Anderson Westmacott (8 results)

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24x18cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations by Anderson & Westmacott. Foreword by Air Commodore Charles Clarke. Signed on front free endpaper by Ted Catchart [POW No 1724 Stalag 357]. 110 pages. Originally published in 1946. These cartoons, drawn by two prisoners of war, each accompanied by a brief explanatory note, provide a graphic pictorial record of POW life in German POW Camps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed copy. Extremely scarce item. Originally published in 1946, this 2005 reprint is even scarcer. Includes a list of signatures from RAF on the ffep (see image 2). For an example of a cartoon see image 3.This Book of Sketches, drawn in German Prison Camps, has been a headache to its authors since its birth in May, 1943. Some of the sketches were taken by the Germans and had to be re-drawn. Others were damaged in transit from camp to camp. During the last big Allied Push the Book was so bulky that it had to be left with a friend in the Camp Sick Bay, and we hoped never to see it again. However, it finally turned up in England, and after going astray in the post for fourteen days, once ag.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue fabric on board covers with red titles to front, light wear and foxing, 106 numbered pages with a b/w illustrations throughout, has previous owning inscription and label on frontis paste down. Nice tight Binding, comes with the original postage box from the printers. Size 24.3 x 18.3 cm Rare private publication.

Leinen 18,5cm. Condition: Gut. Erstausgabe first edition. 107 S. book slightly rubbed and bumped at corners and edges,pages slightly browned, with many illustrations,page 73 has a small tear on the bottom,text legible Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 320.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Published by Privately by the Authors, Cookham, 1946 (illustrator). 1st Edition. blue linen over boards, red title impression on front cover, 107 pages : illustrations,107 pages with 79 black and white line drawings by prisoners of war in German prison camps. edge wear to covers, wear along spine,3 lines in ink on front blank. RARE Size: Oblong 4 to., Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUND IN BLUE CLOTH WITH RED TITLES TO FRONT BOARD, THIS DATED 1946 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION MEASURING 10" X 7" IS VG. 107pp WITH 79 LINE DRAWING B/W SKETCHES MADE BY P.O.W. INMATES DURING IMPRISONMENT IN GERMANY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. BELOW EACH SKETCH IS A SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE DETAILS AND CONTEXT OF THE DRAWING. REAR ENDPAPERS HAVE BROWN STAINS. ONE INCH CLOSED TEAR TO TOP OF LAST 3 PAGES AND REAR ENDPAPERS. THE SPINE IS A LITTLE DISTORTED AND THE LIMP NATURE OF THE POOR CLOTH BOARDS USED IN 1946 HAS PRODUCED A"WAVY"PROFILE TO BOTH BOARDS. THE AUTHOR HAS RECORDED THE DIFFICULTY HE HAD IN FINDING PRINTER AND PUBLISHER IN POST-WAR BRITAIN. STILL THE BOOK IS CLOSE VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Cookham], The Authors, 1946. Oblong quarto, 107 pages with numerous illustrations. Grey cloth lettered in red on the front cover; cloth a little unevenly sunned and lightly foxed; foot of the spine lightly bumped throughout; a very good copy. The two-page introduction by the authors (dated 'Cookham, 1946') outlines the chequered history of the book, not least the difficulties in getting it printed on their return from captivity. We 'spent two months searching a somewhat changed England for a publisher with enough good paper for the Book. Having discovered one, we found that the printing trade was so short of man-power, particularly block-makers and book-binders, that our book had to take its turn in a long queue, and that our original estimate of the time required to produce it was far too optimistic. We therefore apologise for the long delay, and hope that you will receive your copy with as much pleasure as we see the last of it. We should like to take this opportunity of apologising to the many subscribers who sent messages of goodwill, for not replying to them'. An online search brought up further interesting information: all other copies we found for sale were bound in blue cloth with red lettering; one of them was still in its original packaging from the printer (P.J. Press, 34 Fort Road, Middlesex); and a facsimile edition was published in 2005, variously signed by one or more former prisoners of war.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. private library liquidation unread Reprint of original book of 1946 "Signed by 16 of the RAF ex prisoners of war.".