Books for Victory: Publishing During WWII: British publishing in WWII

Books for Victory: Publishing During WWII

Showing posts with label British publishing in WWII. Show all posts

Showing posts with label British publishing in WWII. Show all posts

Monday, July 28, 2014

London Bookstore During the Blitz, 1940

Photographer George Rodger took this shot of a W H Smith & Son bookstore in London, 1940. I found the image in Magnum's collect...

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

RAF pilot reading a book during haircut

Here’s a photo of RAF pilot Francis Mellersh getting a haircut and reading Greenmantle by John Buchan . Fairlop Airfield Base, Essex, ...

Thursday, April 18, 2013

London Bookstore and Library Bombed in the Blitz

In researching books in Britain during World War II, the two photographs below kept turning up. They appear on numerous bookish blogs, but n...

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Book collection van in London, 1943

Photo from the Imperial War Museums . I found this 1943 photo on the Imperial War Museums' website. The caption reads: A Ministry ...

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

1944 publisher's rejection letter

Today the Twitter account for the British publisher Jonathan Cape posted a 1944 rejection letter to a hopeful author. Poor Major Brothers...

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