[Rarebooks] FS: New Writing and Daylight 1946 Signed 2x

[Allington Books]

*Offered: New Writing and Daylight 1946 Signed by George Seferis and by
Laurie Lee
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*Seferis, George; Lee, Laurie*; Barker, George; Allen, Walter; Lehmann,
John; Pritchett, V. S.; Sikelianos, Alexis; Sitwell, Edith; Sitwell,
Osbert; Gide, Andre; Elytis, Odysseus; Chamson, Andre; Durrell, Lawrence;
Allen, Walter; and others. *New Writing and Daylight 1946* *[Signed by
George Seferis and by Laurie Lee]*. London: John Lehmann, 1946. First
edition. A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing in the
Publisher's original blue cloth, titled and dated in gilt to the front
board and spine (mild age fading to the extremities), in a Very Good + dust
jacket with some minor loss at the spine head -- not affecting any
lettering, light edge rubbing, and some soiling to the rear panel, SIGNED
BY GEORGE SEFERIS and SIGNED BY LAURIE LEE at their respective
contributions. "New Writing and Daylight" consisted of a series of books
published by John Lehmann, man of letters, Poet, and Publisher. In 1936,
Lehmann founded the quite popular and influential periodical "New Writing",
which he published in book format. The first issue of New Writing contained
a Manifesto which in part stated that New Writing would be "devoted to
imaginative writing, mainly of young writers," with a goal of "providing an
outlet for those prose [and poetry] writers . . . whose work is too
unorthodox in length or style to be suitable for the established monthly
and quarterly magazines." The periodical was thus an outlet for new writing
from both established and relatively unknown writers and material from it
was published from time to time in book format with material from the
periodical "Daylight". It was Lehmann who first published Orwell's
"Shooting an Elephant" and Christopher Isherwood's "Berlin Stories" and who
brought to the literary world's attention new authors such as Laurie Lee,
and many others. George Seferis contributed two poems to this issue, both
of which are on the same page, and Lee contributed an essay on Cyprus, the
island in which Seferis had a deep interest. [George Seferis first visited
Cyprus in 1963 and immediately fell in love with the island. As an
important Greek Diplomat who ultimately became Ambassador to the UK,
Seferis spent much time and effort seeking a resolution of the Cyprus
question, investing a great deal of effort and allowing his personal views
to intrude on his diplomatic efforts. Also one of the Twentieth Century's
most important Greek Poets, Seferis won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature
for "his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the
Hellenic world of culture", making him the first Greek ever to have
received the Prize.] Copies of any issue of the New Writing, with our
without Daylight, signed even by a single contributor are quite scarce and,
beyond our shelves, signed copies of works by George Seferis are quite
scarce indeed. Notably, New Writing and Daylight 1946, offered here, was
the first book published by Lehmann under his imprint (which he founded in
1946), and the copy offered here is considerably nicer than those usually
found. A Very Good + copy of this pioneering work SIGNED BY LAURIE LEE and
SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE SEFERIS. RARE. Very Good + in very good +
dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#00003377)        $1,425.00

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