Penguin New Writing Paperback. Issue One November 1940.
I have partially expurgated the title of Morton Freedgood's contribution, the full title is unimpaired on the actual copy.
Condition; Cover is loose from inner binding, otherwise all intact with minor scuffing on spine, spotting on reverse.
Contents; George Orwell, Andre Chamson, Christopher Isherwood, Leslie Halward, M.R.Anand, George Garrett, Louis Guilloux, William Plomer, Alfred Kantorowicz, Nikolai Ognev, V.S.Pritchett, Morton Freedgood, Ralph Fox & Tchang T'ien-Yih.
156 Pages.
Penguin New Writing Paperback Number 8 July 1941. DY20565
Condition; outer cover detached, with wear on spine, slight pencil annotation, inked name of a previous owner.
136 pages.
Contents; Gordon Jeffrey, Laurie Lee, Fanfarlo, John Sommerfield, Robert Pagan, Eric Wilfred White, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, C.Day Lewis, Beatrix Lehmann, Louis MacNeice, Louis Guilloux, Frank Sargeson, fred Urquhart, Ahmed Ali & Georg Anders.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 19. Published 1944. DY20569
Condition; Spotting, paper is grey, presumably due to wartime paper/print availability, over Good.
160 pages.
Contents; Tom Burns, Roy Fuller, William Chappell, Louis Clamorgan, Edith Sitwell, Donagh Macdonough, David Hill, Louis MacNeice, Frank Sargeson, Allen Curnow, Francis Y. Thompson, Alan Wykes, John Ward, W.H.Auden, Theatre Critic, Stephen Spender, Demetrios Capetanakis & John Lehmann.
Photogravure Illustrations.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 22. Published 1944. DY20567
Condition; Wear on spine, with front cover detached from side at top to a depth of approx; 3cm, tear across frontispiece, otherwise Good.
160 pages.
Contents; J.E.Morpurgo, Rosamond Lehmann, Alan Weir, Harold Acton, Norman Cameron, Rayner Heppenstall, Diana witherby, Noel Blakiston, Peter Yates, Isobel Leslie, Greville Texidor, Stephen Spender, Sid Chaplin, Pantelis Prevelakis, Music Critic, L.A.G.Strong, V.S.Pritchett & Ronald Mason.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 23. Published 1945. DY20573
Condition; Wear on cover and spine, pencil annotation on reverse cover, slight ditto on frontispiece and penultimate page, ink staining reverse, Good.
176 pages.
Contents; Denis Glover, Rosamond Lehmann, A.W.Baird, Humphrey Knight, Edith Sitwell, James Stern, William Plomer, jim Phelan, Maurice James Craig, Percy Coates, Laurie Lee, V.S.Pritchett, Terence Tiller, Henry Reed, Art Critic, Stephen Spender, Philip Toynbee & John Heath-Stubbs.
Poetry Supplement, Photogravure Illustrations & Colour Illustrations.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 25 published 1945. DY20566
Condition; Very good, slight wear to cover.
192 pages.
Contents; Anthony Thorne, Rosamond Lehmann, C.V.Wedwood, Joseph Gurnard, William Sansom, William Plomer, George Barker, C.Day Lewis, Norman Nicholson, B.J.Brooke, Dunstan Thompson, Hamish Henderson, Donald Bain, Alan Ross, J.G.Millard.
Rupert Doone, Stephen Spender, John Heath-Stubbs, Walter Allen, R.H.Martin, Roger Anscombe & K.B. Poole
Photogravure Illustrations.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Issue 27 Spring 1946.
Condition; Minor damage to base of spine, small corner torn off blank frontispiece, reverse spotting.
Contents; William Sansom, Edith Sitwell, Annabel Farjeon, Louis MacNiece, Frank Sargeson, C. Day Lewis, J.Macclaren-Ross, Stephen Spender, Jim Phelan, Eric White, W.F.M.Stewart, John Heath-Stubbs, Allen Curnow, Radio Critic, Osbert Sitwell, John Hampson, Stephen Potter, A.C.Ritchie, Bernard Evslin & Norman Swallow.
Pages; 192. DY20557
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 2. Published January 1941.
Condition; Wear to cover and spine, partially detached from spine, usual toning, inside cover has a previous owner's name pencilled in,overall; Acceptable-Good.
144 pages.
Contents; B.L.Coombes, Fanfarlo, Rosamond Lehmann, Robert Pagan, Stephen Spender, H.T.Hopkinson, Andre Chamson, Louis MacNeice, Ralph Bates, John Cornford, G.F.Green, Gordon Jeffrey, Vwadiswav Bronievski, Ignazio Silone & C Day Lewis.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 29. Published 1947. DY20571
Condition; Light wear to cover, usual toning, frontispiece has pencil and ink annotation, overall; Good.
Contents; William Sansom, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Greer, Lawrence Durrell, Noel Devaux, Jack Clemo, Frank Sargeson, Osbert Sitwell, John Ward, Ivan Jelinek, Ewart Milne, Douglas Newton, Bernard Gutteridge, J.Maclaren-Ross, Walter Allen, William Plomer, Helen Gardner, Lawrence Gowing, James Stern, Jocelyn Brooke & Stanislaw Balinski.
Colour & Photgravure Illustrations.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 35. Published 1948. DY20574
Condition; Small areas of front and back covers missing, volume is attached to spine, although latter has some damage, inside cover and frontispiece have ink annotation, with latter having tear.
Acceptable-Good.
160 Pages.
Contents; L.A.G. Strong, Norman Nicholson, Mervyn Jones-Evans, Odysseus Elytis, Vitaliano Brancati, Clifford Dyment, Ronald Bottrall, Nelson Algren, Lewis Thompson, Alan Ross, T.C.Worsley, Alan Pryce-Jones, John Aldridge, Linden Huddlestone.
Photogravure Illustrations.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 30. Published 1947. DY20570
Condition; Very light wear to cover, usual toning. Very Good.
192 pages.
Contents; J.Maclaren-Ross, Louis MacNiece, Tom Hopkinson, Donagh MacDonagh, Graham Greene, Henry Reed, A.C.Wann, Norman Nicholson, Boris Pasternak, Giles Romilly, John R.Townsend, R.C.M.Howard, Gillian Hughes, Film Critic, V.S.Pritchett, John Lehmann, Stuart Hood, Rollo Woolley & Sacha Carnegie.
Colour & Photogravure Illustrations.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 35. Published 1948. DY20568
Condition; Front cover has inked initails top, slight wear, toning, creasing on last page, Very Good.
160 Pages.
Contents; L.A.G. Strong, Norman Nicholson, Mervyn Jones-Evans, Odysseus Elytis, Vitaliano Brancati, Clifford Dyment, Ronald Bottrall, Nelson Algren, Lewis Thompson, Alan Ross, T.C.Worsley, Alan Pryce-Jones, John Aldridge, Linden Huddlestone.
Photogravure Illustrations.
Penguin New Writing Paperback. Volume 4. Published March 1941. DY20581
Condition; Slight staining front cover, light wear Very Good.
160 pages.
Contents; John Sommerfield, C. Day Lewis, Fanfarlo, Henry Green, Robert Pagan, Stephen Spender, Andre Chamson, T.C.Worsley, William Plomer, Jim Phelan, Margot Heinemann, B.L.Coombes, Anonymous, Rosamond Lehmann, Louis MacNeice.