[Signed] [First Edition] ROBINSON: A NOVEL [Signed] Spark, Muriel [Hardcover]

Octavo, [6], 186 pages. In Very Good plus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Volume is in full green cloth binding with navy titling to spine. Jacket is green with black and green lettering to spine, wrapped in a new archival mylar sleeve. Jacket is age toned, with moderate smudging on the spine and covers and light shelving wear along edges. Boards show very light wear. Rubbing at head and tail of spine. Small bump on the bottom edge of the rear board. Rubbing and mild bumping to fore corners. Text block is lightly age toned and worn along edges. Interior clean. Inscribed in black ink by Muriel Spark to Susan Sheehan on front flyleaf: "For Susan dear / with love / 1st Feb. 1964 Muriel". Shelved in Case 7. Second Story Books is honored to offer this item from the personal collection of Neil and Susan Sheehan. Neil Sheehan (1936-2021) and Susan Sheehan (born 1937) were a distinguished husband-and-wife team whose careers helped define American literary journalism in the second half of the twentieth century. Neil Sheehan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, is best known for his role in bringing the Pentagon Papers to public attention and for his landmark book "A Bright Shining Lie", while Susan Sheehan built a parallel reputation as a leading voice at The New Yorker, crafting deeply reported narrative nonfiction on subjects ranging from mental health to social institutions, earning her own Pulitzer Prize in 1983. Their longstanding ties to major publications, particularly The New Yorker, placed them at the center of an influential cultural and intellectual network, and the books from their library carry added provenance through this close connection to the magazine's editorial and artistic community. 1411887. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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