Blauner, Andrew [Editor]

CENTRAL PARK: AN ANTHOLOGY [Signed]

New York: Bloomsbury, 2012. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 224 pages. In Very Good condition. White and red spine with black, white and red titling. Covers have a small dent to the front spine joint edge, and light wear. Textblock has light shelf wear. Inscribed twice on the half-title page: "For- Maria Gregory Sheehan with happy ramblings in the Ramble and elsewhere in Central Park" dated "June 19, 2012" and with unknown signature [and] "For Susan Sheehan- With admiration- one NYer to another" with unknown signature. A third inscription to the title page: "With all good wishes, my best" and signed by Andrew Blauner. Shelved in Room F.

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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.