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The Penguin New Writing, edited by John Lehmann. London: Penguin Books, 1940-50. Numbers 1 - 40 [all published]. 8°. Original vari-coloured wrappers (one with slight loss to foot of backstrip). A COMPLETE SET. "This monthly periodical was founded by John Lehmann. Its anti-fascist stance attracted contributions from leading left-wing writers such as Spender, Auden, Day-Lewis, as well as George Orwell, Virgina Woolf, E. M. Forster, and many distinguished foreign writers." (PAB)
With 13 other books including Neville Braybrooke's The Idler (London, 1961), Arthur Calder Marshall's About Levy (London, 1933, Roland Camberton's Scamp (London, 1950), Rayner Heppenstall's The Lesser Infortune (London, 1953) and Charles Jackson's The Lost Week-End (London, 1945), all FIRST EDITIONS in dust-jackets. (53)
With 13 other books including Neville Braybrooke's The Idler (London, 1961), Arthur Calder Marshall's About Levy (London, 1933, Roland Camberton's Scamp (London, 1950), Rayner Heppenstall's The Lesser Infortune (London, 1953) and Charles Jackson's The Lost Week-End (London, 1945), all FIRST EDITIONS in dust-jackets. (53)
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