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PERIODICALS
containing articles/poems relating to
the
SECOND WORLD WAR.
in original wraps in very good condition unless otherwise described.

 
 

ACCENT. USA. Summer 1948.
(J Waller on the Poetry of Keith Douglas; R M Adams-A Hawk and a Handsaw for Ezra Pound-9pp;. V Watkins-poem;
Stories by W Sansom & D Curley, etc.) £6.00

ADELPHI. Ed Max Plowman, et Al.
Many issues contain articles relting to War.

BEST POEMS OF … Ed. Thomas MOULT. Bound volumes.
1941.
(L Lee, C Day Lewis, S Spender, D L Sayers, A A Milne, C Dyment,
W De La Mare, O Williams, E Blunden, L Binyon, L MacNeice, etc.)
Covers a little worn. Name on front end paper. £6.00
1942. Dw. (J Masefield, W De La Mare, W Soutar, B Deutsch, E Shanks,
N Moore, G R Hamilton. Etc.) £10.00

1943. Dw.
(Binyon, Benet, Haggard, Keyes, Lewis, C Murray, Soutar, Spender.) £10.00

AUSTRALIAN NAVY. 1943. H.M.A.S. Mk II-Mk 1V 1943-1945.
3 volumes all firsts in dw. Poems, stories & articles by Australian Saliors.
Profusely illustrated. £25.00
STAND EASY. Continuation of Khaki & Green. 1945. Dw.
Poems, stories & articles by Australian Service men. Profusely illustrated.
First 3 pages slightly damp stained but text not affected. £10.00

ENCOUNTER & ENGLISH REVIEW.
Many of these issues have articles on war related matters.
The issues are listed in detail in the Magazine section.

E BENES - THE ORGANISATION OF POSTWAR EUROPE -reprinted from the magazine, FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Jan. 1942. £5.00

THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW. Ed. W L COURTNEY. New Series.
1925 Dec. No.708.
(J Murphy on Fascism; F Gribble on Gobineau;
G De Nerval – The King of Bicetre translated by M Gough;
Serialisation of Children of the Morning by W L George; etc.) £15.00
1933 July. No.799. (Article by D H Lawrence – Christs in the Tirol;
A Zimmern – The Right Road to World Order;
C F Melville on The Austrian Crisis; Commentary by S Gwynne; etc.) £30.00

1934 Sept. No.813.
(W W Davies – The Price of Peace;
A Keith on Sir Oliver Lodge; Story by M Armstrong – Phantom Horseman;
C C Arswell – The One-Child Family; Story by L A G Strong – The Sponger;
Commentary by S Gwynne; etc.) £20.00

HARPERS MAGAZINE. USA 1944 Jan. War related articles with poems by Auden& Pudney; C La Farge-story; etc. £5.00

HERE and NOW. 1943. no.2. (C Bax, A Comfort, F King, N Moore,
N Nicholson, H Palmer, S Read, H Treece, L Whistler,etc.) £8.00

HORIZON. Ed Cyril CONNOLLY.
Again many of these issues have articles on war related matters.
The issues are listed in detail in the Magazine section.

THE HUNGARIAN QUARTERLY. April-June 1965.
(A Pogany-What really happened on October 15 th 1944;
J Kovago-In Memoriam of the Martyrs of Hungary's Anti-Nazi Resistance;
R Legendy-Philosophical Thoughts from Deportation Days;
On The Causes of Antisemitism by I Barankovics; G Gomory on Pilinsky;
A Csernus on S Weires; etc.) £8.00

ICARUS. Nos. 1 & 2. 1962. Edited by M ALEXANDER.
(Faces of India-poems by Bhal Desai translated by N Cama; & photographs by F Hovat; Poems by D Holliday, K Wlaschin, T Lovelock, B Barram,
P Sarrat, M Butler, R Alexander, D Priestley, M Horovitz, V Rich, etc.
Profile of Harold Elvin together with several poems & a story by him;etc. Some of the poems relate to the last war. 2 issues in original wraps. £25.00

