Life and Letters - Buying Christmas Books - Monthly Issue - Dec 1928 - Vol 1 No 7

(W.C.2: The Statesman and Nation), 1930. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Printed wrappers. Spine and wraps toned, very good. Includes: "Confessions: A Study in Pathology" by Arthur Symons, "Conversations in Berlin" by Cyril Connolly, "On Producing Shakespeare" by W.J. Lawrence, "Walpole" by W.K. Fleming, and "The Smile" by Desmond MacCarthy.

London: The Statesman, 1930. Vol. IV, No. 25, June 1930. Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. Pp. [viii]+[427]-514; patterned paper wrappers, faintly soiled and browned, edges a trifle rubbed, short closed tear to fore-edge centre of upper wrapper; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; The Statesman, London, 1930. *Contributors include Osbert Sitwell (Alive - Alive Oh!), John… Read more about this item

London: The Statesman, 1930. Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. Pp. [ii]+94; patterned paper wrappers, faintly soiled and browned, edges a trifle rubbed; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; The Statesman, London, 1930. *Contributors include Osbert Sitwell (The Love-Bird), Dorothy L. Sayers (A Sport of Noble Minds) and F. L. Lucas (The Strange Case of Dr. Beddoes)..… Read more about this item

(W.C.2: The Statesman and Nation), 1932. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. VIII, No. 46. P.250-372. Printed wrappers. Ink underlining on a couple pages, wraps lightly toned, very good or better. Includes: "On Reading Shakespeare" by Logan Pearsall Smith, "A Gamble in Clocks" by Richard Plunket Greene, "A Girl to Her Sister" by E.J. Scovell, "Essay on the Character of… Read more about this item

London, Constable and Company, 1934, paperback periodical, 127 pp, First Edition, Good+ condition. Straight, clean and firmly bound with no markings, light corner bumps, nicks to backstrip, two small scuffs to marbled covers. Contributing authors; W.B. Yeats (his short play The King of the Great Clock Tower), G.M. Young, Robert McAlmon, Phoebe Ashburner, Michael Sadlier, R.C. Trevelyan, E.M. Nicholson, Alex… Read more about this item

London: The Statesman Publishing Co, 1929. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Original patterned stiff card covers, rubbed and slightly darkened. Contents age toned but clean with no pen-marks. Size: 220mm x 150mm. Includes a contribution by Virginia Woolf: Dr. Burney's Evening Party.

London: The Statesman, 1932. Vol. VIII, No. 44, March 1932. Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. First quarterly issue. Pp. [iv]+124, one text illustration; patterned paper wrappers, a trifle soiled and worn, with tiny chip at foot of backstrip; text block faintly browned, a few corners lightly creased, a couple of spots of foxing and occasional slight soiling; The Statesman, London,… Read more about this item

London: The Statesman, 1930. Vol. V, No. 31, December 1930. Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. Pp. [vi](advertisements and title page)+[391]-464; patterned paper wrappers, slightly browned, the backstrip a trifle creased; text block faintly browned, a few corners lightly creased, a couple of spots of foxing; The Statesman, London, 1928. *Contributors include the editor (on Arthur Balfour), G. M. Trevelyan (Carlyle… Read more about this item

London: The Statesman, 1931. Vol. VI, No. 35, April 1931. Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. Pp. [iv]+247-322; patterned paper wrappers, slightly browned, the top fore-corners slightly creased; text block faintly browned and creased; The Statesman, London, 1931. *Includes Madame De Lieven, by Lytton Strachey; The Poet, by V. Sackville-West, and The Example, a poem by Hilaire Belloc illustrated by Nicolas… Read more about this item

London: N, 1929. Vol. 3., No. 17. October 1929. Pp. [vi]+398; patterned paper wrappers, edges slightly rubbed and browned, the backstrip a trifle chipped at extremities; text block faintly browned, a few corners lightly creased, edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Statesman, London, 1929. *Contributors include Cyril Connolly (England Not My England) and Lord David Cecil (The Autobiography of… Read more about this item

London: N, 1929. Vol. 3., No. 16. September 1929. Pp. [ii]+[243]-324; patterned paper wrappers, slightly soiled, the backstrip lightly creased and a trifle chipped at extremities; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing;The Statesman, London, 1929. *Contributors include Virginia Woolf (Dr. Burney's Evening Party), and F. L. Lucas.

London: The Stateman and Nation Pub. Co, 1930. items by/about Virginia Woolf, Oliver Brett, F.L. Lucas, D.H. Lawrence Dorothy Osborne, Augustine Birrell. Etc...all first appearance articles. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8 vo. Magazine.

Statesman Publishing Co Ltd London 1928. Nov Vol 1 No 6, first edition, in wrappers, 534pp + ads, Vg-(sl tear to spine head & v sl chipped head & foot, sl sunned & soiled, v sl edgewear)

Paperback. 1928-33. Nos. 1-12, 14, 16-18, 20-29, 31, 36 & 48, card covers, London 1928 - 1933. 29 issues. Some spines slightly dusty, otherwise very good copies. .

Paperback. 1928-31. Vols. 1-7. Nos. 1-43, card covers, London 1928 - 1931. Some spines slightly dusty, otherwise very good copies. .

Life and Letters was a literary magazine from Britain in the late 1920s and 1930s. Editor MacCarthy was associated with the Bloomsbury group. These four volumes each feature 4-8 pieces of creative or critical work. Some are by familiar names like Bertrand Russell, Constant Lambert, Andre Maurois, and Vita Sackville-West (writing of all things, about Ukraine). There are also advertisements… Read more about this item

Very Good. October, 1928. Magazine. Contributors: editor, Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf, Hillare Belloc. Reader's bibliography (7pp) Pyschical Research. Worn and soiled. ; 5; Vol. 1 .

UK. 34 issues. small octavo wraps. uniform binding. All issues from vol 1 #1 to vol VI #37 except issues 11-13 and 25. All issues VG to Near fine. Includes the complete issue dedicted to first publicatin of Richard Hughes "High Winds in Jamaica." Work by Max Beerbohm, Thomas Hardy, George Santayana, A J A Symons, Robert Graves, Hilarie Belloc,… Read more about this item

UK: The New Statesman, 1928. Sunning to spine and cover edges. Area of pen marks to covers. Foxing. Bindings tight. Pages evenly tanning. . Paperback. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

10 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W2: The Statesman Publishing Co Ltd, 1930. Original Wraps. Near Very Good. Principal Contributors: Augustine Birrell "Martyrology", Harry Graham "Elsie Gloy", Vernon Lee "The House with the Loop-Holes", Logan Pearsall Smith "Afterthoughts", Romilly John "Le Temps Retrouve." Original card wraps with red geometric pattern. Pages numbered 69 - 144. 8 1/2" Tall. Previous… Read more about this item