Left Book Club Collection

University of Sheffield Library.
Special Collections and Archives

Ref: Special Collection
Title: Left Book Club Collection
Scope: Books published by the firm of Victor Gollancz on behalf of the Left Book Club
1936-1948
Dates: 1936-1948
Extent: 200 vols. plus, together with a part-set of “Left News”
Name of creator: Victor Gollancz Ltd.
Administrative / biographical history:

This collection represents a set of the books published by Victor Gollancz on behalf
of the Left Book Club during the years 1936 to 1948. We hold a complete set – we
were very happy to receive the final addition to our collection from the library of
journalist and writer, Paul Foot, in December 2016: “The adventures of the little pig
and other stories” by F. Le Gros Clark and Ida Clark. In all, taking into account both
the selected “Book of the Month” and the additional choices offered to members,
some 252 titles were published (though five of these were announced separately as
Parts 1 and 2). The Collection consists of either Left Book Club editions or the
considerably more expensive general editions published simultaneously by Gollancz;
in just a few cases titles are represented by non-Gollancz editions. There is available
also a part-set on microfilm of “Left News”, the journal edited by Gollancz and
circulated to members of the Club.
The period immediately preceding the Second World War, and the War years and
their immediate aftermath, was of great significance in the struggle between
competing political ideologies - (Capitalist) Democracy, Fascism and Communism. As
its name suggests the Left Book Club was founded to disseminate and advance left-
wing political and social ideas, though these embraced both Democratic and Marxist
viewpoints. Up to the outbreak of the Second World War largely uncritical approval
of Soviet Russia was a prominent feature of its outlook (cf. Dudley Collard’s “Soviet
justice and the trial of Radek and others” (1937)). The Club played a major role in the
co-ordination of British left-wing opinion, especially in the years before the outbreak
of war.
The Left Book Club was founded in May 1936, at a time when the worst of the
economic Depression of the 1929-1932 period had receded and Keynesian and New
Deal economics offered hope for future economic stability through planning. The
three founders were Victor Gollancz, a publisher of left-wing political sympathies,
who had encountered resistance in the book trade to the distribution of left-wing
titles and whose financial and organisational resources supported the Club; John
Strachey, a poltical campaigner of Marxist views, though not a Communist Party
member, who had been for a time an ally of Sir Oswald Mosley in the Labour Party
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and then the New Party before breaking with Mosley: his book “The Theory and
Practice of Socialism” was the Club choice for November 1936 and made a
considerable impact on the membership; and Harold Laski, Professor of Political
Science at the London School of Economics, member and then Chairman of the
Labour Party Executive. Strachey was the intellectual force behind the Club and with
Gollancz made the book selections offered to Club members. Strachey contributed
seven titles to the Club list in all, Gollancz three, and Laski one.
The principal aims of the Club were to promote the progressive values of the Left, a
definition embracing both Socialism and Liberalism, to oppose the spread of Fascism,
and to prevent the outbreak of war which the growing strength of Fascism seemed to
presage, by encouraging both the development of a Popular Front at home (akin to
the Front populaire led by Léon Blum in France), and collective security in Europe.
‘Collective security’ implied an alliance between the democratic nations and the
Soviet Union. The rise of Nazism in Germany under Hitler, who had taken power in
1933, of Fascism in Spain under Franco, leading in 1936 to the outbreak of the Spanish
Civil War, and the invasion of Abyssinia by Mussolini in 1935, all threatened to
destabilise peace. The Spanish conflict was of great concern, reflected by the
appearance of several Club titles, including Arthur Koestler’s first-hand account
“Spanish testament” in December 1937. In line with its extensive political campaign in
support of the Republican Government the Club notably organised a food ship for
Spain, sent to Barcelona in February 1939. Beyond Europe, attention turned to the
war in China of 1937 which followed the initial Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1932.
But the intention was also to address issues of social concern: unemployment,
poverty and the need for economic and social justice: George Orwell’s “The Road to
Wigan Pier” appeared in March 1937, and Ellen Wilkinson’s account of the Jarrow
hunger march and its causes, “The Town that was murdered”, in September 1939. At
the same time a wide range of informative works on many other topics appeared -
sociology, economics, philosophy, science, psychology and other subjects, as a means
of promoting enlightenment.
A typical leaflet sent out with a Club edition in 1938 summarised its objectives thus:
“The aim of the Club is a simple one: it is to help in the terribly urgent struggle for
World Peace & a better social & economic order & against Fascism, by giving (to all
who are determined to play their part in this struggle) such knowledge as will
immediately increase their efficiency”. The rationale of the Club contrasted with that
of the influential Pacifist movement led by Bertrand Russell, Aldous Huxley, C.E.M.
Joad, and the Peace Pledge Union of Canon Dick Sheppard.
The Club operated on a subscription basis, thereby guaranteeing a level of sales
which would enable books to be offered at a low price. Although one title each month
would be the selected “Book of the Month”, as the membership grew rapidly before
the War several other choices could be offered; by contrast, during the austerity of
the War years and post-War period only one book per month was available. All titles,
as well as being offered to Left Book Club members in a special edition costing only
half a crown (one eighth of a pound), would also be published in hard covers for sale
to the general public at several times the cost. Club editions appeared for the first
few years in distinctive orange limp covers bearing the legend ‘LEFT BOOK CLUB
EDITION. NOT FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC’ - replaced in 1938 by a red stiff binding. The
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rate of growth of the Club was impressive: the first book to be offered, in May 1936,
was “France today and the People’s Front” by Maurice Thorez (General Secretary of
the French Communist Party), to which 5000 members subscribed, but by the end of
that year the Club had grown to 20,000 members. By April 1939 the membership had
reached to its highest point of 57,000, with 1,500 organised “Left Book Club
Discussion Groups” in existence. Each book came with a news sheet of
announcements, initially called Left Book News but soon renamed Left News,
containing reviews of forthcoming books and articles on a “Topic of the Month”, such
as articles on Soviet Russia or the conflict in Spain.
Although many Labour Party members and supporters joined the Club the Labour
Party officially showed hostility to it and tried to dissuade its members from taking
part. The large Albert Hall Rally on February 7th 1937 demonstrated the broad appeal
of the Club, with speakers as diverse as the Liberal M.P. Richard Acland and the
Communist Harry Pollitt, as well as the three founders of the Club, and attracted
messages of support from around the world. An unexpected development was the
way in which local clubs organised political activities such as rallies, which
represented various different shades of opinion in a way that single party rallies
could not, cultural and intellectual activities within the Arts and professions, and
educational Summer and Week-end Schools which drew together members from
different parts of the country. The Club’s Theatre Guild set up some 250 amateur
companies, performing plays of the left such as Clifford Odets’ “Waiting for Lefty” (a
Supplementary choice for June 1937). The Christian Book Club issued “The Struggle
for religious freedom in Germany by the Dean of Chichester in July 1938; Hewlett
Johnson, the Dean of Canterbury, was a prominent member of the Club and himself
contributed three Club titles.
Beyond Britain the Club’s example led from 1937 onwards to overseas Left Book
Clubs being founded in many other countries throughout the world
As war approached the Club intensified its programme, in many towns and cities, of
rallies in favour of a united front with Russia against Nazi Germany, including a mass
meeting in the Queen’s Hall shortly after Eden’s resignation from the Government in
February 1938. But with the signing of the Russo-German Pact of non-aggression,
followed rapidly by the attack on Poland and the declaration of War of September
1939, the Club was faced with the failure of its major aim of preventing war. The
subsequent opposition of Communist members and others, including temporarily
John Strachey, to the War against Germany demonstrated its lost unity of purpose.
Gollancz determined on a change of attitude towards Soviet Communism from the
largely sympathetic stance taken by Club publications up to this point. The
membership was sharply divided on both this issue and that of support for the War.
In November 1939 the Club choice, Leonard Woolf’s “Barbarians at the gate”,
contained strong criticism of Soviet government, which resulted in a critical notice in
Left News by Strachey, itself criticised by Laski. Henceforth the Club, both through
the books chosen for publication and Left News, inevitably became a forum for widely
divergent views. With the outbreak of the War confidence and membership declined,
though many groups continued to flourish despite the difficult conditions of wartime.
Following the end of the War, in July 1946, Gollancz’s own book, “Our threatened
values”, reaffirmed his faith in Socialist ideals but also his rejection of totalitarianism,
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referring to the possibility that the Russian Revolution might turn out “to have been
of disastrous evil”.
Following the outbreak of the War Club membership declined sharply, from 57,000 in
1939 to 15,000 in 1942, and in the post-war period this decline continued. In
November 1948 Gollancz announced that the Left Book Club and Left News would
cease.
[A detailed account of the Left Book Club is given in “The Left Book Club: an historical
record”, by John Lewis (Gollancz, 1970), on which these notes are partly based, and
which lists the titles issued].
Related collections: Klugmann Collection, Mendelson Collection, Zaidman Collection

