Distinguished new poetry .
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WILLIAM JAY SMITH
The best work of a talented young poet who is both original
and wholly understandable. Here is poetry that is rich in
emotional content and direct in language and imagery.
It
celebrates, in the true sense of the word, what is lasting and
beautiful in a changing world.
$2.00
CELEBRATION AT DARK
WINTHROP PALMER
A first book of verse by a poet who "avoids literary fash–
ions; writes a conventional diction sharpened by an intelli–
gence and an individual sensibility . . . some of the most
accomplished minor poetry that we have."-ALLEN TATE.
With rare perception, Winthrop Palmer gives new definition
to the troubling immensities that confront the modern spirit.
To be published February
14
$2.50
THE NEW BARBARIAN
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Outstanding non-fiction .
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EDMUND WILSON
"Made up entir ely of pieces written over the past ten years.
No U.S. critic now wr iting could gather so rich a harvest."
- Time
$5.00
CLASSICS AND COMMERCIALS
A Literary Chronicle of the Forties
HOLBROOK JACKSON
A classic for booklovers and collectors, this delightful vol–
ume of book-lore, both learned and frivolous, is now repub–
lished in a limited edition.
$7.50
THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA
EUGEN I{OGON
"One of the two best books
to
come out of post-war Ger–
many," says the
Library Journal
of this definitive record
of the Nazi concentration-camp system.
$4.00
The THEORY and PRACTICE of HELL
FRANCIS STEEGMULLER
A revised edition of the renowned biography in which
Steegmuller gives a brilliant picture of the creative process
and of genius at work and at play.
$4.00
FLAUBERT AND MADAME BOVARY
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