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Etat : Very Good. 1748353419. 5/27/2025 1:43:39 PM.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 88 pages. 'The City of the Sybarites' (article) by Gerald Brenan/poems by George MacBeth, Nathaniel Zimskind, Phoebe Hesketh, Dom Moraes/'The Nude renewed: Sex, Style, and Geometry' by Lionel Trilling/'L'Affaire Djilas'/'The Man with the Moon in Him: A Story' (fiction) by William Sansom/'Asia is not Russia or America, either' (economics/political article) by Bertrand de Jouvenel.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 92 pages. Arthur Koestler "A Stink of Zen" / Alan Sillitoe "You Had A Dream Last Night (poem)" / C A R Crosland "On The Left Again" / William Sansom "A Mixed Bag" (story) / Colin MacInnes "Welcome, Beauty Walk".

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 90 pages. Edward Shils "The Intellectuals:-(I) Great Britain" / Alan Ross - 4 poems / George Stafford Gale "No Flies In China" / Kenneth Tynan "Bull Fever" / William Sansom "A Visit To The Dentist" (story).

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 96 pages. W H Auden "Since" (poem) / Peter Ustinov "Brief Guide To Modern Music" / William Sansom "Cops & Robber" (story) / Michael Polanyi "On The Modern Mind" / Alasdair MacIntyre "The Psycho=Analysts" / John Gross "The Pretty Things" (theatre) / Paul Ignotus "The Return Of Jozsef Lengyel".

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 96 pages. ALBERT CAMUS "From A Writer's Notebook" / DAN JACOBSON "Fresh Fields" / WILLIAM SANSOM "La Dolce Acquavita" / DOUGLAS COOPER "Graham Suthland's Religious Subjects" / MARK ABRAMS "Class And Politics" / HENRY FAIRLIE "On The Monarchy" / PHILIP TOYNBEE "Hemingway" / MARTIN ESSLIN "Brecht: Poems And Un-Poems".

Original Wraps. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, as Issued. Paul Delvaux [Paintings] (illustrateur). First Edition. Vol. XIII, No. 73 - January MCMXLVI. With monochrome reproductions of paintings by Paul Delvaux. ***Near fine in black printed blue wrappers. Covers just slightly browned, mainly along the spine. Fragile spine is completely intact. Pages uncreased. Printed on paper that is noticeably thinner than the pre-war and later post-war issues, due to post-war economy paper rationing. Contents near fine. 215mm x 140mm. 72 pages, including two pages of period adverts. ***An early post-war issue of this literary journal, published by Cyril Connolly as editor, and Stephen Spender as associate editor. This issue includes the following contributions: 'Novelist-Philosophers VII - Choderlos De Laclos and 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' by Martin Turnell, 'Paul Delvaux' by Camille Goemans, 'War and Peace II' by William Sansom, 'Fragment of an Autobiography - XV' by Augustus John, Poems by Pierre Emmanuel and Pierre Jean Jouve, Reviews by Anna Kavan and Sonia Brownell. ***'Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art was a literary magazine published every four weeks in London, between December 1939 and January 1950. The magazine was edited by Cyril Connolly, who made it into a platform for a wide range of distinguished and emerging writers. It had a print run of 120 issues. The magazine had a small circulation of around 9,500, but an impressive list of contributors, and it made a significant impact on the arts during and just after the war.' [Wiki] ***An early post-war issue of this magazine in near fine condition. Includes book reviews by novelists Anna Kavan and Sonia Brownell, the future wife of George Orwell. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Paperback, stapled binding. 25 × 18.5cm, 64pp. The story of Britain's firemen, with particular emphasis on the work they were doing during the Blitz with text by Sansom, Spender and Gordon (they served as firemen during the Blitz), and illustrated throughout with work by Fireman artists who had held exhibitions of their work in the earlier years of the war at the Central School of Art and Crafts. There are nineteen artists featured, including Leonard Rosoman, Reginald Mills, Francis Needham and Norman Hepple. The book also includes a copy of Norman Hepple's "Discussion Grup eader, Fireman Roberts", this is George Arthur Roberts born in Trinidad in 1891 who fought for the British Army at Loos and the Somme. In 1938 he was the first Black man to join the London Auxiliary Fire, becoming a Leading Fireman was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in 1944. Condition: Good condition. There is light wear to the covers and central pages 29?36 are neatly detached. The booklet remains in strong readable condition.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Very Nice Copy small octavo 213pp., b/w plates, appendix, index, Originally published in 1947.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 80 pages. Illustrated. Albert Camus "The Artist In Prison" / J R Ackerley "My Dog Tulip" / Robert Warshow "The Gentleman With A Gun" / William Sansom "Trouble In Wilton Road" / Colin Clark "The Poverty Of Nations" / Leslie A Fiedler "The 'Good' American" / Leonard Woolf "Reason In Politics".

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Nine Volumes, Very Good + To Near Fine, As Issued; Note: January 1957 With Loose Index To Volume Three; March 1957, No. 3, In Publisher's Wrap-Around Band And With Publisher's Order Card.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (63/- price intact). Published by Harvill Press, 1953. Quarto. Book is very good with previous owner name on flyleaf. Dust jacket is good with large tears. An excellent copy of this book of photographs capturing London by Izis Bidermanas. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original strawberry cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back and silver emblem to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. The NFS was created in August 1941 by the amalgamation of the wartime national Auxiliary Fire Service and the local authority fire brigades (about 1,600 of them). It existed until 1948, when it was again split by the Fire Services Act 1947, with fire services reverting to local authority control, although this time there were far fewer brigades, with only one per county and county borough. Contains 219 pp with splendid monochrome illustrations throughout by Paul Dessau, Stanley Froude, and Leonard Rosoman. Very Good condition book in extremely scarce Good condition dust wrapper with chips and tears to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 10/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. FIREMEN & FIRE SERVICE.