Source: By purchase and donation
System of arrangement: Classified
Subjects: Anti-fascism – Great Britain; Great Britain – Politics and government – 1936-
Names: Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967; Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950; Strachey, John,
1901-1963
Conditions of access: Available to all researchers by appointment

Restrictions: None
Finding aids: Listed and catalogued.
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Special Collections and Archives
Left Book Club Collection
Listing
Books
Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967

Our threatened values ; by Victor Gollancz. - London : Gollancz, 1946. - [z0758599]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 177 (G) ; 133235901
Towards the Christian revolution ; by John Line, ... [et al] ; edited by R. B. Y. Scott and
Gregory Vlastos. - Left Book Club edition. - London : Victor Gollancz, 1937. -
[x2939678]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 261.6 (T) ; 200691227
Christianity and the social revolution ; edited by John Lewis, Karl Polanyi, Donald K.
Kitchin. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - First published 1935.
[w3156470]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 261.85 (C) ; 138491701
Levy, H. (Hyman), 1889-

A philosophy for a modern man ; by H. Levy. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - [x0700507]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 300.1 (L) ; 113216801
Bartlett, Francis H.
Sigmund Freud : a Marxian essay ; by Francis H. Bartlett. - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1938. - [v2331304]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 301.15 (B) ; 200397820
Osborn, Reuben
Freud and Marx : a dialectical study ; by R. Osborn. - Left Book Club edition. - London
: Gollancz, 1937. - [z0104610]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 301.15 (O) ; 145718940
Blanco White, Amber Reeves, 1887-1981

The new propaganda ; by Amber Blanco White. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1939. - [M0005526SH]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 301.1523 (W) ; 200659444
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Pearlman, Maurice, 1911-
Adventure in the sun : an informal account of the communal settlements of Palestine
; by Maurice Pearlman. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1947. - [x8190365]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 301.34 (P) ; 200659285
Serebrennikov, G. N. (Georgii Nikolaevich)

The position of women in the U.S.S.R. ; by G. N. Serebrennikov. - London : Gollancz,
1937. - [w3934714]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 301.41 (S) ; 141879601
Newitt, Hilary
Women must choose : the position of women in Europe to-day ; by Hilary Newitt. -
London : Victor Gollancz, 1937. - Cover title: Women must choose: being an
examination of the position of women in the fascist countries, the U.S.S.R. and
western democracy respectively. [x8190371]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 301.4194 (N) ; 200659275
Stone, Hannah Mayer

A marriage manual : a practical guide-book to sex and marriage ; by Hannah M.
Stone and Abraham Stone ; English edition edited, and with an introduction by,
Michael Fielding. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz in association with John
Lane The Bodley Head, 1936. - [v2331267]
Hirschfeld, Magnus, 1868-1935

Racism ; by Magnus Hirschfeld ; translated and edited by Edan and Cedar Paul. -
London : Gollancz, 1938. - [y8835135]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 301.45 (H) ; 141879101
Cole, G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard), 1889-1959

The condition of Britain ; by G. D. H. and M. I. Cole. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1937. - [z0088638]
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950

Faith, reason and civilisation : an essay in historical analysis ; by Harold J. Laski. - Left
Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1944. - [x3397021]
Strachey, John, 1901-1963

Federalism or Socialism? ; by John Strachey. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1940. - [x339708x]
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Horrabin, J. F. (James Francis), 1884-1962
An atlas of empire ; by J. F. Horrabin. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. -
[t3898645]
Brady, Robert A. (Robert Alexander)

