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.....

New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Ludwig Bemelmans occupies a unique place in twentieth-century American cultural history. Though remembered primarily for the Madeline books, his adult writings on restaurants, hotels, travel, and urban society remain among the sharpest observational memoirs of the interwar and.....

New York: Pyramid Books, 1968. Cover Photo Mort Engel. With a title like "The Star Stalker" any reader familiar with Robert Bloch's work would assume that the book revolved around a psychotic stalking a starlet. The assumption would be wrong, The Star Stalker is an entirely different kind of book.....

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. The Revolt of Aphrodite consists of two novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published in 1968 and 1970. They deviate significantly from his earlier style and because they approach more.....

New York: The Blue Heron Press, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. The Last Supper" presents sixteen stories capturing America's post-WWII emergence, from Coca-Cola's debut in the Arabian desert to a wealthy man's bomb shelter. Howard Fast masterfully blends historical echoes with compelling mid-century Americana. [Adapted from Reviews].

New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First American Edition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Henry Green, the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke, became one of the most admired yet elusive English novelists of the twentieth century. Writers including W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood praised his compressed dialogue and psychologically indirect style.....

New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Historical Context —Published in the postwar period, Doting reflects the shifting social landscape of mid-20th-century Britain, where class structures and personal relationships were undergoing quiet transformation. Henry Green, a contemporary of writers such as Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene, developed a reputation for his.....

New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First Edition, First Printing [First American]. CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFICANCE —Published in 1950, Nothing reflects the transition of British society in the aftermath of World War II, particularly within upper-class London circles. Green, himself both industrialist and writer, captures the dislocation and continuity of social codes.....

London: Phoenix House, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —James Hanley remains one of the most significant, if occasionally overlooked, voices of British working-class modernism. Born in Liverpool to a seafaring family, his work is characterized by an intense, almost claustrophobic realism and a deep empathy for the marginalized.This.....

London: BBC Television Service, 1963-64. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Even without a direct inscription to Ben Raeburn, the inscription to Pearl Raeburn is of immense significance. Pearl was not merely a spouse in this circle; she was the domestic anchor of the Raeburn/Hanley relationship. Hanley's choice to send a working script to.....

Loughton, Essex: K.A. Ward, The Perfecta Press, 1969. Limited Edition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --The illustrations by Liam Hanley contribute materially to the significance of the work, transforming the volume from a conventional literary production into a collaborative artistic exchange between father and son. His stark, atmospheric landscapes and shadowed imagery visually.....

London: Macdonald, 1953. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Mary Hanley was often described as her husband's 'secret weapon.' While James Hanley was notoriously difficult to manage, Mary was the diplomat of the household, frequently smoothing over relations with publishers like Ben Raeburn to ensure the family's literary legacy remained secure. Under the pseudonym.....

New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. The Dust Jacket, End-pages, and Chapter Headers designed by the Author. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A fast-moving historical novel set along Florida’s Gulf Coast during the period before the Civil War.