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. 30/4/32.
90th Birthday Special Number celebrating in prose & illustrations 90 years of change in all aspects of English Life, 1842-1932, British Monarchy, Ocean Travel, Aeronautics, Land Transport, Fashion, British Navy, Wars, Politics, Races,Regent Street, Archaeology, Transport, Sport, Motoring, etc.
With letters from R Kipling, H G Wells, O Seaman, M Sadleir, & articles by
G K Chesterton-Tradition & Continuity 1842-1932; adverts by Debenham &
Freebody, Marshall & Snelgrove, current fashions, etc.
Lacks the presentation Plate of His Majesty the King otherwise a fascinating issue. Original wraps loose & frayed, contents very good. £17.50

 JOHN BULL.
14/10/50.
(Liddell Hart on Why the Invasion of Britain Failed;
Short stories Roald Dahl & A Scobie, etc.) £15.00
23/6/51. (Liddell Hart on Stalin's strategy against Hitler; Stories by Lord Dunsany & V Canning; K Ellis-How Tommy Trinder Got There; etc.) £15.00
12/9/53. (Liddell Hart on the downfall of Mussolini;
D Lessing - El Dorado Part 2; Part 1 of Death and the Skies Above – A Carve;
K Ellis on Max Bygraves; etc.) £12.00
21/4/56.(A J P Taylor –The Birth of Red Russia part 2;
Stories by D Lessing & N Shute.) £15.00
31/1/59. (The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery-part 9;
E Huxley & C Burnley stories; DIY tips by R Smithells;
Poem by J Barron Mays; etc.) £12.00

LILLIPUT. Ed Stefan LORANT.
Issues for 1939-1945 contain many articles verse and illustrations associated
with the War. Walter Trier illustrated all the covers up to &
including Sept 1949.

LA NOUVELLE CRITIQUE. Revue de Marxisme Militant.
1963 Mars.
(F Fuhmann-Stalingrad-long war poem;
Other poems by B Hadi, E Evtouchenko& B Hadi;
A Gisselbrecht – Que faire de Kafka; etc...) £5.00

MEANJIN QUARTERLY. Ed C B CHRISTESEN. Australia.
1944. V.3/3.
(Poems, including war poetry, by A Comfort, J Wright,
W K Matthews, M O Miller, I Mudie, etc.
Articles/stories by B Elliott, A B Gibson, F Medworth, V Palmer, etc.) £5.00
1945. V.4/2. 3. (Stories by V Palmer, D Edwards, W R Olsen.
Articles by N Bartlett, P Benjie, F Kermode, C Monteath, W Van O'Connor,
S Musgrove, etc. Poems by J Devaney, J Wright, S Musgrove, J Mcauley,
A Comfort, J Goss, etc. Illus by Russell Drysadle, J Cook., F Beck & other Australian artists depicting mainly war scences.) £6.00
V.5/2. 3. (Poems by B Higgins, H Morland, K Wolfskehl, M Ruben,
K Shapiro, R Dobson, K Smithyman, etc. Stories by A Nin, M Brand, etc.
Articles by J D B Miller on G Greene, A Comfort, N Nicholson on The Sitwell Family; W Van O'Connor on Thomas Mann; S Musgrove on H Miller;
Hew Roberts-Poetry and War in Retrospect. etc.) £6.00

