New Writing and Daylight 1943-1944
London: Hogarth Press, 1944. Keith Vaughan (dust jacket). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 175. Illustrated with two leaves of black & white photo reproductions. Red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine. Spine titles a bit rubbed. Discreet bookplate on the front pastedown. In the two-color illustrated dust jacket, flap price 10s. 6d. intact, showing slight edge-wear. Very Good+ / Very Good. Item #5912
Fourth installment of Lehmann's hard-back periodical, a well-curated miscellany of British, Dominion and foreign writing. Includes work by Edith Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Jirí Mucha, et. al. Produced under wartime economic restrictions, the inferior paper has darkened but the text remains bright. The dust jacket has a superb Blake-ian illustration by Keith Vaughan. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $40.00