The spirit and structure of German fascism ; by Robert A. Brady. - Left Book Club
ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - [z0048774]
Josephs, Ray
Argentine diary : the inside story of the coming of fascism ; by Ray Josephs. - Left
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 321.644 (J) ; 200659389
The Nazi conspiracy in Spain ; by the editor of The brown book of the Hitler terror ;
translated from the German manuscript by Emile Burns. - London : Victor Gollancz,
1937. - The authorship is attributed to Otto Katz. [ 37030362]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 321.644 (K) ; 128628201
Osborn, R.
The psychology of reaction ; by R. Osborn. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - [x8190856]
Rader, Melvin, 1903-1981

No compromise : the conflict between two worlds ; by Melvin Rader. - Left Book
Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - [x8107051]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 321.644 (R) ; 2 copies: 200397819,
200657704
Blum, Léon, 1872-1950

For all mankind (A l'échelle humaine) ; translated by W. Pickles. - London : Gollancz,
1946. - [ 46006920]
Simon, E. D. (Ernest Darwin), 1879-1960

The smaller democracies ; by Sir E. D. Simon. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1939. - [x3396961]
Russell, A. G.
Colour, race and empire ; by A. G. Russell. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1944. - [x2913621]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 323.1 (R) ; 119791201
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Burger, John
The black man's burden ; by John Burger. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1943. - [x8189652]
Keppel-Jones, Arthur
When Smuts goes : a history of South Africa from 1952 to 2010 first published in
2015 ; by Arthur Keppel-Jones. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1947. -
[x8191324]
Walker, Oliver
Kaffirs are lively : being some backstage impressions of the South African
democracy ; by Oliver Walker. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1948. -
[x5532291]
Campbell, Alexander, 1912-

It's your empire ; by Alexander Campbell. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1945. - [ 45010099]
Barnes, Leonard, 1895-

Empire or democracy? : a study of the colonial question ; by Leonard Barnes. - Left
Campbell, Alexander, 1912-

Empire in Africa ; by Alexander Campbell. - London : Gollancz, 1944. - Second
impression before publication. - [ 44006902]
Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988

Death pays a dividend ; by Fenner Brockway and Frederic Mullally. - Left Book Club
ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1944. - [x4408809]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 327 (B) ; 123354401
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 1889-1952

The struggle for peace ; by Stafford Cripps. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Victor
Gollancz, 1936. - [x0677694]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 327 (C) ; 120460101
Dutt, R. Palme (Rajani Palme), 1896-1974

World politics : 1918-1936 ; by R. Palme Dutt. - London : Gollancz, 1936. - [z0066542]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 327 (D) ; 128625301
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Werner, Max, b. 1901
The military strength of the powers ; by Max Werner ; translated by Edward
Fitzgerald. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - [x2733988]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 327 (W) ; 200656641
The road to war : being an analysis of the National Government's foreign policy. -
Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz for the New Fabian Research Bureau, 1937. -
(Left Book Club topical book). - Prepared by a small group of experts as a
continuation of "Inquest on peace" by "Vigilantes". [x3558211]
Vigilantes, 1894-1967
Why we are losing the peace : the National Government's foreign policy: its causes,
consequences and cure ; by 'Vigilantes' (K. Zilliacus). - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1939. - [x3086522]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 327.42 (V) ; 200659409
National Congress of Peace and Friendship with the U.S.S.R. (2nd : 1937 : London)
For peace and friendship : proceedings of the Second National Congress of Peace
and Friendship with the U.S.S.R., London, March 13 and 14, 1937. - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1937. - [x3557826]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 327.42047 (F) ; 200657705
Smith, Aubrey Douglas

Guilty Germans? ; by Aubrey Douglas Smith. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1942. - [x2732954]
Davies, Joseph E. (Joseph Edward), 1876-1958

Mission to Moscow : a record of confidential dispatches to the State Department,
official and personal correspondence, current diary and journal entries, including
notes and comment up to October 1941 ; by Joseph E. Davies. - London : Gollancz,
1942. - [z0095199]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 327.47 (D) ; 140860201
Haxey, Simon
Tory M.P. ; by Simon Haxey. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - [z0051291]
Acland, Sir Richard, 1906-1990

Only one battle ; by Richard Acland. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. -
[v2330196]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 329.35 (A) ; 200659388
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Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967
The Labour Party in perspective ; by C.R. Attlee. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Victor Gollancz, 1937. - [x3023668]
Young, Michael Dunlop, 1915-2002

Labour's plan for plenty ; by Michael Young. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1947. - [x9499308]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 329.4 (Y) ; 144484401
The betrayal of the left : an examination and refutation of communist policy from
October 1939 to January 1941, with suggestions for an alternative and an epilogue on
political morality ; edited by Victor Gollancz. - London : Gollancz, 1941. - [x2761453]
Frölich, Paul, 1884-1953

Rosa Luxemburg : her life and work ; by Paul Frolich ; translated from the German by
Edward Fitzgerald. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1940. - Translation of:
Rosa Luxemburg, Gedanke und Tat. [x5809284]
Fraser, Geoffrey
Leon Blum : Man and statesman : the only authorised biography ; by Geoffrey Fraser
and Thadée Natanson. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - [x8107418]
Sloan, Pat (Patrick Alan), 1908-1978

Soviet democracy ; by Pat Sloan. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. -
[x5218643]
McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-

The Greek dilemma : war and aftermath ; by William Hardy McNeil. - Left Book Club
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 329.9495 (M) ; 125460101
Coldwell, M. J.
Left turn, Canada ; by M. J. Coldwell. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1945. -
[x3395884]
Schaffer, Gordon, 1905-

Riches and poverty ; by Gordon Schaffer. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1939. - (New people's library ; vol.22). - [t4237466]
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Tawney, R. H. (Richard Henry), 1880-1962
The acquisitive society ; by R. H. Tawney. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1937. - First published: London : Bell, 1921. [x819061x]
Huberman, Leo, 1903-1968

Man's worldly goods : the story of the wealth of nations ; by Leo Huberman. - Left

The coming struggle for power ; by John Strachey. - 4th ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1934. - First published 1932. [v9356572]
Allen, Frederick
Can capitalism last? ; by Frederick Allen. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [x8107890]
Brailsford, H. N. (Henry Noel), 1873-1958