MICROCOSM. Ed. D Una RATCLIFFE.
Each issue contains short stories, articles& minor verse, many being war poems,with sections headed
“From the Front” & many accounts of solider's diaries, including those relating to the death in action of family & friends.
During the war years the contributors (often the Editor) are identified only by their initials. Uncommon as issues.
Spring 1916 V.2/1. (Poems – Into The Night, Cherries, The Rhymster is Indignant with a Town Garden Enthusiast; Article- The Conscientious Objector; etc.) £12.00
Summer 1916. V.2/2. (Poems – June Song, An Incident in the Great War, The Meadows at T'Eagle; Short story – Black Pack Harold; etc.) £15.00.
Summer 1917 V.3/2. (Poems – Two Love Songs, A Thanksgiving, The First of July; Article on Tennyson; etc.) £12.00
Spring 1917 V.3/1. (Poems – To an Ivory Miniature, March Wind,
King Frost; etc.) £12.00
Autumn 1918 V.4/3. Poems by P C Young, M Clarke, D U Ratcliffe; etc.) £12.00
Winter 1918 V.4/4. (Poems by P C Young, D U Ratcliffe, M Clarke; etc.) £12.00
Autumn 1917 V.3/3. (Poems – From Me To You, At Sundown,
Jock of Mull, Peggy Whitethroat, The Preacher Saith; etc.) £12.00
(Other issues available)

NATIONAL MINORITIES. v.4/3. July-Aug. 1940.
Special Transylvanian Number concerning Minorities & the realisation of Minority Rights. (The Verdict of Vienna; Three Transylvannian Milleniums by A De Poka-Pivny; Cultural “Liberty” in Rumanian Transylvannia by
P C R Hamilton; L'Abbe Capeaux –Two Legends.) Original wraps with rough spine where it has been extracted from bound volume. £5.00

NOW. Ed G WOODCOCK, OUR TIME & PICTURE POST
all have articles on war related matters.
The issues are listed in detail in the Magazine section.

PENGUIN PARADE.
No.1. 1937. Poems by H Read-Bombing Casualties-Spain, A Young.
I A R Wylie, S V Benet, J Hanley, H E Bates, Sherwood Anderson,
J G Cozzens, H T Hopkinson, J Stern, L A Pavey, etc. £12.00
No.XI.1945. J Strachey-Troop Ship; C A Fenton-You'll Get no Promotion; Gwyn Jones, J Prebble, Margiad Evans, E Burford, P Jackson,Glyn Jones, etc. M Stanley-Wrench-poem; etc. £8.00
Second Series. No. 3. 1948. D Grant-War & the Writer;
G Rostrevor Hamilton on Eliot & Auden; H M Abrahams on the Olympics;
E Welty, Compton Burnett, P Hansford Johnson, E Cammaerts,
J E Morpurgo, J Macleod, P Dickinson, K Allott, S Carter, G Symes. £12.00

POETRY AND THE PEOPLE. (Nos 4,5,12 stencilled. )
Oct 1938. No.4.
(L Kendall-Heroes of the International Brigade;
J Lindsay, A Brown, W T Nettleford, J Jennings, E Abbott, G A North,
D K Ludlow, B Marshall,etc.) £10.00
Nov 1938. No.5. ( R Swingler, W Montgomerie, W Ford, R Hartkopf,
J Titterington, etc.) £8.00
June 1939 No 12. (E Lowbury, J Lindsay, B Gribble, A E Randall,
W T Nettleford, A E Randall, E W Mark, Aer, J Taylor, M Carpenter,
J Manifold, etc.) Dust soiled. £8.00
Feb 1940 No 17. (J Isserlis, R E Hartkopf, J Beeching, F C Ball, N Stuart,
A Brown, R Swingler, F J Brown, etc.) £8.00
No.18 May 1940. (Poems by C Branson, N Moore, H L Peacock,
E Rickword, E C Pettet, W H Auden, R Swingler, J Manifold, A Craig,
A L Morton, F C Ball, G Hay, etc.) £8.00
No.20. July 1940 ? Last Number. (Poems by E C Pettet &
R Wassermann. Articles by F J Brown, J Gibb, A Bush, etc.
Illustrations by P Gillett, P Carpenter.
Leaflet requesting financial help to keep the magazine going-laid in. £10.00

