Editore: the journal, London, 1956
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Magazine. 88p., softbound, 10x7 inches, plain printed buff wraps. Somewhat edgeworn, with a tanned spine panel that has suffered a ragged 1-inch burst at the head (now repaired by an expert: us), and the perfectbound leaves seem a little at risk. Okay copy. Auden contributes 7 pages of thinky-thoughts in prose, Amis 2 pages of poetry.
Editore: the journal, London, 1968
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale
Magazine. 96p.,wraps, 7x10 inches, plain printed buff wraps, cover page is a very small bump on upper right corner, on title page there is a note pencilled in at top with a price for the magazine, inside wraps are evenly and lightly toned, showing some edge and shelf wear, else in good condition. Issue theme: "Is Marxism Still Alive"? "Herbert Marcuse" by Maurice Cranston, "Kolakowski" by Leo Labedz, "Drugs and Literature" by Kenneth Allsop, more. Magazine was funded in part by the CIA supported "Congress of Cultural Freedom".
Editore: the journal, London, 1968
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale
Magazine. 96p., softbound, 7x10 inches, plain printed buff wraps. Cover edgeworn with black marker smudge on upper right corner of cover, and some minor smudging on same, inside wraps are clean and crisp, in good condition. This issue focuses on the "Student Revolt" in the USA, France, Germany and Italy, Evelyn Waugh "Letters to and from Randolph Churchill" Encounter was funded in part until 1967 by the CIA supported "Congress of Cultural Freedom".
Editore: the journal, London, 1968
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale
Magazine. 96p., 7x10 inches, wraps. Very slight edgeworn, on title page there the previous owner name pencilled in at top with a price for the magazine, inside wraps are clean, in good condition. Articles include "World Politics A new Era?" by Theordore Draper, "Richard Strauss" by Peter Heyworth, "After the Barricades, the Student Revolt" with reports from Paris, New York, Berlin, Prague and London, includes commentary by Sideny Hook. Magazine was funded in part until 1967 by the CIA supported "Congress of Cultural Freedom".
Editore: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1953
Da: Shore Books, London, Regno Unito
Rivista / Giornale
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 88 pages. Stephen Spender (Editor) / Herbert Luthy Montaigne - Or the Art of Being Truthful" / W B Yeats "Fourteen Letters" / Arthur Koestler "A Guide to Political Neuroses" / Rose Macaulay "Pleasures of Palaces" / Melvin J Lasky " A Sentimental Traveller in Japan (I)" / Sir Herbert Read "The Zeitgeist" / Raja Tao "India - A Story" / W H Auden - poetry / Michael Hamburger - poetry.
Editore: Martin Secker & Warburg for the Congress for Cultural Freedom, London, 1954
Da: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. 88 pp., 4to, card wrapper. A monthly journal covering literature, arts and politics that was funded, in part, by the US Central Intelligence Agency as a vehicle for propaganda against the Soviet Union. Following this disclosure in 1967, several notables associated with this periodical severed their connection, including W. H. Auden, John Betjeman and Robert Lowell. With an interesting pairing of editors in Spender and Kristol. Laid in is the leaflet index to volume II (January-June 1954). Very good copy; lightly creased, wrapper edges a little age-toned. Miller & Price C30.
Editore: the journal, London, 1961
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale
Magazine. 96p., wraps, 10x7 inches. Somewhat edge worn, with a toned edges, edge and shelf worn, else in good condition. Articles and notes on Dwight MacDonald, The Sorbone, C.P.Snow, and the lead article "What Future for Africa?" two views by Thomas Hodkin and Elspeth Huxley, more. Encounter was funded in part until 1967 by the CIA supported "Congress of Cultural Freedom".
Editore: the journal, London, 1962
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale
Magazine. 96p., wraps, 7x10 inches. Somewhat edgeworn, with a toned edges, wraps are bumped in upper right corner, edge and shelf worn, else in good condition. Articles and notes "Scientce& Culture" by J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Can Labour Recover" David Marquand", and Aldous Huxley on "Unpainted Landscpets". Encounter was funded in part until 1967 by the CIA supported "Congress of Cultural Freedom".
Editore: the journal, London, 1963
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. 94p., softbound, 7x10 inches, plain printed buff wraps. Cover edgeworn and some minor smudging, with a toned edges, wraps are clean and crisp, else in good condition. Articles and notes "The Hebrew Myths" by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai, "India" by John Mander, and Frank Kermode on "Gutenerg" and lots more.Encounter was funded in part until 1967 by the CIA supported "Congress of Cultural Freedom".
Editore: Martin, Secker & Warburg for The Congress For Cultural Freedom, 1955
Da: Shore Books, London, Regno Unito
Rivista / Giornale
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 88 pages. W H Auden "Vespers" (poem) / Albert Dasnoy "What Is Vulgarity?" / Francis King "So Hurt And Humiliated" / Alfred Cobban "Cruelty As A Political Problem" / Christopher Hollis "Can Parliament Survive?" / Maurice Cranston "Of Human Freedom" / F N Souza "Nirvana Of A Maggot".