Traver, Robert; Kelley, Robert W. [Photographer]

ANATOMY OF A FISHERMAN [Signed]

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 117 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Blue spine with orange and white titling. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover, price uncut "$10.95", has tears to the spine head/tail, a tear to the rear bottom edge, and light age toning. Boards have age toning to spine head/tail, fraying to corners, and light wear. Textblock has light wear to edges. Inscribed "For Susan Black, so that she may see what makes Sammy run", dated "New York Nov. 15, 1964" and signed "John Voelker (Robert Traver)" and "Bob Kelley" on the front free end page. Shelved in Room A oversize overflow.

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $250

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 (1937-2026) 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.