Why capitalism means war ; by Henry Noel Brailsford. - Left Book Club ed.. - London
: Gollancz, 1938. - (The new people's library ; vol.14). - [x355833x]
Moore, W. G. (Wilfred George), 1907-

The geography of capitalism ; by W. G. Moore. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1938. - (The new people's library ; vol.18). - [v2330664]
Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Joseph Percival William), 1908-1980

Rats! ; by the Pied Piper [i.e. J. P. W. Mallalieu]. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Victor
Gollancz, 1941. - [x0632906]
Wilkinson, Ellen Cicely, 1891-1947

The town that was murdered : the life story of Jarrow ; by Ellen Wilkinson. - Left
Book Club ed.. - London : Gollanz, 1939. - [z007022x]
Maynard, Sir John, 1865-1943

The Russian peasant : and other studies ; by John Maynard. - London : Gollancz, 1942.
- [x1224397]
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Dutt, R. Palme (Rajani Palme), 1896-1974
India to-day ; by R. Palme Dutt. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1940. -
[x2913271]
Kuczynski, Jürgen
The condition of the workers in Great Britain, Germany and the Soviet Union, 1932-
1938 ; by Jürgen Kuczynski. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. -
[x4607012]
Hammond, J. L. (John Lawrence), 1872-1949

The town labourer 1760-1832 : the new civilisation ; by J. L. Hammond and Barbara
Hammond. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - [x8107536]
Hutt, Allen, 1901-1973

The post-war history of the British working class ; by Allen Hutt. - Left Book Club ed..
- [z0052876]
Orwell, George, 1903-1950

The road to Wigan pier ; by George Orwell. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Victor
Gollancz, 1937. - [x4494097]

The means to full employment ; by G. D. H. Cole. - London : Gollancz, 1943. -
[44001060]
Cohen, Max
I was one of the unemployed ; by Max Cohen. - Wakefield : EP Publishing, 1978. -
(Studies in British labour history). - Originally published: London : Gollancz, 1945.
[0715813463]
Hannington, Wal, 1895-

The problem of the distressed areas ; by Wal Hannington. - Left Book Club edition. -
London : Gollancz, 1937. - [z0053982]

Ten lean years : an examination of the record of the national government in the field
of unemployment ; by Wal Hannington. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Victor
Gollancz, 1940. - [z0112420]
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A short history of the unemployed ; by Wal Hannington. - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1938. - (The new people's library ; Vol.15). - [x3519748]
Jewkes, John
The juvenile labour market ; by John and Sylvia Jewkes. - Left Book Club ed.. -
Zweig, Ferdynand, 1896-1988

Men in the pits ; by F. Zweig. - London : Gollancz, 1948. - [x5562694]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 331.7622 (Z) ; 502218101
Barou, Noah, 1889-1955

British trade unions ; by N. Barou. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1947. -
[z0043564]
Belfrage, Cedric, 1904-

Let my people go ; by Cedric Belfrage. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1940.
- [x2913383]

The labour spy racket ; by Leo Huberman. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - [x8190603]
Burns, Emile, 1889-1972

Money ; by Emile Burns. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - (New
people's library ; vol.1). - [x6266242]
Hunter, Neil
Peasantry and crisis in France ; by Neil Hunter. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1938. - [w8112922]
The co-operative movement in Labour Britain ; edited for the Fabian Society by N.
Barou ; essays by J. Bailey...[et al.]. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1948. -
[x3897143]
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Europe, Russia, and the future ; by G. D. H. Cole. - London : Gollancz, 1941. -
[x2050433]
Moulin, Léo
Socialism of the west : an attempt to lay the foundations of a new socialist
humanism ; by Leo Moulin. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1948. - Abridged
from "Socialisme d'Occident" by the author, and translated by Alfred Heron.
[x8190000]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 335 (M) ; 125460201
Sturmthal, Adolf Fox

The tragedy of European labour, 1918-1939 ; by Adolf Sturmthal. - Left Book Club ed..
- London : Gollancz, 1944. - [x0632846]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 335 (S) ; 129212501

The people's front ; by G.D.H. Cole. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937. -
[x2361558]
Left Book Club anthology ; edited by Paul Laity. - London : Gollancz, 2001. -
[0575072210]
Lewis, John, 1889-

The Left Book Club : an historical record ; by John Lewis. - London : Gollancz, 1970. -
[0575005866]

A faith to fight for ; by John Strachey. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1941. -
[x3396122]
Allan, Seema Rynin

Comrades and citizens : [Soviet people] ; by Seema Rynin Allan. - Left Book Club ed..
- London : Gollancz, 1938. - [ 39001406]
Burns, Emile, 1889-1972

What is Marxism? ; by Emile Burns. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. -
(The new people's library ; vol.24). - [x4001054]
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A handbook of Marxism : being a collection of extracts from the writings of Marx,
Engels and the greatest of their followers ; selected... by Emile Burns. - London :
Gollancz, 1935. - [x2685083]
Campbell, J. R. (John Ross), 1894-1969

Soviet policy and its critics ; by J. R. Campbell. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1939. - [x4434310]

The meaning of Marxism ; by G. D. H. Cole. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Victor
Gollancz, 1948. - [x8182242]
Leningradskii gosudarstvennyi institut istorii, filosofii, literatury i lingvi..

