Author: RAWLS, WALTON; RICKARDS, MAURICE
Title: Wake Up, America. World War I and the American Poster
Description: NY, Abbeville Press. 1988, 1st. (ISBN: 0896598888). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abbeville Press, 1988. folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 288pp. richly illustrated with full color and b/w reproductions. Blind embossed blue cloth with gilt spine titles, blue endpapers. "the government mobilized the talents of an incredible cadre of artists to create "pictorial publicity" for all aspects of the war effort - from recruiting to war relief to food and fuel conservation. Artists of the calibre of James Montgomery Flagg, Howard Chandler Christy, Charles Dana Gibson, J.C. Leyendecker and N.C. Wyeth produced an impressive -even magnificent - body of art, yet all but a handful of these posters have been almost totally forgotten." Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: American History & Americana Military 0896598888


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