W. B. YEATS | FRAMED TLS TO JAMES D. PHELAN
[1904]. Framed typed letter, single page. In Very Good condition. In a silver painted wood frame, with a white cloth mat. Frame has light scuffing to edges. Dated "Feby. 19/04". From poet W. B. Yeats and addressed to former U.S. Senator, James D. Phelan. Yeats thanks Phelan for the poem by Mr. Scheffauer, promises to send a photograph to Phelan and his sister, and ends with gratitude for a wonderful week in San Francisco. Signed "W. B. Yeats." Letter has light age toning to edges. Shelved in.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $2,000
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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 artwork from their collection carries added provenance through this close connection to the magazine’s editorial and artistic community.