The Scribbler

Siemion, Vincent

Published by Lockheed Overseas Corporation, Ireland, 1944

About this Item

First edition. Red cloth hardcover, circa 1944. Cartoons and drawings by Lockheed Overseas Corporation civilian mechanic satirically depicting life at Langford Lodge airfield North of Belfast, Ireland during World War II. 3,900 U.S. civilians worked at the base, assembling, testing and/or servicing planes that included the Lockheed P-38 Lightning and Bell P-39 Airacobras fighters. Book include autographs/inscriptions from co-workers at the base. Lower half of spine missing. Dampstains to edges of endpapers and some page edges where red binding color has bled through. Some tears to protective tissue paper for cartoons. Includes drawings depicting Langford Lodge (more significantly dampstained), Lockheed Overseas Corporation Hospital (more significantly dampstained), Pakenham Chapel, The Vicarage, An Irish Cottage, and cartoons regarding life on the base. Seller Inventory # 009599

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Scribbler

Publisher: Lockheed Overseas Corporation, Ireland

Publication Date: 1944

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Acceptable

Book Type: Book