A textbook of Marxist philosophy ; prepared by the Leningrad Institute of Philosophy
under the direction of M. Shirokov ... ; translated by A. C. Moseley ; ... revised and
edited by John Lewis. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, (1937). - [ 38015270]
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

Forward from liberalism ; by Stephen Spender. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1937. - [x339992x]

The theory and practice of socialism ; by John Strachey. - London : Gollancz, 1936. -
[z0097123]
Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947

Soviet Communism : a new civilisation? ; by Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Vol.1. - [s.l.] :
Printed by the authors for the members and students of the Workers’ Educational
Association and the Workers’ Education Trade Union Committee, 1935. - [x4654052]
Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947

Soviet Communism : a new civilisation? ; by Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Vol.2. - [s.l.] :
Printed by the authors for the members and students of the Workers’ Educational
Association and the Workers’ Education Trade Union Committee, 1935. - [q3224757]
Freeman, Joseph, 1897-1965

An American testament : a narrative of rebels and romantics ; by Joseph Freeman. -
Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [x3396487]
11
Laurat, Lucien
Marxism and democracy ; by Lucien Laurat ; translated by Edward Fitzgerald. - Left
Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1940. - Translation of: Le marxisme en faillite?.
[t3962165]
Anderson, Evelyn
Hammer or anvil : the story of the German working-class movement ; by Evelyn
Anderson. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1945. - [x5800248]

What are we to do? ; by John Strachey. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - [x3407156]
Neumann, Franz L. (Franz Leopold), 1900-1954

Behemoth : the structure and practice of national socialism ; by Franz Neumann. -
London : Gollancz, 1942. - [ 43001108]
Plummer, Alfred, 1896-

Raw materials or war materials? ; by Alfred Plummer. - Left Book Club ed.. - London
: Gollancz, 1937. - [x5180449]
Monte, Hilda
The unity of Europe ; by Hilda Monte. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1943.
- [x291374x]
Edelman, Maurice, 1911-

Production for victory, not profit! ; by Maurice Edelman. - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1941. - [ 42000544]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 338.016 (E) ; 200659286
Addison, Christopher, Viscount Addison

A policy for British agriculture ; by Lord Addison of Stallingborough. - Left Book Club
Towards a socialist agriculture : studies by a group of Fabians ; edited by F.W.

Bateson. - London : Gollancz, 1946. - [x0196724]
12
Coombes, Bert Lewis
These poor hands : the autobiography of a miner working in South Wales ; by B. L.
Coombes. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - [z0057661]
Heinemann, Margot, 1913-

Britain's coal : a study of the mining crisis ; prepared by Margot Heinemann for the
Labour Research Department. - London : Gollancz, 1944. - [x9089579]
Noel-Baker, Philip Noel-Baker, Baron

The private manufacture of armaments ; by Philip Noel-Baker. Vol.1. - Left book club
ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1936. - [z100478x]
Davies, Ernest
"National" capitalism : the government's record as protector of private monopoly ;
by Ernest Davies. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - [x3558062]
Sternberg, Fritz
The coming crisis ; by Fritz Sternberg. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1947.
- [x2733178]

A programme for progress ; by John Strachey. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1940. - [x0672047]
Padley, Walter
The economic problem of the peace : a plea for world socialist union ; by Walter
Padley. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1944. - [x339552x]

What it will be like in the new Britain ; by Richard Acland. - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1942. - [ 42008199]

Great Britain in the post-war world ; by G.D.H. Cole. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Victor Gollancz, 1942. - [x8189770]
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Populus
My dear Churchill, and other open letters to persons in authority ; by Populus. -
Verulam, Frank
Production for the people ; by Frank Verulam. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1940. - [x3556011]
Vigilantes, 1894-1967
Why the League has failed ; by "Vigilantes" (K. Zilliacus). - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1938. - (The new people's library ; vol.11). - [x8191206]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 341.12 (V) ; 2 copies: 200397826,
200657709
Thompson, W. H. (William Henry), 1885-

Civil liberties ; by W. H. Thompson. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. -
(The new people's library ; vol.10). - [y694935x]
Baker, Joseph
The law of political uniforms, public meetings, and private armies : together with a
treatise on the law relating to public order, breach of the peace, unlawful assembly,
and riot ; by Joseph Baker. - London : H. A. Just, 1937. - [M0032527SH]
Barrister
Justice in England ; by a barrister. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. -
[x2942893]
Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Joseph Percival William), 1908-1980

"Passed to you, please" : Britain's red-tape machine at war ; by J. P. W. Mallalieu. -
Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1942. - [x519285x]
Davies, Ernest
National enterprise : the development of the public corporation ; by Ernest Davies. -
14
Cambridge Scientists' Anti-War Group
The protection of the public from aerial attack : being a critical examination of the
recommendations put forward by the Air Raid Precautions Department of the Home
Office ; by the Cambridge Scientists' Anti-War Group. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1937. - [q9135701]
Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964

A.R.P. ; by J.B.S. Haldane. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [t4198996]
Macartney, Wilfred Francis Remington, 1899-

Walls have mouths : a record of ten years' penal servitude ; by Wilfred Macartney ;
with prologue, epilogue and comments ... by Compton Mackenzie. - Left Book Club
ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1936. - [ 36033938]
King, Beatrice
Changing man : the education system of the U.S.S.R ; by Beatrice King. - Left Book
Morris, Max, 1913-

The people's schools ; by M. Morris. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. -
(The new people's library ; vol.20). - [v2336738]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 371 (M) ; 2 copies: 200397822,
200657710
Crowther, J. G. (James Gerald), 1899-

Science and life ; by J. G. Crowther. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. -
(The new people's library ; vol.12). - [x351962x]
Rowland, John, 1907-

Understanding the atom ; by John Rowland. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - (New people's library ; Vol.17). - [v2330546]
Beck, Alan
Chemistry : a survey ; by Alan Beck. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. -
(The new people's library ; vol.23). - [M0032458SH]
Harrisson, Tom, 1911-1976

Savage civilisation ; by Tom Harrisson. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937.
- [x5700334]
15
Bibby, Cyril
The evolution of man and his culture ; by H. C. Bibby. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1938. - (The new people's library ; vol.16). - [x355781x]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 573.3 (B) ; 2 copies: 200397821,
200657703
Bibby, Cyril
Heredity, eugenics and social progress ; by H. C. Bibby. - Left Book Club ed.. - London
: Victor Gollancz, 1939. - (The new people's library ; 25). - [x3019342]
Gillespie, James, 1909-

An introduction to economic botany ; by James Gillespie. - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1937. - (The new people's library ; vol.3). - [M0032495SH]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 581.6 (G) ; 200397823
Griffith, Edward Fyfe

Modern marriage ; Edward F. Griffith. - 26th ed., entirely revised and reset. - London
: Methuen, 1963. - First published by Methuen: 1946. Originally published: London :
Gollancz, January 1935. [b6318321]
Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967

