 Later that year he and Roger Senhouse purchased the publishing firm of Martin Secker, which had gone into receivership, and renamed it Secker & Warburg.The firm became renowned for its independent left-wing position, being both anti-fascist and anti-Communist, which put it at loggerheads with many intellectuals of the time.Among the books the firm published were C. L. R. James's "World Revolution", Reg Groves's "We Shall Rise Again", Boris Souvarine's "Stalin" and André Gide's "Back from the USSR".