Left Book Club: leaflets

Identifier
WL1389
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70458
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Left Book Club

Biographical History

The Left Book Club was a very successful radical left wing group that flourished in Great Britain from the mid 1930s to the beginning of WWII. It was started in 1936 by the barrister, Stafford Cripps, and publisher Victor Gollancz, with the goal of selling left wing books at very cheap prices. Those who joined agreed to buy at least one book a month for a 6 month period. By 1939 it had 57,000 members and sold about 6 million books. During the war the British Communist Party agitated for an end to war and transformed a number of Left Book Club groups into "Stop the War" committees. By the end of WWII there were only 7,000 subscribers and it formally shut down in 1948.

Acquisition

Left book Club leaflets/ inserts

Donated April 2002

Scope and Content

Leaflets, advertising the Left Book Club's membership
English 

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • The Wiener Library holds a number of Left Book Club titles.

Subjects

  • Leaflets

Places

  • Great Britain
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