Keyes, Daniel; Delessert, Étienne [Illustrator]

FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON [Signed by Étienne Delessert] [with] ALS BY ÉTIENNE DELESSERT

Mankato: Creative Education Inc., 1988. First Illustrated Edition. Octavo, 60 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. White spine with black titling. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover, has light shelf wear. Boards have light soiling scattered throughout. Textblock has light shelf wear. Signed by Étienne Delessert and dated "Lakeville CT Sept. 25. 07" on the title page. Includes a hand-written letter by Étienne Delessert addressed to Cuthbert Thambimuttu laid-in. Shelved in Room F.

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $200

NOTES

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.