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Nos 2-7. 1st Series. 1940-43, with
Nos 1-9.(last issue) 2nd Series. 1943-1947.

(G Orwell-How the Poor Die. H Miller-A Dream of Mobile & on Obscenity. H Read-Collaboration for Liberty. D Preston & A McCarthy-Negro Worksongs. D S Savage on E M Forster. J Symons-The End of a War; H Read-Greeks & Barbarians; A McCarthy on Blues; A Breton-The Colours of Liberty; J Hanley-story with other contributions by G Woodcock, J Lindsay, R Fuller, A Comfort, Rhys Davies, J Middleton Murry, O Blakeston, D Stanford, Etc. Poems by L Durrell, J Laughlin, G Barker, Wrey Gardiner, L Adeane, D Levertov, Mervyn Peake, Christopher Lee, A Rook, K Rhys, K Rexroth, R Eberhart, R Todd,W Everson, W S Graham, E E Cummings, E Litvinoff, R Campbell, F Scarfe, N Moore, K Raine, etc. 15/16 issues in original wraps. According to the Editor no.1 was "cyclostyled". This often enabled these war-time magazines to claim to have started before paper rationing in order to obtain a paper allocation. Cutting with a reply by G Woodcok to P Potts' article (also included) on "Freedon & Ignazio Silone." £265.00

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1940 Fall. No.3. (Poems by R Todd, J Symons, R Fuller, G Woodcock, K Rhys, N Moore, D S Savage, etc. Articles by R Fuller, N Moore, D S Savage, P Wells. 3 statements by "Conchy" poets. O Blakeston-story.) £17.50

1941 Whitsun. No 5. (Poems by R Todd, F Scarfe, N Moore, A Comfort, G Woodcock, etc. H Read on P Klee; J Huxley -Art as a Social Function; R M Rilke-Letter to a Young Poet; H L'Anson Faussett, R Davies, G Woodcock, etc.£17.50

1941 Summer. No.6. (Poems by J Symons, A Comfort, G Woodcok, A Romanis, etc. Stories by R Fuller & O Blakeston; J Symons-The Burger's Mind; A Comfort-Wartime Ballet, etc.). £17.50

1943. No.1. 2nd Series. (H Read-The Cult of Leadership; Poems by J Symons, G Woodcock, E Litvinoff, A Rook, J Bayliss, etc. J Symons-A Poet in Society; D S Savage.) £15.00

No. 2. 2nd Series (H Miller-A Dream of Mobile. H Read-Collaboration for Liberty. G Woodcock on William Goodwin. F Lohr on Tolstoy. A Comfort, L Adeane, etc. Poems by L Adeane, C Lee, P O'Connor,etc.) £17.50

No.3. 2nd Series (D S Savage on E M Forster & The Dilemmna of Liberalism; J Symons-Writing & Society; H Read on H Rousseau; H Miller-2 Fragments; Poems by E Litvinoff, E E Cummings, G Woodcock, etc. L Adrane, M Kuncewicz, etc.) £15.00

No.4. 2nd Series Articles & stories by G Woodcock, Dwight MacDonald, P Wells, V Serge, etc. D Preston & A McCarthy-Negro Worksongs. D S Savage on E M Forster. Poems by L Adeane, A Comfort, etc. £15.00

No. 5. 2nd Series (J Symons-The End of a War; H Read-Greeks & Barbarians; H Miller on Obscenity; A McCarthy on Blues; D S Savage etc. Poems by K Rhys, L Adeane, W Porritt, G Woodcock, etc.) £15.00

No 6. 2nd Series (G Orwell-How the Poor Die. G Woodcock on G Greene. C Berneri on Nietzsche. P Goodman, etc. Poems by G Barker, Wrey Gardiner, P Wells, K Rexroth, W Everson, etc. Reviews by J Symons & R Fuller. Paintings by J Adler, etc. ) £25.00

No.7. Feb-March. 2nd Series (J Linsay vs D S Savage-The Function of Poetry; Poems by W S Graham, L Adeane, C Fox, P Lamantia, etc. J Symons-Freedom & Reality; A Breton-The Colours of Liberty; A Comfort, K Rexroth, V Serge, etc.) £15.00

No.8. 2nd Series (Essays by H Read, A Comfort, D Stanford, R Fuller, etc. J Symons-review; Poems by R Eberhart, L Durrell, J Laughlin, D Levertov, etc. Mary Harris-story) £15.00