MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
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Jan-June 1948. Tribute to W de la Mare on his 75 th Birthday by N Royde Smith; Articles by C M Woodhouse, P Fleming, S Reed, H Nicolson, R Knox,
D Sturge-Moore and B Castle MP; Letters from V Sackville-West, G Saunders,
St J Erivne; Reviews by R Graves, D Daiches, L A G Strong, R Church, O Sitwell,
B Dobree, O Lancaster, M Lindsay, D S Savage,E E Cummings, etc.
Lacks 27/2/48 . £30.00

July-Dec 1948. Articles by J Huxley, K O'Brien, M Langley; F Meynall-Letter; Reviews from Stevie Smith, V Sackville-West, C Sitwell, K Guthrie, etc. £30.00

Jan –Dec 1949. V Sackville-West, H Nicholson, A A Milne, Stevie Smith,
Rose Macauley, A Wilson, O Manning, W Plomer , F Stark, W Gerhardi,
R Church,C Morgan, C Bell , L A G Strong, etc. £30.00

6/1/50-29/12/50. lacking 1/9/50 . V Sackville-West, H Nicholson, A A Milne, W de la Mare, R Aldington, S Spender, C P Snow, F O'Connor, Dunsany, E Sitwell , S Sitwell, C Day Lewis, J Bridie, R Murphy, A Noyes, R Church, P Russell, etc. Fore edge little worn. £30.00

15/1/54-31/12/54. 51 issues. Contains almost weekly contributions by Betjeman with others by R Graves, K Amis, V Sackville-West, P H Johnson, C P Snow, Compton MacKemzie, I Quigly, W Cooper, R Hughes, A Wilson, Stevie Smith, Larkin, Bernard Darwin, E Waugh several reviews, A Ransome,
C Morgan, R Searle, T Gunn, D Davie, L A G Strong, J Holloway, R Conquest & many other collected authors. £50.00

7/1/55 –30/12/55. lacking 22/4/55 , 5/8/55 , 12/8/55 , 23/12/55 . 48 issues bound in one. Contains articles by Betjemanweekly C S Lewis, K Amis, E Waugh 2, J Steinbeck, Joyce Cary, P L Fermor, etc; poems by Larkin, Wain, E Jennings, Davie, G MacBeth, P Oakes, S Tremayne, Trypanis, etc; reviews by Amis, Waugh 3, R Graves, Leavis, L P Hartley, Richard Hughes, etc. Illus by R Searle, etc. £40.00

Jan –June 1956. lacking 6/4/56. First page April 13 loose.
25 issues bound in one. Articles by Betjeman, Waugh, D Welch, G Greene, K Amis; poems & reviews by C S Forester Ballad To An Old Friend, A Clarke, Amis, Greene, Waugh, E Jennings, etc. £30.00

July –Dec 1956. 26 issues bound in one. Betjeman in most issues, K Amis, Spender, A Hartley, I Murdoch, S Sitwell, C Mackenzie, Guy Burgess, E Jennings, Daniel George, etc £30.00

4/1/57 –Dec 1957. lacking April 12, Sept 13, Dec 13. Articles by Betjeman weekly, Bernard Darwin, P G Wodehouse The Visitors, H E Bates An evening with Dylan Thomas, E Waugh, Guy Burgess, Compton MacKenzie, R Macauley, etc. Verse reviews by T Hughes, Lucie-Smith, K Amis, S Sitwell many, E Waugh, M Ayrton, I Murdoch, Stevie Smith, L P Hartley, etc. £30.00

3/1/58-28/6/58. lacking April 411. Articles by Betjeman weekly, Amis, Bates, A Wilson,Raven, etc; poems by McCaig, J Wain, etc; reviews by Betjeman, Causley, Amis, E M Forster, Stevie Smith, etc. £30.00

4/7/58-26/12/58. Articles by Henry Williamson, J Brooke, Raven, Betjeman, Erskine Childers, J Braine, M Laski, H Nicholson, S Raven, etc; Poems by Ted Hughes, T Gunn, C Logue, N McCaig, etc; Reviews by Amis, Waugh, Stevie Smith, A J Ayer, P Quennell, Levin, etc. £30.00

2/1/59-26/6/59. lacking 27/3/59 . Includes verse by R Graves, S Plath,
Ted Hughes, Redgrove, J Holloway, D J Enright, etc;
articles & reviews by H MacDiardmid, Jonathan Miller, A Wilson, E Waugh,
A J Ayer, Leavis, Karl Miller, Stevie Smith, A Powell, S Raven, F Kermode,etc. £30.00