POETRY QUARTERLY. Ed Wrey GARDINER.
Autumn 1940
. (R Greacen, D Gibson, R McFadden, L Clark, A Comfort,
J Waller, Wrey Gardiner, etc.) £25.00
Summer 1941. (Poems by R McFadden, P Ledward, R Greacen,
I Serraillier, P O'Horan, N Moore, etc. H Williamson-The Gaping Raven of Morte. Selections from the Unpublished Note-books of Richard Jefferies edited by S J Looker, etc.) Llacks staples, covers a little creased. £25.00
Summer 1942. (Poems by H Treece, J F Hendry, R Greacen, E Litvinoff,
S Keyes, A Comfort, C Dyment, G Woodcock, J Heath-Stubbs, A Rook,
J Kirkup, etc. S Schimanski on R M Rilke's Cornet;
Wrey Gardiner-story, etc.) £20.00
Summer 1943. (R Todd, F Marnau, F Scarfe, N Moore, N Nicholson,
B Chamberlain, J Kirkup, P Ledward, A Comfort, etc.) £15.00
Spring 1943. (Poems by H Treece, J Heath-Stubbs, C Lee, O Williams,
C Sansom, J Kirkup, K Raine, I Colquhoun, D Levertoff, S Jennnett, etc.
Reviews by A Comfort, N Moore, J Bayliss, P Lewdward.) £25.00
Autumn 1943. (New poems by F Marnau, S Jennett, E Sigler, S Read,
W S Graham, R Greacen, R McFadden, D Levertoff, etc;
Reviews by J Kirkup, D Stanford, N Moore, H Peschmann, etc.) £18.00
Winter 1943. (Poems by Wallace Stevens, N Moore, R Todd, B Chamberlain, A Comfort, E Litvinoff, J Singer, E Sigler who signature is on the front wrap, etc.) £15.00
Spring 1944. (New Poems by R Eberhart, L Roberts, A Rook, N Nicholson,
N Moore, K Rhys, J Symons. A Comfort, C Middleton, S Jennett, E Litvinoff, etc.) £5.00
Winter 1944. (Poems by M Lindsay, J Bayliss, J Singer, E Sigler, N Moore (long poem), etc. F Marnau on T S Eliot, etc.) £5.00
Summer 1945. (Poems by W S Graham, S Coates, T Good, K Douglas,
R Atthill, J Orde, P Potts, E Berridge, etc. E Sigler -Personal Bias, etc.) £6.00
Autumn 1945. (New Poems by A Comfort, J Heath-Stubbs, N Moore,
K Patchen, G Trakl, P J Jouve, R Todd, etc.
G W Stonier on Poems of their Time, etc.) £6.00
Winter 1945. (Poems by H Treece, W S Graham, D Wright, N Moore,
P Ledward. Translation from Pasternak & Cocteau.
Reviews by Orwell on H Read, A Comfort, P Potts, F Marnau, etc.) £6.00

POETRY OF TO-DAY. Poetry Review New Verse Supplement.
Staples rusty.
1940. No.57.
140 new poems by 57 contributors including D Tomlin,
A Comfort, E B W Chappelow, T Pittaway, etc. £3.00

1946. No. 72 & 74.
(M Spark-4 poems-her first appearances in a trade periodical in GB published 4 years before her first book.) £35.00
1946. No.73.
70 New Poems by 64 Contributors containing many poems relating to the War written by Members of the Armed Services etc.  £8.00

POETRY REVIEW.
The war years contain much original verse from combatants
from “Camp & Battlefield.”commemorating dead comrades; describing actions, etc.

THE REVIEW. Edited by Ian HAMILTON.
No.15. April 1965
. (F Hope on the Poetry of World War I; etc.) £8.00
No.22. June 1970. (The Thirties-a special issue with articles on MacNeice, Scrutiny, Twentieth Century Verse, Spanish War, etc.) £15.00

