![Item #21757 The Splendors of Asia: India, Thailand, Japan. [Inscribed to Ben & Pearl Raeburn]....](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21757.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774353089)
New York: The Viking Press. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —While Robert Payne is best remembered for his biographies of figures like Gandhi and Lenin, The Splendors of Asia showcases his role as a popularizer of world culture. Ben Raeburn, through Horizon Press, was the steward of many of the era’s most challenging.....
![Item #20190 The Granite Island and Other Poems [Signed - Association Copy]. Robert Payne](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20190.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1743546143)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Robert Is Payne was an American poet and literary figure known for his contributions to modernist poetry. He gained recognition for his vivid and introspective verse, often exploring themes of nature, human emotion, and the passage of time.....
![Item #21496 The Splendor of Israel [Inscribed First Edition - Ben Raeburn Association]. Robert Payne](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21496.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769277112)
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Robert Payne was a prolific biographer and historian, best known for his The Splendor of Greece. This work captures Israel in a specific historical moment (1963)—prior to the Six-Day War of 1967, offering a view of.....
London: George Allen & Unwin LTD., 1949. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Robert Payne was a prolific British writer, translator, and historian whose works introduced Eastern literature, philosophy, and history to broad Western readerships. During the postwar decades, anthologies such as The White Pony played an important role in.....