1959 part 2 lacks 18/109/10. Contributions from E Waugh, S Raven, Enright, Kermode, Amis, R Graves , Larkin, C Tomlinson, D Hall, J Holloway, G Grigson, K Amis, E M Forster, Angus Wilson, J Betjeman, etc. Cartoons by Q Blake,etc. £30.00

Jan-June 1960. Poems by R Graves2, T Hughes, D Hall, J Wain; E Waugh on J McCarthy, I Gilmour on the Eden Memoirs, A Hartley on Charles de Gaule, E M Forester on The Leopard; Articles by B Levin, A P Herbert, E B Childers, S IrvingD Jacobson; Reviews by E Waugh, N MacCaig, A Thwaite, K Amis, F Kermode, D J Enright, B Levin, M Laski, etc.
Lacks 12/1/60 + 29/2/60 . £30.00

1/1/60-24/6/60. lacks 12/1/60 , 29/2.60. Poems by R Graves2, T Hughes,
D Hall, E Brock, J Wain, P Larkin, Stevie Smith, etc. Articles by A P Herbert,
E Waugh on J McCarthy, E B Childers, W Golding, E M Forster on The Leopard; M Muggeridge, C Hollis, D Jacobson, K Allsop, etc. Reviews by A Thwaite,
K Amis, E Waugh, N McCaig , D J Enright, etc. Cartoonscovers by Q Blake;etc. Original wraps bound in. £26.00

1/7/60-30/12/60. Poems by R Graves, G Grigson, Stevie Smith, J Wain,
C Tomlinson, T Gunn, T Hughes, D J Enright, N MacCaig, etc.
Articles by E Waugh-Tourist in Africa in 6 episodes- illusustrated.
P Larkin-The Blending of Betjeman: P L Fermor-Brideshead Reassured; M Laski, P Oakes, D J Enright, K Allsop, D Davie-The Importance of being O'Connor, H Pinter-play;etc. Reviews by E Waugh, A Thwaite, K Amis, D J Enright, R Graves , R Conquest, W Golding, J Wain, B Bergonzi, D Lessing, etc. £30.00

July - Dec 1960. Poems by R Graves, T Hughes, G Grigson, D J Enright,
N MacCaig, S Smith, J Wain, C TomlinsonT Gunn; E Waugh on Tourist in Africa-1-6; E Waugh on The only Pre-Raphaelite; H Pinter-Play; D Davie on the Importance of being O'Connor; Articles by K Amis, D J Enright, M Laski, B Levin, P Larkin, C MacInnesK Allsop; Reviews by R Graves, E Waugh, A Thwaite, D J Enright, R Conquest, W Golding, G Grigson,D Lessing, etc. £40.00

13/1/61-23/6/61. lacking 3/3/61 , 14/4/61 . Includes verse by Ted Hughes, Roethke, McCaig, I C Smith etc; articles & reviews by W Golding, E Waugh,
K Amis, Leavis, J Wain, M Drabble, J Miller, Stevie Smith, etc. £30.00

7/7/61-15/12/61. K Amis, E Waugh, Tolstoy's Mountain by Golding,
W H Auden, Raven, O Manning, Quentin Blake, D Daiches, C Sykes, etc. £30.00

5/1/62 . -29/6/62. lacks 1/6/62 . 8/6/62 . . Ireland Today with contributions from P Lynch, B Behan, J Montaguepoem, etc. Other articles by W Golding-Body and Soul; K Amis, B Levin, E B Childers, R Conquest, etc.
Reviews by J Betjeman, E Waugh, R Trevelyan, B Bergonzi, etc.
Poems by D J Enright, Yevtashenko,etc £30.00

Jan-June 1962. . Ireland Today with Articles by P Lynch, B Behan and a poem by J Montague; Other Articles by K Amis, J Maddox, B Levin, R Conquest,
E B Childers; Poems by Y Yetashenko(5), D J Enright; Reviews by E Waugh,
J Betjeman and R Trevelyan, etc. £30.00