Out of the night : a biologist's view of the future ; by H. J. Muller. - Left Book Club ed..
- London : Victor Gollancz, 1936. - [x8190721]
M'Gonigle, G. C. M.
Poverty and public health ; by G. C. M. M'Gonigle and J. Kirby. - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1936. - [z2446504]
Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957

Socialised medicine in the Soviet Union ; by Henry E. Sigerist. - Left Book Club ed.. -
London : Gollancz, 1937. - [v2331422]
Segal, Charles S.
Penn'orth of chips : backward children in the making ; by Charles S. Segal. - London :
Gollancz, 1939. - [z1781778]
Simon, E. D. (Ernest Darwin), 1879-1960

Rebuilding Britain - a twenty year plan ; by E. D. Simon. - Left Book Club ed.. - London
: Victor Gollancz, 1945. - [x5517860]
16
The left song book ; editors, Alan Bush & Randall Swingler, assisted by members of
the Workers' Music Association and the Left Book Club Musicians' Group. - London :
Victor Gollancz LTD, 1938. - [M0692285ZZ]

Public speaking ; by Richard Acland. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1946. -
[x3357926]
Bernstein, Hillel
Choose a bright morning ; by Hillel Bernstein. - London : Gollancz, 1936. - [v1619629]
Belfrage, Cedric, 1904-

Promised land : notes for a history ; by Cedric Belfrage. - Left Book Club ed.. -
Bhattacharya, Bhabani
So many hungers! ; by Bhabani Bhattacharya. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1947. - [x2733273]
Daiches, David, 1912-

Literature and society ; by David Daiches. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - [z2425117]
Poems of freedom ; edited by John Mulgan. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - [x3047120]
Constantine, Murray, 1896-1963

Swastika night ; by Murray Constantine. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Victor
Gollancz, 1940. - [M0032498SH]
Malleson, Miles
Six men of Dorset : a play in two acts and an epilogue ; Miles Malleson and H. Brooks.
- London : Gollancz : Trades Union Congress General Council, 1934. - Cover title: Six
men of Dorset: the Tolpuddle play. [q8848385]
17
Clark, F. Le Gros (Frederick Le Gros), 1892-1977
The adventures of the little pig, and other stories ; by F. Le Gros and Ida Clark. - Left
Book Club ed.. - London : Victor Gollancz, 1937.
Petersen, Jan
Our street : a chronicle written in the heart of Fascist Germany ; by Jan Petersen. -
Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - Translation of: Unsere Strasse.
[z0079651]
Malraux, André, 1901-1976

Days of contempt ; by Andre Malraux. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1936.
- [x8191330]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 843.91 (MALR) ; 200659103
Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969

Barbarians at the gate ; by Leonard Woolf. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1939. - [x5559628]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 901 (W) ; 131175501
Wolfendale, Wilfrid
History has tongues : a study of the comparative development of ancient and
modern civilizations ; by Wilfrid Wolfendale. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1946. - [x3396725]
Browne, Lewis, 1897-1949

Something went wrong : a summation of modern history ; by Lewis Browne ; with
maps by Myna and Lewis Browne. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1942. - [
43007050]
Young, Edgar P. (Edgar Philip)

Czechoslovakia : keystone of peace and democracy ; by Edgar P. Young. - Left Book
Club topical book edition. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [x3518281]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 914.37 (Y) ; 141781001
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966

The socialist sixth of the world ; by Hewlett Johnson. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1939. - [z0097040]
Rama Rau, Santha

Home to India ; by Santha Rama Rau. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1945. -
[x5747620]
18
Brontman, L. (Lazar' Konstantinovich)
On the top of the world : the Soviet expedition to the North Pole 1937 ; L. Brontman ;
edited and with a foreword by O. J Schmidt. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [x3692671]
Gruber, Ruth, 1911-

I went to the Soviet Arctic ; by Ruth Gruber. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1939. – Includes map on lining papers. [v2330948]
Donington, Robert
The citizen faces war ; by Robert & Barbara Donington. - London : Victor Gollancz
Ltd, 1936. - An account of the war resistance movement with a history of
conscientious objection in England during the world war. [w4079323]
Zilliacus, K. (Konni), 1894-1967

The mirror of the past, lest it reflect the future ; by K. Zilliacus (Vigilantes). - Left
Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1944. - [ 44006234]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 940.913 (Z) ; 200659451
Gedye, George Eric Rowe, 1890-

Fallen bastions : the Central European tragedy ; by G. E. R. Gedye. - London :
Gollancz, 1939. - American edition (New York and London, Harper and Brothers) has
title: Betrayal in Central Europe; Austria and Czechoslovakia: The fallen bastions.
[39008231]
Jones, F. Elwyn (Frederick Elwyn), 1909-

The battle for peace ; by F. Elwyn Jones. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - [x2879657]
Gant, Roland
How like a wilderness ; by Roland Gant. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1946. - [ 46018253]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 940.92 (G) ; 2 copies: 200615828,
200398718
Reiner, Ella
Prisoners of fear ; by Ella Lingens-Reiner. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1948. - [x521205x]
19
Paul, Oscar
Underground Europe calling ; by Oscar Paul. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1942. - [x2733184]
Werner, Max, b. 1901

Battle for the world : the strategy and diplomacy of the second world war ; by Max
Werner; translated by Heinz and Ruth Norden. - London : V. Gollancz Ltd, 1941. - The
manuscript of the present book, which was published in the United States late in
April 1941, was concluded late in March 1941. An "Afterword" has been added to this
edition to bring the narrative as nearly up to date as possible for publication in June.
cf. Foot-note, p. [272]. [x2939974]
Macardle, Dorothy, 1889-1958

The Irish Republic : a documented chronicle of the Anglo-Irish conflict and the
partitioning of Ireland, with a detailed account of the period 1916-1923 ; by Dorothy
Macardle. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [x8190974]
Morton, A. L. (Arthur Leslie), 1903-1987

A people's history of England ; by A. L. Morton. - London : Lawrence & Wishart, 1945.
- First published by Victor Gollancz, 1938. [0853151377]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 942 (M) ; 148309801
Fagan, Hyman, 1903-

Nine days that shook England : an account of the English people's uprising in 1381 ; by
H. Fagan. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [x6096024]
Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995

