Mitchell, Joseph

THE BOTTOM OF THE HARBOR [Signed]

New York: The Modern Library, 1994. First Modern Library Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vii, 183 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Silver spine with black titling. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover, price uncut "U.S.A. $12.50/Canada $16.95", has light shelf wear. Boards and textblock have light shelving wear. Inscribed "For Susan and Neil kindest regards", dated "April 25 1994" and signed "Joe Mitchell" on the title page. Includes an "Inside the New Yorker Edit" page laid-in, and a compliments of the author card. Shelved in Room F.

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $325

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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 the books from their library carry added provenance through this close connection to the magazine’s editorial and artistic community.

Joseph Mitchell (1908-1996) was an American writer best known for the work he published in The New Yorker. He is known for his carefully written portraits of eccentrics and people on the fringes of society, especially in and around New York City.