London: Victor Gollancz, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Victor Gollancz's First UK Trade Edition published 1939. Not to be confused with the more commonly found 'Left Book Club' softcover edition published the same year.

Bloomsbury Scholar, PETER STANSKY'S copy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper Peter D L [David Lyman] Stansky and dated Cambridge 1953. 8vo. 221 pp. He co-wrote an engaging biography on Leonard Woolf entitled" Leonard Woolf Bloomsbury Socialist with Fred Leventhal.

A very good copy in black covered boards, black with gilt titles to the spine.Dust jacket slightly browned on the spine, a little soiling and edge wear.
'Two weeks post-Munich Victor Gollancz wrote Leonard Woolf that tolerance, the open mind and freedom of thought were endangered and invited him to write a book with a title along the lines of, The Defence Of Western Civilization. On May 9, 1939, Leonard Woolf submitted his manuscript, Barbarians At The Gate". Luedeking & Edmonds A32a.

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Seller: TBCL The Book Collection Library (CA)
Seller's Inventory #: 33525
Title: BARBARIANS AT THE GATE. - PETER STANSKY'S copy
Author: Woolf, Leonard. [Peter Stansky]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: London: Victor Gollancz
Date Published: 1939
Keywords: FIRST EDITION LEONARD WOOLF BLOOMSBURY HOGARTH PRESS
Bookseller catalogs: Electronic List TBCL; Bloomsbury Group;

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