Secker and Warburg (Searchlight Books, No. 1) / GB, London / Februar 19, 1941 / 5,000 copies.
A three-part booklet, with the following chapters:
- Part I: England Your England
- Part II: Shopkeepers at War
- Part III: The English Revolution
Victor Gollancz Ltd. / GB, London / 1941.
Authors: Victor Gollancz, George Orwell, John Strachey and others.
The Labour Book Service / GB, London / 1942.
Authors: G. D. H. Cole, George Orwell and others.
From Daniel J. Leab (one of the owners):
George Orwell, "Culture and Democracy," in C. D. H. Cole, et al, Victory or Vested Interest?
In 1941 Orwell wrote some essays which just before his death in 1950 he instructed were not to be reprinted. These include "Fascism and Democracy" and "Patriots and Revolutionaries," two chapters he contributed to a Gollancz-edited anthology, The Betrayal of the Left: An Examination and Refutation of Communist Policy, published in March 1941 a few months before the German invasion of the Soviet Union. While not for Orwell, the Nazi demarche restored the appeal of Russia for many of the contributors. Orwell in his two chapters sets forth some unpleasant truths about the popular appeals of Fascism and the need for the Left to not abandon patriotism to the Right. He had presented "Culture and Democracy" in November 1941 as a lecture to the Fabian Society. Founded in 1884 by British middle class intellectuals to spread Socialist ideas, the society (which became somewhat elitist over the years) preached evolutionary Socialism not revolutionary Marxism, and is an adjunct of the Labour Party which it serves as a "think tank." Much of what Orwell spoke about such as the failure of certain kinds of socialists to differentiate between "totalitarians and bourgeois democracy" can be found in his other writings. This edition of the book, which preceeded the Routledge trade edition was for members of the Labour Book Service only, and not the "general public." Of the 6,311 copies of this book published on May 15,1942, probably by far the larger portion was that issued by the Labour Book Service. Orwell did not want "Culture and Democracy" reprinted because, as he wrote in 1947, it was "transcribed from shorthand notes of a lecture, and was grossly altered without my knowledge."
George Allen and Unwin Ltd. / GB, London / 1943.
Talking to India, by E. M. Forster, Richie Calder, Cedric Dover, Hsiao Ch'ien and others: A Selection of English Language Broadcasts to India. Edited and with an Introduction by George Orwell.
Socialist Book Centre / GB, London / July 1946.
A pamphlet printing of 'Second Thoughts on James Burnham'
Collins / GB, London / 1947.
A six-part booklet, with the following chapters:
- Part I: England at First Glance
- Part II: The Moral Outlook of the English People
- Part III: The Political Outlook of the English People
- Part IV: The English Class System
- Part V: The English Language
- Part VI: The Future of the English People
Allan Wingate / GB, London / spring 1948.
Volume 1: 'From the 16th Century the 18th Century' - Editors: George Orwell and Reginald Reynolds. With an Introduction by George Orwell