Penguin New Writing 1946. # 27 - Featuring Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Louis MacNiece, C. Day Lewis. Vintage Paperback

Penguin New Writing 1946. # 27 - Featuring Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Louis MacNiece, C. Day Lewis. Vintage Book The series, "Penguin New Writing" was a fine example of the literary periodical which ran from 1936 to 1950. It was edited by John Lehman, who exsablished a stout anti-Fascist tone in the series' early years. Many authors of notable repute have appeared in its pages, including George Orwell, W. S. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, C. Day Lewis, and Edith Sitwell. In this issue, Number 27 of the series, we find works by Edith Sitwell; her brother, Osbert Sitwell; Louis McNiece; C. Day Lewis, Stephen Spender; Annabel Farjeon and many of other fine writers. As well as the best of the New Writing, there are reproductions of then-new works of art by the likes of Robert Medley, Michael Ayrton, Laurence Gowing (all in color); and monochrome reproductions of works by Roger Furse, Gordon Herickx, and John Melville. There are, as well, half-tone photographs of contemporary plays in production. All-in-all a remarkable issue CONTENTS: - How Clarys Died . by William Sansom - Casket Letter No. 2 . by Edith Sitwell - The Lady in the Stone . by Anabel Farajeon - Three Poems . by Louis MacNiece - When the Wind Blows . I by Frank Sargeson - Two Songs . by C. Day Lewis - Second-Lieutenant . by J. Maclaren-Ross - Meeting . by Stephen Spender - Life Line . by Jim Phelan - Death, is it You? . by Eric White - Nocturne . by W. F. M. Stewart - Sestina . by John Heath-Stubbs - Landfall in Unknown Seas . by Allen Curnow - Education on the Air . by Radio Critic - Wilfred Owen . by Osbert Sitwell - Movements in the Underground . by John Hampton - London Theatre : 1918 and 1945 . by Stephen Potter - From a Painter's Notebook - IV -Indefinite Leave . by A. C. Ritchie - My Right Leg Was Germany . by Bernard Evslin - All This is Ended The Penguin New Writing 27 Edited by John Lehmann Published by Penguin Books, London April , 1946 First Edition Small literary periodical in paperback format; contains black-and-white half-tone photographs and color plates; 192 pages ; 4 3/4" x 7 1/4"; pictorial wraps, glued (paper covers) CONDITION : GOOD PLUS ONLY -Previously owned with the following noted: EXTERIOR - Exterior worn, with moderate surface rub - smudging and spotting - a crease to the rear cover - abrasion to spine and spine folds - corner bumps - else presentable BINDING - Solid INTERIOR - Paper is toned - bumps with accompanying creasing to a few top corner tips - else clean and unmarked.