The Levellers and the English Revolution ; by Henry Holorenshaw [i.e. Joseph
Needham]. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - (The new people's library
; vol.21). - [z0136136]
Petegorsky, David W.
Left-wing democracy in the English Civil War : a study of the social philosophy of
Gerrard Winstanley ; by David W. Petegorsky. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1940. - [x5456199]
Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967

Is Mr. Chamberlain saving peace? ; by Victor Gollancz. - London : Victor Gollancz,
1939. - [x7103648]
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Ramos Oliveira, A. (Antonio), 1907-
A people's history of Germany ; by A. Ramos Oliveira. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1942. - [ 42018127]
Dodd, William Edward, 1869-1940

Ambassador Dodd's diary 1933-1938 ; edited by William E. Dodd, Jr. and Martha
Dodd. - London : Gollancz, 1941. - [x2753442]
Erckner, S.
Hitler's conspiracy against peace ; by S. Erckner. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1937. - [x3518789]
Haag, Lina
How long the night ; by Lina Haag. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1948. -
First published in Germany as 'Eine Handvoll Staub', Nest Verlag, 1947. [x8190129]
Hagen, Paul, 1893-1969

Will Germany crack? : a factual report on Germany from within ; by Paul Hagen ;
translated by Anna Caples. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1943. - [x416762x]
Heiden, Konrad, 1901-1966

Der Fuehrer : Hitler's rise to power ; by Konrad Heiden ; translated by Ralph
Manheim. Book 1. (Chapters I-XV). - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1944. -
The last chapter and part of the chapter before the last have been translated by
Norbert Guterman. Translated from German. [q3204252]
Heiden, Konrad, 1901-1966

Der Fuehrer : Hitler's rise to power ; by Konrad Heiden ; translated by Ralph
Manheim. Book 2. Chapters XVI-XXVIII and index. - Left Book Club edition. - London :
Gollancz, 1944. - Translated from German. [q3204370]
Kolnai, Aurel
The war against the West ; by Aurel Kolnai. - Left Book Club edition. - London : Victor
Gollancz, 1938. - On Nazism. [v2332864]
Olden, Rudolf
Hitler the pawn ; by Rudolf Olden. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1936. -
[x8190968]
21
Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988
German diary ; by Fenner Brockway. - London : Gollancz, 1946. - [ 47017288]
Hill, Russell, 1918-

Struggle for Germany ; by Russell Hill. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1947.
- [ 47025635]
Mosley, Leonard Oswald, 1911-

Report from Germany ; by Leonard O. Mosley. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1945. - [x2880011]
Braunthal, Julius, 1891-

In search of the millennium ; by Julius Braunthal. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1945. - [ 45010211]
Schuschnigg, Kurt von, 1897-1977

Austrian requiem ; by Kurt von Schuschnigg. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1947. - Translation of: Ein Requiem in Rot-Weiss-Rot. [v2330463]
Evans, Jon
The Nazi new order in Poland ; by Jon Evans. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1941. - [q9137723]
Paloczi-Horvath, George
In darkest Hungary ; by G. Paloczy-Horvath ; with an introduction by Michael Karolyn.
- Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1944. - [x2732664]
Stewart, Neil, fl.1937

Blanqui ; by Neil Stewart. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - [q9133369]
Lévy, Louis
France is a democracy ; by Louis Levy. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1943.
- [ 43017512]
22
Thorez, Maurice, 1900-1964
France to-day and the People's front ; by Maurice Thorez ; translated from the
French manuscript by Emile Burns. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1936. - [
36017621]
Jellinek, Frank
The Paris Commune of 1871 ; by Frank Jellinek. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1937. - [x6176036]
Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983

Scum of the earth ; by Arthur Koestler. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1941. - [x6633491]
Paul, Oscar
Farewell, France! : An eye-witness account of her tragedy ; by Oscar Paul. - Left Book
Club edition. - London : Victor Gollancz, 1941. - [x5231684]
Schlotterbeck, Friedrich
The darker the night, the brighter the stars : a German worker remembers (1933-
1945) ; by Friedrich Schlotterbeck. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1947. -
[x2920733]
Torrès, Henry, 1891-1966

Pierre Laval ; Henry Torrès. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1941. - [
42012756]
Salvemini, Gaetano, 1873-1957

Italian fascism ; by Gaetano Salvemini. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938.
- (The New People's Library ; vol.13). - [x5212528]

Under the axe of fascism ; by Gaetano Salvemini. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1936. - [z0079668]

What to do with Italy ; by Gaetano Salvemini and George La Piana. - Left Book Club
ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1943. - [ 44001215]
23
Schmidt, Carl T. (Carl Theodore), 1906-
The corporate state in action : Italy under fascism ; by Carl T. Schmidt. - New York :
Oxford University Press, 1939. - [M0051896SH]
Carter, Barbara Barclay

Italy speaks ; by Barbara Barclay Carter. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1947. - [x949906x]
Aguirre y Lecube, José Antonio de, 1904-1960

Freedom was flesh and blood ; by Jose Antonio de Aguirre. - Left Book Club ed.. -
Cox, Geoffrey, 1910-

Defence of Madrid ; by Geoffrey Cox. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - [ 37011122]
Gannes, Harry
Spain in revolt : a history of the civil war in Spain in 1936 and a study of its social,
political andeconomic causes ; by Harry Gannes and Theodore Repard. - Left Book
Jellinek, Frank
The civil war in Spain ; by Frank Jellinek. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1938. - [x8191726]
Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983

Spanish testament ; by Arthur Koestler. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - [x3024627]
Lowenstein, Prinz zu Hubertus, 1906-1984

A Catholic in republican Spain ; by Prince Hubertus Friedrich of Loewenstein. -
Oyarza´bal, Isabel de, b. 1878

Smouldering freedom : the story of the Spanish republicans in exile ; by Isabel de
Palencia. - London : Gollancz, 1946. - [x1593870]
24
Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson
Appeasement's child : the Franco regime in Spain ; by Thomas J. Hamilton. - Left
Maynard, Sir John, 1865-1943

Russia in flux, before October ; by John Maynard. - London : Gollancz, 1939. -
[M0032055SH]
Arnot, R. Page (Robert Page), 1890-1986

