(ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER; AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS; WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE; O'CONNOR, FLANNERY; MERTON, THOMAS; FOOTE, SHELBY; VIDAL, GORE; MORRIS, WRIGHT; BERTO, GIUSEPPE; GADDIS, WILLIAM)

New World Writing, #1.

NY:: New American Library, 1953. Reprint.. Book. S Soft cover. Card covers, 312pp. + ads. The first issue of one of the longest running and very significant paperback magazines in American literature. An institution that sprang up in the 50's, showcasing original and first appearance of stories, poems, essays, etc of leading writers from around the world. It has sometimes lapsed, but then returned to life, outlasting imitators in nearly every decade. The lineup of writers in this issue is stellar by any one's light. A tight, shiny copy. Slight yellowing to covers. Pages are naturally mildly yellowed. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Binding is Binding is Soft cover. Very Good.

-- Lazy River Books

Book number: pb72

Keywords: Fiction Poety Essays Literature Paperback Magazine.

BRAESTRUP, PETER (ED.); RODMAN, PETER W.; GADDIS, JOHN LEWIS; BOUWSMA, WILLIAM J.; MELDER, KEITH; BATTLE, THOMAS C.; DINER, STEVEN J.; SPITZER, NEIL; KEENE, DONALD; RODRIGUEZ, RICHARD

The Wilson Quarterly, New Year's 1989 (Vol. XIII No. 1): Soviets and Americans, John Calvin, the Other Washington

Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1989. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have soiling and shelf wear. 144 pp. Contents include Rodman, "Is the Cold War Over?"; Gaddis, "Looking Back: The Long Peace"; Bouwsma, "Explaining John Calvin"; Melder, "Slaves and Freedmen"; Battle, "Behind the Marble Mask"; Diner, "From Jim Crow to Home Rule"; Spitzer, "A Secret City"; Keene, "The Japanese Idea of Beauty"; Rodriguez, "Oh, Ireland"; more.; 9.0" (23 cm) tall... Very Good with no dust jacket .

-- Cats Cradle Books

Book number: 730084

Keywords: Scholarly Journal Journals Periodical Periodicals Religion Political Politics History All History: : United States History Americana History: : Russian and Soviet Americana: : African Americana