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Searchlight Books was a series of pamphlets and short books edited by T. R. Fyvel and George Orwell
. The series was published by Secker & Warburg.
The series was projected for 17 titles, of which ten were published during 1941-42, but bomb damage to Warburg's office and the destruction of his printer's paper stock led to the series being discontinued.
The first in the series, The Lion and the Unicorn
, was published on February 19, 1941 with an initial run of 5,000 copies, but the number was raised to 7,500. A second printing of 5,000 copies was ordered in March 1941. It sold over 10,000 copies (and was among the most commercially successful of Orwell's books to that date). The destruction of the stock by bombs ended its sales.
Publications by Searchlight Books included the following:
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
. The series was published by Secker & Warburg.
The series was projected for 17 titles, of which ten were published during 1941-42, but bomb damage to Warburg's office and the destruction of his printer's paper stock led to the series being discontinued.
The first in the series, The Lion and the Unicorn
The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius
"The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius" is an essay by George Orwell expressing his opinions on the situation in wartime Britain. The title alludes to the heraldic supporters appearing in the full royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom....
, was published on February 19, 1941 with an initial run of 5,000 copies, but the number was raised to 7,500. A second printing of 5,000 copies was ordered in March 1941. It sold over 10,000 copies (and was among the most commercially successful of Orwell's books to that date). The destruction of the stock by bombs ended its sales.
Publications by Searchlight Books included the following:
- Offensive Against Germany (1941) by Sebastian HaffnerSebastian HaffnerSebastian Haffner was a German journalist and author. He wrote mainly about recent German history....
- The English at War (1941) by CassandraWilliam ConnorSir William Neil Connor , was a left-wing journalist for The Daily Mirror who wrote under the pseudonym of Cassandra....
& Philip ZecPhilip ZecPhilip Zec was a British political cartoonist and editor. Moving from the advertising industry to drawing political cartoons due to his abhorrence of the rise of fascism, Zec complemented the Daily Mirror editorial line with a series of venomous cartoons... - No 1: Dover Front by Reginald FosterReginald FosterReginald Foster may refer to:* Tip Foster, real name Reginald Foster, , England cricket and football captain* Reginald Foster , Latin expert and Roman Catholic priest...
- No 3: The Lesson of London by Ritchie Calder
- No 6: The End of the Old School Tie by T. C. WorsleyT. C. WorsleyThomas Cuthbert Worsley , who wrote as T. C. Worsley, was a British teacher, writer, editor, and theatre and television critic. He is best-remembered for his autobiographical Flannelled Fool: A Slice of a Life in the Thirties.-Biography:...
- No 10: Struggle for the Spanish Soul (1941) by Arturo BareaArturo BareaArturo Barea Ogazón was a Spanish broadcaster and writer.-Biography:Of humble origins, his father died when he was four months old. His mother, with four young children to support, worked as a laundress, washing clothes in the River Manzanares, while the family lived in a garret in the poor...
- No 11: The Case for African Freedom (1941) by Joyce CaryJoyce CaryJoyce Cary was an Anglo-Irish novelist and artist.-Youth and education:...
- with foreword by George Orwell - No 16: Beyond the "Isms" by Olaf StapledonOlaf StapledonWilliam Olaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and author of several influential works of science fiction.-Life:...
- Life and the Poet (1942) Stephen SpenderStephen SpenderSir Stephen Harold Spender CBE was an English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work...