Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Searchlight Books was a series of essays published as hardback 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 19 February 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:No 1: The Lion and the Unicorn (1941)No 3: The Lesson of London by Ritchie CalderNo 6: The End of the Old School Tie by T. C. Worsley - with foreword by OrwellNo 10: Struggle for the Spanish Soul (1941) by Arturo BareaNo 11: The Case for African Freedom (1941) by Joyce Cary - with foreword by OrwellNo 16: Beyond the \"Isms\" by Olaf StapledonNumber of publication not knownDover Front by Reginald FosterOffensive Against Germany (1941) by Sebastian Haffner The English at War (1941) by Cassandra & Philip ZecLife and the Poet (1942) Stephen Spender↑ ↑ 2.0 2.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑"@en }
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- Searchlight_Books abstract "Searchlight Books was a series of essays published as hardback 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 19 February 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:No 1: The Lion and the Unicorn (1941)No 3: The Lesson of London by Ritchie CalderNo 6: The End of the Old School Tie by T. C. Worsley - with foreword by OrwellNo 10: Struggle for the Spanish Soul (1941) by Arturo BareaNo 11: The Case for African Freedom (1941) by Joyce Cary - with foreword by OrwellNo 16: Beyond the \"Isms\" by Olaf StapledonNumber of publication not knownDover Front by Reginald FosterOffensive Against Germany (1941) by Sebastian Haffner The English at War (1941) by Cassandra & Philip ZecLife and the Poet (1942) Stephen Spender↑ ↑ 2.0 2.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".