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

New York, NY, USA: Added Enterprises, 1949. First Printing. Softcover. "I am an American, Chicago born- Chicago, that sombre city- and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent. But a man's character is his fate, says Heraclitus, and in the end there isn't any way..... 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

Boston, MA: Partisan Review, Inc., 1991. First Printing. Softcover. This Special Issue number of the venerable American literary journal is sub-titled "The Changing Culture of the University." As explained in the Introduction by Executive Editor & contributor Edith Kurzweil: "It is unusual for Partisan Review to publish an entire issue on one subject, but then our conference on "The Changing Culture of the University" was an unusual event...As you will..... More

Boston, MA: Partisan Review, Inc., 1993. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the late, respected literary-cultural journal is a special issue dedicated to "The Politics of Political Correctness." With articles that delve deeply & thoughtfully into the phenomenon as it had evolved up to circa 1993 by such intellectual heavyweights as Morris Dickstein, Hilton Kramer, Executive Editor Edith Kurzweil, Daphne Merkin, Chief Editor William Phillips, Ronald Radosh & many others..... More