A short history of the Russian revolution from 1905 to the present day ; by R. Page
Arnot. Vol.1. From 1905 to February 1917. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - (New People's
Library ; 4). - [w8435051]
Arnot, R. Page (Robert Page), 1890-1986

A short history of the Russian revolution from 1905 to the present day ; by R. Page
Arnot. Vol.2. From February 1917 to the present day. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - (New
People's Library ; 6). - [w8435068]
Joesten, Joachim, 1907-

Denmark's day of doom ; by Joachim Joesten. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - [z244295x]
Birtles, Bert
Exiles in the Aegean : a personal narrative of Greek politics and travel ; by Bert
Birtles. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [x3557944]
Hogg, George
I see a new China ; by George Hogg. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1945. -
[x339720x]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 951.042 (H) ; 2 copies: 200398719,
200691526
Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950

China fights back : an American woman with the Eighth Route Army ; by Agnes
Smedley ; with a map by J. F. Horrabin. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938.
- [x273328x]
Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972

Red Star over China ; by Edgar Snow. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1937.
- [z0062923]
25
Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972
Scorched earth ; by Edgar Snow. - London : Gollancz, 1941. - [x5221651]
Timperley, H. J.
What war means : the Japanese terror in China, a documentary record ; compiled
and edited by H. J. Timperley. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [w8439971]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 951.042 (T) ; 2 copies: 200612554,
200398723
Vespa, Amleto
Secret agent of Japan : a handbook to Japanese imperialism ; by Ameleto Vespa ;
with an introductory note by H. J. Timperley, China correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [x2920147]
Deva, Jaya
Japan's Kampf ; by Jaya Deva. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1942. - [
42011517]
Roth, Andrew, 1919-

Dilemma in Japan ; by Andrew Roth. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1946. -
[x8280909]
Brailsford, H. N. (Henry Noel), 1873-1958

Subject India ; by Henry Noel Brailsford. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz,
1943. - [x3662799]
Janowsky, Oscar Isaiah, 1900-

People at bay : the Jewish problem in East-Central Europe ; by Oscar I. Janowsky. -
Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1938. - [q9136422]
Crum, Bartley C.
Behind the silken curtain : a personal account of Anglo-American diplomacy in
Palestine and the Middle East ; by Bartley C. Crum. - Left Book Club ed.. - London :
Gollancz, 1947. - [z0797530]
Korngold, Ralph
Citizen Toussaint ; by Ralph Korngold. – London : Gollancz, 1945. – [z0060545]
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"We, the people" ; by Leo Huberman. - Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1940. -
[x4251880]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL 973 (H) ; 143800701
Pamphlets
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966

Act now : an appeal to the mind and heart of Britain ; by the Dean of Canterbury. -
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL PAM 327.42 (J) ; 200659274

Why you should be a socialist ; by John Strachey. - London : Gollancz, 1938. -
[t4082532]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL PAM 335.4 (S) ; 200657900
Swingler, Stephen
An outline of political thought since the French Revolution ; by Stephen Swingler. -
Left Book Club ed.. - London : Gollancz, 1939. - (New people's library ; 19). -
[y8694077]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL PAM 335.411 (S) ; 302727301
Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964

How to be safe from air raids ; by Professor J. B. S. Haldane, F.R.S.. - London : Victor
Gollancz, 1938. - [x5367923]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL PAM 355.45 (H) ; 200833276
Odets, Clifford
Waiting for Lefty : a play in six episodes ; by Clifford Odets. – London : Gollancz, 1937.
– [z0611465]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL PAM 812.51 (ODE) ; 141259301

War aims ; by G. D. H. Cole. - London : New Statesman and Nation, November 1939. -
(New Statesman pamphlet). - [M0032481SH]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL PAM 940.92 (C) ; 200657897
Greaves, Harold Richard Goring

The truth about Spain ; by H. R. G. Greaves and David Thomson. - Left Book Club ed..
- London : Gollancz, 1938. - [y9078765]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL PAM 946.081 (G) ; 128623301
Report of a religious delegation to Spain, April 1937 ; by the Dean of Canterbury... [et
al.]. - London : Gollancz, 1937. - [x3514975]
Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL PAM 946.081 (R) ; 200612553
27
Microfilms
Left news. - [024613]

Western Bank Library LEFT BOOK CLUB COLL ; 15,21-128/1937,1938-1947
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Left Book Club Collection

Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967

Levy, H. (Hyman), 1889-

Blanco White, Amber Reeves, 1887-1981

Serebrennikov, G. N. (Georgii Nikolaevich)

Stone, Hannah Mayer

Hirschfeld, Magnus, 1868-1935

Cole, G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard), 1889-1959

Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950

Strachey, John, 1901-1963

Brady, Robert A. (Robert Alexander)

Rader, Melvin, 1903-1981

Blum, Léon, 1872-1950

Simon, E. D. (Ernest Darwin), 1879-1960

Campbell, Alexander, 1912-

Barnes, Leonard, 1895-

Campbell, Alexander, 1912-

Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988

Cripps, Sir Stafford, 1889-1952

Dutt, R. Palme (Rajani Palme), 1896-1974

Smith, Aubrey Douglas

Davies, Joseph E. (Joseph Edward), 1876-1958

Acland, Sir Richard, 1906-1990

Young, Michael Dunlop, 1915-2002

Frölich, Paul, 1884-1953

Sloan, Pat (Patrick Alan), 1908-1978

McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-

Schaffer, Gordon, 1905-

Huberman, Leo, 1903-1968

Strachey, John, 1901-1963

Brailsford, H. N. (Henry Noel), 1873-1958

Moore, W. G. (Wilfred George), 1907-

Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Joseph Percival William), 1908-1980

Wilkinson, Ellen Cicely, 1891-1947

Maynard, Sir John, 1865-1943

Hammond, J. L. (John Lawrence), 1872-1949

Hutt, Allen, 1901-1973

Orwell, George, 1903-1950

Cole, G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard), 1889-1959

Hannington, Wal, 1895-

Hannington, Wal, 1895-

Zweig, Ferdynand, 1896-1988

Barou, Noah, 1889-1955

Belfrage, Cedric, 1904-

Huberman, Leo, 1903-1968

Burns, Emile, 1889-1972

Sturmthal, Adolf Fox

Cole, G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard), 1889-1959