New Writing 1

John Lehmann, editor

Published by John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1936

About this Item

New Writing, of which this was, in the spring of 1936, the first issue, was devoted to imaginative writing, mainly of young authors, and, according to its manifesto, did not concern itself with literary theory or the criticism of contemporaries. Contributors to this first issue included Christopher Isherwood, Stephen Spender, William Plomer, Boris Pasternak and John Lehmann, the distinguished editor, who later went on to work with Leonard Woolf at The Hogarth Press. The book, though nearly ninety years old, is very well preserved: the text block is square and tightly bound; the light-green cloth-bound boards are unmarked and have straight edges and sharp corners. Internally the pages are clean and spotless apart from a previous resale price and a former owner's name written in pencil on the ffep. The dust jacket is a bit wragged - there's a piece missing from the top of the spine panel and some chips along the tops of the front and back panels, but it is NOT price clipped (6/- Net in the Spring of 1936, the same price incidentally, as Animal Farm would be when it emerged nine years later). See five photos of this book. Seller Inventory # 127

Bibliographic Details

Title: New Writing 1

Publisher: John Lane, the Bodley Head

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition