Wally: His Cartoons of the A.E.F.
Paris: Stars and Stripes, 1919. First edition. Softcover. Small Oblong Octavo (7 x 17 1/2"). 52 leaves, unpaginated. Original dark brown binder's tape over stapled light brown, illustrated wraps with brown lettering on cover, protected in modern mylar. Reprinted from the "Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Force). Profits of the edition were slated to go to The Stars and Stripes French War Orphans' Fund.
Caricatures and cartoons depicting the soldier's life in and around combat action as well as private settings during W.W.I in France. Private Wallgren, working as a cartoonist for the Washington Post before the war, made several trips to the front giving ample material to satirize the army life with typical American wit and humor. He dedicated this work to the front line soldier. Light wear along edges and spine of wraps, small chips, stains and three inch closed tear along top of front wrap at binding tape. Block browned with some small chips and creasing at foredge corners, few small closed tears at foredge. Wraps and interior in overall good+ to very good condition. g+ to vg. Item #42286
Price: $350.00