6/7/62 . -28/12/62. lacks 12/10/62 . 26/10/62 ..
Cartoons & covers by Quentin Blake; Articles by J Betjeman, B Inglis,
D W Brogan, I Murdoch, L Kennedy, R Bryden on Greene, T Guthrie, A Milne,
E Waugh, etc. Poems by K Amis, M Lindsay, V Scannell, J Montague, P Beer,
P Larkin, C Causley, D J Enright, A Ross, N McCaig, Z Ghose, J Holloway,etc. Reviews by C Causley, Q Blake, P Larkin on Betjeman, E Jennings, B S Johnson, M Richler, S Raven, C Osborne, etc. Bound volume with wraps bound in. £30.00

July-Dec 1962. . Poems by V Scannell, P Beer, C Causley, K Amis3, D J Enright, J Montague, P Larkin, H Williams, N MacCaig, Z Ghose, J Holloway; E Waugh and I Murdoch on Books; B Bryden on G Greene; Articles by A Milne L Kennedy, A Maud, B Magee; Reviews by C Causley, C Osbourne; Cartoons and Covers by Q Blake, etc. Lacks – 12/10/62 . + 26/10/62 . £30.00

Jan -June 1963. lacking 26/4/63 . Includes 3 short Brendan Behan stories & one by Graham Greene; M Ayrton on Wyndham Lewis, Julian Symons on Denton Welch: K Amis, S Raven, I Quigley, N McCaig, J Holloway,,etc. with covers, illustrations& cartoons by Quentin Blake. £30.00

July –Dec 1963. lacking 19/7/63 , 6/10/63 , 18/10/63 . 20/12/63. J Betjeman,
A Powell, B Behan, S Raven, Henry Green, Ayrton, V S Naipaul, Roethke,
Jocelyn Brooke, B S Johnson, A Wilson, F Leavis, Sillitoe, O Manning, D Caute,
P Levi, E Jennings, etc. £30.00

3/1/64-26/6/64. lacking 20/3/64 , Articles by A Burgess, A Sillitoe, B S Johnson, G Steiner, O Manning, D Lodge, S Raven, A P Herbert, J Carey, M MacInnes, Dom Moraes, Q Blake, I MacLeod, etc. Poems by Z Ghose, V Scannell,
P Hobsbaum. £30.00

3/7/64-25/12/64. lacking 18/9/642/10/64 . John Le Carre - short story;
B Behan, Jocelyn Brooke, Constantine Fitzgerald on Dylan Thomas, V S Naipaul, R Graves, L P Hartley, E Waugh, J Stallworthy, V Scannel, F O'Connor,
A Burgess, P Larkin, Z Ghose, L Lerner, B S Johnson, E Jennings, etc. £30.00

1/1/65-1965. lacking 2/4/65 , 7/5/65 , 21.5.65, 28/5/65 , 11/6/65 .
Articles by H MacDiarmid, A Burgess, S Raven, W R Rodgers, Allan Tate,etc. Poems by V Watkins, S Tremayne , J Holloway, J Betjeman, Alvarez,Etc.
Reviews by F King, E Jennings , B S Johnson, Bradbury, A Waley, W Brock, etc. £30.00

Jan –Dec 1/1/65. Kate O'Brien, L Whistler, Alan Ross, Robin Maugham, Giradaux, E Lewis, etc £30.00

1/7/66-1966. lacking 8/7/66 , 9/9/662. 8/10/66. Articles by David Frost,
A Burgess, S Raven, Auberon Waugh, etc. Verse by V Watkins, Stevie Smith,
N Tarn , E Jennings , P Hobsbaum, etc. Reviews by A Burgess-many, J Holloway, P Quennell, I Quigly, E Jennings , etc. £30.00

7/7/67 - 22/12/67 . . S Raven, A Burgess, W Buchan, I Quigley, C Hollis,
E Jennings, H Sakutaro, M Seymour-Smith, F King, J Holloway, P Vansittart,
D Patmore, P Larkin, D Lodge, L Lerner, Auberon Waugh, K Allsop, K Amis,
J Horder, C Northcote Parkinson, A L Rowse, V Scannell, M Richler, C Freud, etc. £30.00

3/1/47-16/3/51. 28/3/52 -June 1965. Jan 1966-June 1967 .
Well bound in 30 volumes. Ex Paul Tabori with his Bookplates on the front end papers. A practically complete run of this well-knownpolitical weekly magazine with contributors from every walk of life:- V Sackville-West, S Raven, Dunsany,
A Waugh, E M Forster, S Spender, C Day Lewis, H Nicolson, R Church, S
C Roberst, etc. £800.00