SEVEN. Ed. Philip O'CONNOR et Al.
1941. v.2/1. Introducing the poet, F C Ball:- “I am a gasmeter collector by trade, & a writer by night….” The Children's Section is dominated by their comments, verse, drawings etc. on war themes including “What do you think of…Coloured Peoples.”. 72pp. £8.00
1944. V.5/1. (Articles on A Prisoner was our Critic in Battle ; Desert Road ; Cautioned & Discharged; The Skipper wore pyjames; Ward Weary;
Official Secret; etc.. Poems by N Moore, M Lindsay,J Singer, G Scurfield,
S D Tremayne, etc.) £8.00
1944. v.5/3. Articles on The Sergeant Major, Damage & Casualties,
Desert Hurricane, Diver Blown Up, Sir; Dead men could tell Tales, etc. Poems by S D Tremayne, H Sergeant, G A Wagner, G Scurfield, N Moore, etc.) £8.00

STAND.
v.6/4. (J Silkin on Owen, Rosenberg & the War;
K Burke on W Carlos Williams; K Smith, T Walker, G Hill...) £8.00
v.17/3. 1976. (J Silkin-The War & Rosenberg.
Looking Backward & Foreword by Laura (Riding) Jackson.
Poems by P Levine, T Hughes, I C Smith, M Schmidt, etc.) £8.00
v.21/2. 1980.(The First World War:-Owen & Barbusse by J Glover; Rosenberg by P Dickinson; J Silkin on I Gurney; Montale, Blok, Ungaretti, Tavetayeva, Klemm, Traki, Musil; Poetry by R Todd, Follain translated by Gascoyne, Holloway, etc.) £8.00
v.19/4. 1978 (The War Diary of Edward Thomas by W Cooke;
From the Winter of 1947 by T Transtromer trans by R Fulton;
Poems by G Traki trans M Hamburger, P Muldoon, C Hardy, V Scannell; Fiction by M Kelly, O Gunnarsson, etc.) £8.00

SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE & TO-DAY.
both contain issues relating to War.

TRANSFORMATION. Ed. H TREECE & S SCHMANSKI.
1944. vol.2. Covers very lightly marked. Contents very good.
(H Read, S Spender, E Newton, Alan Storey, R Church, P Ledward,
M Hamburger, H Miller, I Seraillier, H Treece, S Schimanski,
A S Neil, A Ross, etc.)£10.00

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CITY REVIEW.
Winter 1947. (Letters from the Russian Zone.
Verse by D Stanford, C Corman, B Vazakas, etc.
Stories by P Martin, B Daniels, I Fuehr.
R L Cook-Thoreau in Perspective;
J F Nims & the Modern Idiom by J Ciardi. ) £3.00

ULSTER PARADE. Quota Press. Belfast. “not a digest”
No.3. 1942. Stories & anecdotes relating both to Ulster & the War. £8.00

WELSH REVIEW. Editor Gwyn JONES.
June 1944. v.3/2
. (Gwyn Jones on Alun Lewis,1915-1944 with 10 of his poems from India& one of his stories-all previously unpublished.
Geraint Goodwin-story,etc.) £15.00
Summer. 1947. v.6/2. (Poems by Margiad Evans, Walford Morgan;
D W James on James Joyce & Wales; C L Glicksberg on World War Poetry;
B Chamberlin-story; Tudor Edwards-Unknown Brecknock, etc.) £8.00

THE WORLD REVIEW. Ed E HULTON.
1
7 issues between June 1941 & Oct 1942.
Articles on a diversity of topics with an equally wide range of contributors
including G Greene, D L Sayers, J B Priestley, H Read, F Swinnerton,
C E M Joad, A L Rowse, J D Bernal, Upton Sinclair, J Hanley, L Housman,
G D H Cole, J Laver, K Raine, J Brophy, J B S Haldane, J Lehmann,
S Pankhurst, R Hillary, A L Haskell, M Foot, etc.
The Editor has personally answered a questionnaire which has been pasted on the front end paper together with 3 pencilled ALS from Alan Jenkins (pseudo Michael Witcomb) a contributor. These letters are attached to his articles. 2 reviews have been cut out.
2 bound volumes ex Paul Tabori-contributor. £50.00

Full printed list available on request.

 
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