Oversized volume housed in a slipcase. The book meas. 17.25 x 13.25 inches. It contains 32 full color prints with accompanying text.

The cardboard slipcase is aquamarine in color with the title in gold at the center of a gray rectangle. This mirrors the front cover of the book itself. The slip case shows a good bit of surface dirt and moderate to severe edge wear including some material separations on one edge. Though the slipcase is worn, it did its job of protecting the book as the volume is in very nice condition.

The boards of the book are covered in an aquamarine cloth with a gray spine. Title is stamped in gold at the center of a gray rectangle on front cover. Exterior is very clean with only minor surface dirt from age and storage.

Title page reads “SIGNIFICANT WAR SCENES BY BATTLEFRONT ARTISTS 1941-1945: A COLLECTION OF REFLECTIVE PAINTINGS IN WHICH SIXTEEN ARTISTS INTERPRET WAR AS THEY SAW IT AROUND THE WORLD. SPONSORED BY THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION.”

The prints in this volume include:

THE BURDEN

THE JUGGERNAUT

TANK BREAKTHROUGH AT ST. LO

LET’S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE

MEDITERRANEAN BEACHHEAD, ST. TROPEZ, AUGUST 17, 1944

OIL SUPPLY LINE THROUGH A TUSCAN CITY

RADAR ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

DAWN OFFENSIVE AT CASSINO, MAY 1944

KAMIKAZE ATTACK

JUNGLE SURRENDER ON GUAM

INFERNO ON IWO JIMA

THE RESIDUE OF DEFEAT ON SAIPAN

MANILA RETAKEN

SHOOTING THE BREEZE

HELLDIVERS ON AN ESSEX CLASS CARRIER

FIRE-BOMBING OF TOKYO BY B-29’S

The binding is good and the pages are clean. The colors of the prints are still vibrant. The interior is arranged so that the viewer will have the print on the right-hand page and the text describing the print on the left. This allows the viewer to easily shift their eyes between the text and the artwork and to easily observe highlights pointed out in the text.  [ad]

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