Buy this book on-line TORY**, PETER: : GILES AT WARLONDON.HEADLINE,1994. ISBN 0747210411.
UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w cartoon+subject colour portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges crisp,bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean, original,plain dark red cloth boards with crisp,bright,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,red+green headband,and immaculate plain cream endpapers.UK,Landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj1st edn,13-189pp [paginated] includes prologue,6 chapters/ sections,an epilogue,a selection (120+) contemporary b/w GILES cartoons - 8pp colour cartoon section, between pp120/1,several contemporary b/w biographical photographs throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] b/w cartoon vignetted half-title page,title page,and b/w cartoon vignetted dedication,and Acknowledgements pages.
The third book in Peter Tory's affectionate tribute to the legendary cartoonist concentrates on Giles's famous wartime cartoons.From his first cartoon for the Daily Express in October 1943, Giles captured in his inimitable style the humour and pathos of war - invariably siding with the ordinary soldier against 'the officer class'.His merciless portrayals of Hitler and Mussolini did much to raise morale at home,and his hilarious cartoons featuring laconic gum-chewing GIs - despite official disapproval - helped cement Anglo-American relations.
Carl Giles did many of the cartoons while on active service after the D-Day invasion of France; in this book,he describes his experiences to Peter Tory,as well as choosing over 120 of his favourite wartime cartoons. 'Giles at War' is a worthy successor to the best-selling 'Giles: A Life in Cartoons' and 'The Giles Family'.
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