FS: Books on War/Battle Art & Images
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Books on War Images/Art
Heller, Jonathan ed.
War & Conf;lict: Slected Images from the National Archives 1765-1970. National
Archives:1990. 1st ed. Near fine in illus. binding as issued. Ex-library stamp
on free endpaper but no other marks or stickers. 355 p. w/hundreds of illus. of
paintings, drawings and photos, bibliography, list of sources of record
groups, list of negative numbers for photos, artist index, and photographer
index. $20
Holzer, Harold and Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: the Civil War in Art. Orion:1993. 1st ed. Fine
in fine dj. 336 p. w/many illus. of paintings and drawings, notes, index. $40
Langmaid, Rowland
"The Med": The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean 1939-1945. Batchworth
Press:1948. 1st ed. Very good in vg price clipped dj. 130 p. w/maps on
endpapers, index, and 57 illus. of paintings by the author. Author was the
Official Admiralty Artist for the Mediterranean Fleet during the war. $30
Library of Congress
An Album of American Battle Art 1755-1918. US Gov't Printing Office:1947. 1st
ed, Very good w/o dj. Spine and top of binding has some staining, and back has
some scuffing and a scratch. Last 14 pages have small stains to bottom. 319 p.
w/index of illus., and of the negatives owned by the Library of Congress. Art
consists of photos, lithographs, engravings, maps, and other non-painting art.
$30
McCormick, Ken and Hamilton Darby Perry
Images of War: the Artist's Vision of World War II. Orion:1990. 1st ed. Very
good+ in vg dj. Dj has light shelf wear to corners. Bottom corners of binding
have wear thru the cloth. 453 p. w/illus., source list, artist and general
index. $38
Military History Quarterly.
MHQ: the Quarterly Journal of Military History Spring 1994. Vol 6 no. 3.
Special Issue: Europe in the Summer of 1944. MHQ:1994. Fine in illustrated
binding as issued. 112 p. w/several articles. Of interest is the article on
LAWREN P. HARRIS, a remarkable Canadian military painter, including 9 illus. of
his unique work. $12
Simpson, Keith
Waffen SS. Bison:1990. 1st ed. Fine in vg dj. 80 p. w/illus., list of divisions
and list of Knight's Crosses awarded to the differeent SS divisions. Includes
several excellent examples of SS poster art. $18
Sullivan, Gen. Gordon R. ed., Marylou Gjernes art ed.
Portrait of an Army. Center for Military History:1991. 1st ed. Near fine in vg
dj. Dj has light wear to edges and two small tears to top front. Ex-library
stamp on free endpaper, otherwise no marks or stickers. 180 p. w/many illus. of
paintings from the War of 1812 to the Persian Gulf, brief artists biographies,
and a brief history of the Army Art Collection. $20
Time Inc.
Life's Picture History of World War II. Time:1950. 1st ed. Very good in red
binding, tho missing slipcase. Slight wear to head and tail of binding. 368 p.
w/dozens of illus. of photos and paintings, glossary of WWII personalities,
picture credits, index. Oversize. $15
Wheeler, Monroe, ed.
Britain at War. Museum of Metropolitan Art:1941. 1st ed. Very good in illus.
binding. Binding is scuffed, with light edgewear. Light foxing on endpapers. 97
p. w/many illus., catalog. Includes paintings, drawings, photos by British
artists. Also has articles by Wheeler, Herbert Read, E.J. Carter, and Carlos
Dyer on the Artist and National Defense, the War as Seen by British Artists,
Architectural Reconstruction and War-Time Forms, the Role of the Artist in
Camouflage, and a poem, Defense of the Islands by T.S. Eliot. $30
Williams, Hermann Warner
The Civil War: the Artists Record. Beacon Press:1961. 1st ed. Very good in worn
dj. Dj has wear at all edges. 268 p. w/many illus in b & w of paintings and
drawings, catalog, index to artists. $25
Yenne, William P. with Dr. Keith W. Dills
German War Art 1939-1945. Crescent:1983. 1st ed. thus. Fine in vg dj. 160 p.
w/list of German war artists. Numerous painting reproductions in full color.
$32
Zeman, Zbynek
Selling the War: Art and Propaganda in World War II. Exeter:1982. 1st US ed.
Near fine in vg dj. 120 p. w/many illus., index. $30
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