Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954 dj. Hardcover first edition - A satirical "novel of Washington Square" - the story of the habitues of the Cafe Julien in Greenwich Village, which becomes in her hands a symbol of the vanishing era of genuine artistic pursuit as it portrays a younger, more ambitious, and cynical generation taking over. All are mocked - would-be New Yorkers, the ambitious, the lazy, lovers and failures, failed artists, journalists and more. Considered to be one of the best novels by the writer whom Gore Vidal called "one of our most brilliant - certainly most witty - novelists, whose literary reputation continues to grow long after her death; we are catching up to her." 306 pp. Wraparound dust jacket by Reginald Marsh.

New York: Vintage Books, (1990). A "novel of Washington Square" - the story of the habitues of the Cafe Julien in Greenwich Village. Introduction by Gore Vidal who called Powell "one of our most brilliant - certainly most witty - novelists, whose literary reputation continues to grow long after her death; we are catching up to her." xxi, 306 pp. ISBN: 0-679726853.