Adrian Smith 129709

The New Statesman. Portrait of a Political Weekly, 1913-1931

Psychology Press, 1996. Hardcover. Pp: 340. This is the first detailed history of how a fledgeling Fabian weekly, founded in 1913 by Sidney and Beatrice Webb with financial support from George Bernard Shaw, came to play a key role in the growth of the modern Labour Party. Placing the early New Statesman in the context of its eight turbulent decades as the flagship of the left, the book compares the paper's early journalists with those of later generations. The first editor, Clifford Sharp, masterminded a political weekly that by 1920, despite its modest circulation, enjoyed remarkable influence within Whitehall and at Westminster. Reflecting the progressive intelligentsia's disenchantment with the Liberal leadership, especially after the party split in December 1916, the New Statesman had by the end of the First World War become a forum for forward-thinkers at the centre of Labour's policy-making machine. Though a talented editor, Sharp was a deeply flawed character, whose post-war misjudgement, principally his misplaced loyalty to Asquith, and drunken behaviour led to repeated clashes with the board. By 1925, the front half of the paper had lost direction, while the arts pages had lost their early vitality. With support for Labour no longer guaranteed, a consortium headed by Ramsay MacDonald sought unsuccessfully to take control. For the rest of the decade deputy editors Mostyn Lloyd and G. D. H. Cole struggled to combine academic careers with re-establishing the discredited New Statesman as the voice of the left. Success was to come only under the leadership and inspiration of a new editor, Kingsley Martin, and a new chairman, John Maynard Keynes, following the paper's symbolic take-over in 1930 of the Liberal weekly, theNation. By drawing upon interviews with surviving participants and a wide range of public and personal papers, the author analyses the development and significance of Britain's best-known and most resilient magazine of the left. ISBN: 9780714646459. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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AMIS, KINGSLEY [ED]

Harold's Years. Impressions from the New Statesman and the Spectator.

London: Quartet 1977. . 175p hardback with white laminated jacket, a little yellowed but pages clean, first edition, VG.

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Book number: PAQ85666

Catalogue: Humour

Kingsley Amis et al

New Statesman: Friday 13 June 1969 Kingsley Amis poem "Lovely"

London, The Statesman & Nation Publishing Co. Ltd, 1969. First. Paperback. 4to. stapled (rusted) installment of New Statesman, discoloured at edges with moderate edge wear. Good.

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Book number: 500030659

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Apple, R W; Price, C et al

New Statesman 24 December 1971

London, The Statesman & Nation Publishing Co, 1971. First Thus. Paperback. 4to. 30pp. A reasonable copy with yellowed covers and pages, some mior staining to tail corners. text a little rubbed at outside edge. Mr Nixon's Double Turn with cartoon by Garland. G-.

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Book number: AB8376

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W.H.AUDEN

contributes a twenty-line untitled poem which opens "Now the leaves are falling fast" to an issue of the periodical 'The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review'. Vol. XI, no. 264. 14 March 1936.

The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review. Vol. XI, no. 264. 14 March 1936. 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

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Book number: BC17375

W.H.AUDEN

contributes a lengthy untitled song which opens "O who can ever look his fill" to an issue of the periodical 'The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review'. Vol. XIII, no. 308. 16 January 1937.

The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review. Vol. XIII, no. 308. 16 January 1937. 1937. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

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Book number: BC17376

W.H.AUDEN

contributes his fourteen-line poem 'Chinese Soldier' to an issue of the periodical 'The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review'. Vol. XVI, no. 384. 2 July 1938.

The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review. Vol. XVI, no. 384. 2 July 1938. 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

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Book number: BC17378

W.H.AUDEN

contributes his fourteen-line poem 'The Traveller' to an issue of the periodical 'The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review'. Vol. XVI, no. 392. 27 August 1938.

The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review. Vol. XVI, no. 392. 27 August 1938. 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

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Book number: BC17379

W.H.AUDEN

contributes his eight-verse poem 'The History of Science' to an issue of the periodical 'The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review'. Vol. LI, no. 1317. 9 June 1956.

The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review. Vol. LI, no. 1317. 9 June 1956. 1956. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

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Book number: BC17381

W.H.AUDEN

contributes his nine-verse poem 'An Encounter' to an issue of the periodical 'New Statesman. The Week-end Review'. Vol. 2378. 15 January 1971.

New Statesman. The Week-end Review. Vol. 2378. 15 January 1971. 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

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Book number: BC17382

W.H.AUDEN

contributes his four-verse poem 'Ode to the Diencephalon' to an issue of the periodical 'New Statesman. The Week-end Review'. Vol. 2170. 20 October 1972.

New Statesman. The Week-end Review. Vol. 2170. 20 October 1972. 1972. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

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Book number: BC17383

W.H.AUDEN

contributes his hitherto unprinted poem 'An Unpublished Early Poem' which opens "The month was April" to an issue of the periodical 'New Statesman. The Week-end Review'. Vol. 2397. 25 February 1977.

New Statesman. The Week-end Review. Vol. 2397. 25 February 1977. 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

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Book number: BC17384

Auden, W. H.

"Epitaph on a Tyrant" (poem) in New Statesman and Nation (January 21, 1939)

First Edition. 0 pp. Near fine in original wrappers (a small ink notation on the bottom of the front panel).

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Book number: b10998

Auden, W.H. Robert Conquest Doris Lessing

New Statesman: 15 January 1971 Robert Conquest poem "Try again" W.H. Auden poem "An Encounter"

London, The Statesman & Nation Publishing Co. Ltd, 1971. First. Paperback. 4to. stapled (rusted) installment of New Statesman, discoloured at edges with moderate edge wear. Doris Lessing " A Deep Darkness" Good.

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Book number: 500030652

Catalogue: Non Fiction

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Various Authors

New Hampshire Statesman and State Journal. Saturday, October 19, 1833. New Series Volume III, Number 23. Accounts of Shipwrecks

Concord, NH, M'Farland and Ela, Publishers, 1833. Unbound. 4 page, large format newspaper. Roughly 23 ½ inches tall by 17 inches wide. A single issue of this newspaper, containing articles of general interest, relating politics and current events. Of note are several articles on various shipwrecks. This includes an account of the explosion of the steamship New England, detailing the event and providing names of those injured and killed. Also included is a short account of the burning and loss of the British ship Essex, occurring near the island of Bermuda; and, an account of a shipwreck near the port of Boulogne, where the ship Amphitrite-bound for Botany Bay with 125 female convicts and a few children on board-foundered and eventually sunk due to waves. Almost all lives were lost. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy creasing along the extremities, with some minor tearing, and appearing somewhat tattered along the edges. Some loss along the fore edge and center of spine due to apparent chewing. General browning, some foxing and minor soiling to the paper. Ownership signature along the top edge. Some creasing to the piece. Good .

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Book number: 006569

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: New Hampshire Maritime Shipwrecks Maritime History New Hampshire History