creation of a full portrait of this paradoxical writer- barriers set up by Maugham himself, who asked friends to destroy his correspondence, and who instructed..... More