Bronxville, New York, Sarah Lawrence College Gallery, 1978. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Berenice Abbott remains one of the defining photographers of twentieth-century America, best known for ‘Changing New York’ and her pioneering scientific photography. This exhibition reflects a late-1970s scholarly reassessment of her broader work, particularly her engagement with science, documentary realism.....

Lititz, Pennsylvania: Sutter House, 1977. Limited Edition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - Seymour Adelman was one of the premier American book collectors of the 20th century, known for his world-class Keats and Housman collections now at Bryn Mawr. This volume is a high-quality "Gentleman’s production" printed on rag paper, intended for his inner.....

New York: Duell Sloan Pearce, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Conrad Aiken is the great 'shadow figure' of American Modernism—a close friend of T.S. Eliot and a Pulitzer Prize winner who was often the first to introduce Freudian psychoanalysis into American fiction. This 1950 collection is significant.....

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. While Maxwell Anderson died in 1959, his third wife and widow, Gilda Oakleaf Anderson, maintained his legacy. This volume connects the Anderson estate to Ben Raeburn, a titan of mid-century publishing. The accompanying note is.....

New York: Horizon Press, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Historical Significance:Eric Bentley was a titan of dramatic criticism and the primary force behind introducing Bertolt Brecht to the English-speaking world. In the mid-20th century, his 'chronicles' of the New York stage were considered essential reading, blending academic rigor with the.....

New York: Program Publishing Co. / HB Playwrights Foundation, 1957- 1967. SCHOLARLY FEATURES: DESIGN, SCHOLARSHIP, & INFLUENCE —+++ The Validation of Authority:The center of the 1961 program features an explicit essay titled A Message from Eric Bentley paired with his precise, rhythmic translation of Brecht's poem 'To Those Born Later'.....

New York: Random House, 1976. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Burt Britton was a singular, beloved character who anchored the New York literary marketplace from his basement counter at The Strand Bookstore. By systematically demanding that visiting authors sketch their own visages on basic sheets of paper, Britton compiled a visual census of.....

New York: Horizon Press, 1961. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Sir Richard F. Burton: The Maverick PolymathBurton was the archetypal "unreliable narrator" of Victorian exploration, yet his Lake Regions remains a masterpiece of objective observation. Unlike Speke, his partner-turned-rival, Burton viewed Africa through the eyes of a linguist and ethnographer. His prose is.....

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Edward Dahlberg stands out as one of the most uncompromising, fiercely individualistic, and stylistically complex authors in modern American literature. Celebrated by contemporaries like D.H. Lawrence, William Carlos Williams, and Sir Herbert Read for his dense, baroque prose layered with biblical, mythic, and classical references, Dahlberg waged a......

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. When published in 1967, 'The Naked Ape' was a cultural shockwave. It was one of the first books to aggressively argue that human behavior—from business handshakes (grooming) to urban stress (overcrowding)—is governed by our primate evolutionary past. It sold.....

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Isabella Gardner was a significant voice in mid-century American poetry, often called a "poet's poet." Though her output was small (only four books in her lifetime), her work was highly regarded for its sonic intensity and emotional depth. West of Childhood was.....

New York: Horizon Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. B.H. Haggin was famous for his 'absolutist' taste—he loved what he loved (Toscanini, Balanchine) and loathed what he loathed with a passion that made him one of the most feared and respected critics of the 20th century. This.....

New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - B. H. Haggin was one of the earliest and most consistent champions of George Balanchine’s work. This book serves as a summation of decades of observation, elevated by Martha Swope’s photography—widely considered the definitive visual.....