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THOMAS, BERT: : Close-ups Through a childs eyes

LONDON.RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS Ltd.,[nd.]

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UK,slim,landscape 16mo wraps,1st edn.[Nd - undated,but circa wartime issue -1939-45.] VG.No owner inscrptn,and no publisher's printed price. Aged and lightly grubbed colour caricature (Churchill) illustrated brown paper covers with red+black lettering; with some ubiquitous but minimal shelf-wear to edges and corners; a couple of tiny closed tears/snicks - one each to top edges of front+ear edges,a further two tiny closed tears/snicks to both front+rear vertical edges of covers too.A couple of small water(?) stains to bottom edges of both front+rear edges near the spine/backstrip.To front cover a shadow of an adhesive label having been removed? UK, slim,landscape 16mo wraps,1st edn includes 16pp rusty stapled [unpaginated] 15 colour caricatures with red+black accompanying text in child-like script.Caricatures include those of Churchill,Roosevelt,Stalin,General Sikorski, Chiang Kai-Shek,General de Gaulle,Field M. Smuts,Eleanor (Roosevelt),Lord Woolton (Ministry of Food),Mr Maisky; five bad men: Hitler, Mussolinni,Doctor Goebels,Goering and Laval. An exceptional copy given it's ephemeral nature and age - described hard but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it reads or sounds.Also given wartime paper-rationing and WW2 bombing raids it is unusual for copies to survive in large numbers,so an uncommon wartime morale booster for the general poplace. Herbert Samuel "Bert" Thomas b. 13th Oct 1883, Newport,GWENT - d. 6th Sept 1966,was a political cartoonist contributing to Punch magazine for 30 years or so and was the creator of well-known British propaganda posters during the First and Second World Wars.Awarded MBE 1918.Thomas also drew cartoons,which were published in 'The Bystander','The Graphic' and 'Punch' magazines in the years prior to WW1.In 1914 Thomas joined the Artist's Rifles. Whilst he served in the regiment,he drew his most famous cartoon 'Arf a mo' Kaiser' which was used as a poster to raise funds to supply cigarettes and tobacco for British soldiers.The poster proved a great success,raising over £250,000.The image of a grinning Tommy lighting a pipe embodied the stoical spirit of the British soldier during the war. The design was adapted during the Second World War as 'Arf a mo' Hitler'. Thomas also designed numerous posters advertising the later campaigns of the National War Savings Committee.He mainly worked with ink and brush,but also experimented with other styles,including simple flat pattern designs derived from sources such as the 'Beggarstaff Brothers'. During WW2 he designed posters."Is Your Journey Really Necessary?" (1942),was one of his best known designs,attempting to discourage the civilian population's wartime rail travel. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,landscape 16mo wraps,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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