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Hardcover. dj. Various Editions. A Collection of 55 Brendan Gill items, with the majority inscribed to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer Susan Sheehan, who was a close friend and colleague of Gill's at The New Yorker for many years. All shelved in Room F. BOOKS: Octavos, 17 items, and Quartos, 9 items. In Very Good minus condition. Mostly in full or quarter cloth bindings of various colors, with some paperback items. Many with dust jackets of various colors, all wrapped in archival mylar sleeves. Jackets are generally lightly age toned and moderately worn, with scuffing to covers and light rubbing/wrinkling along edges. Some jackets with small closed tears in the edges. Nearly all jackets with prices unclipped. Boards generally show moderate shelving wear, with rubbing along edges and at corners. Text blocks show light-to-moderate age toning with light shelving wear along edges. Interiors are largely clean, with some very sparse penciling present. A NEW YORK LIFE: OF FRIENDS AND OTHERS. By Brendan Gill. Published by the Poseidon Press in 1990; First Edition, First Printing. Light soiling to front cover of jacket. Some pen notation and marginalia throughout. Includes a laid-in letter to Gill discussing an upcoming visit to the a Field Club for the English-Speaking Union of the United States' Greenwich Branch. WAYS OF LOVING. By Brendan Gill. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Scattered foxing to top edge of text block. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill on the front flyleaf: "For Susan, who is not, alas, on every page- / with love and admiration / Brendan / August 14th 1974". Includes a laid-in photocopy of a typed note from Gill to several drivers providing directions to "the Owl House" with handwritten corrections. MANY MASKS: A LIFE OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. By Brendan Gill. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1987. First Edition, Third Printing. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill on the front flyleaf: "For Susan, / beloved friend, colleague, denizen of West 43rd Street, proprietor of a Gill archive of the most doubtful value- this latest Tome, affectionately / Brendan / October 17th / 1988". Includes a laid-in handwritten note to Susan Sheehan from a friend recounting an encounter with Gill, wherein Gill described his relationship with Susan, calling her the "best of the 'New Yorker' writers". DEATH IN APRIL & OTHER POEMS. By Brendan Gill. Published by Hawthorne House in 1935. First Edition, First Printing. One of 160 copies. Gill's first book, printed while he was still an undergraduate at Yale. Inscribed on the front flyleaf to Susan Sheehan by Gill: "For Susan, with very much love, this very early work. It is yours because you wanted it and not because I can bear to look at it. I was given it this year (1982) by John [illegible], who inherited it from a deceased uncle in Newport. / Brendan". WOOINGS: FIVE POEMS BY BRENDAN GILL. Published by the Plain Wrapper Press in 1980. Limited Edition: #123/150. Signed flat in black ink by Brendan Gill on the colophon. THE TROUBLE OF ONE HOUSE (Paperback). By Brendan Gill. Published by Popular Library in 1950. First Trade Paperback Edition. Gill's first novel. Shows heavier shelving wear, with scuffing to covers, light creasing at the corners, cracking along spine and joints, and a slant to the spine. Inscribed on title page to Susan Sheehan by Gill: "With love to Susuan, January 25th 1965. Poor Richard". THE TROUBLE OF ONE HOUSE (Hardcover). By Brendan Gill. Published by Doubleday & Company in 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Jacket is much more heavily worn, with splitting along the spine and front joint and chipping at the head and tail. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the front flyleaf: "For Susan, my best reader- / Brendan Gill / July 28th 1960". THE DAY THE MONEY STOPPED. By Brendan Gill. Published by Doubleday & Company in 1957. First Edition, later printing. Gill's second novel. Heavy offsetting on jacket back cover. Slant to spine. Splitting at front hinge. Inscribed by Gill on the front flyleaf: "After the first and before the third comes the second / Brendan Gill / Belated 14th, 1960". THE MALCONTENTS. By Brendan Gill. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1973. Limited edition, published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author and publisher. Boards are covered in a lightly chipped protective glassine wrap. Inscribed by Gill to Susan and Neil Sheehan on the front flyleaf: "For Susan and Neil- / affectionate holiday greetings! / Brendan". LATE BLOOMERS. By Brendan Gill. Published by Artisan in 1996. First Edition, Second Printing. Boards are negligibly worn. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the front flyleaf: "For Susan, / with love- oh, so many books, surely more than anyone else (including me) possesses- / Brendan / April 16th 1997". TALLULAH. By Brendan Gill. Published by Holt, Reinhart & Winston in 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the title page: "For Susan, with love- / her belated Christmas present / 1/26/93". THE U.S. CUSTOM HOUSE ON BOWLING GREEN. By Brendan Gill. Published by the New York Landmarks Conservancy in 1976. First Edition. Paperback, lightly worn and age toned. A FAIR LAND TO BUILD IN: AN ARCHITECTURE OF THE EMPIRE STATE. By Brendan Gill. Published by the Preservation League of New York State. First Edition. Paperback, with light wear. JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. By Brendan Gill. First Edition. Published by Harry N. Abrams in 1981. HAPPY TIMES. By Brendan Gill, photographs by Jerome Zerbe. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the half title page: "For Susan whose happy times go unrecorded here / with love, / Brandan / August 15th 1974". THE DREAM COMES TRUE: GREAT HOUSES OF LOS ANGELES. By Brendan Gill, Photographs by Derry Moore. Published by Lippincott & Crowell in 1980. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the half title pag. Signed.…