THIS IS MY BEST in the Third Quarter of the Century

Stated first ed.; 1060 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong paper only faintly age-toned; binding firm; light gray boards have faint stains on lower edge of front board near lower corner; very slight rubbing at crown and foot of spine; gloss lgiht gray d.j. is somewhat sunned at edgews and spine, a few faint smudges; some rubbing at upper edges with small closed tear at upper corner of rear panel and another tiny closed tear at upper edge of spine. "America's eight-five greatest living authors choose their best work, and explain why they have selected it:" this includes W. H. Auden, Archibald Macleish, Richard Eberhart, John Ciardi, Lionel Trilling, John Dos Passos, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Philip Roth, John Updike, James Dickey, Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, Barbara Tuchman, John Steinbeck, Vladimir Nabokov, Gwendolyn Brooks, Truman Capote, Isaac Asimov, and many other fascinating writers. .