Search Results: WWII from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

[London]: Sifton, Praed & Co., Ltd / The War Office, 1943. Very Good. 6 x 3 inches. Eight-panel brochure. Tan paper printed in black. B&w illustrations. Some details of illustrations on outer panels neatly colored in with crayon and ink; trimmed slightly unevenly; minor wear. A brutally honest first aid guide for soldiers, containing instructions about how to stop bleeding ("A man bleeds to death very quickly. Stop it with your hands. There is no time to wash. Put your fist into the wound..."), apply tourniquets and splints, carry a wounded comrade during battle, when and when not to give a wounded man a drink, treating gas exposure and phosporous burns, and above all to maintain "courage in the presence of a wounded man. First Aid can save a situation and save a friend."OCLC locates six holdings, all published in different years than this one.

New York: Service Men's Magazine, (n. d.), circa 1946. Good. 5-1/4 x 4 inches. Unpaginated, but 32pp. Stapled white wrappers printed in red and blue, with illustration of soldiers marching in front of a US flag on front cover and illustration of a soldier talking with a boy on the back cover. Wrappers lightly soiled; light dampstain to first two leaves; leaves age-toned. Booklet of mostly military-themed comics and humorous stories and poems sold by mendicant ex-servicemen. Most if not all of the material is attributed to other published sources. The first two pages include a cartoon about two soldiers in gas masks; and another cartoon about a general, his wife, and the wife's friend.

New York: Service Men's Magazine, (n. d.), circa 1946. Good. 5-1/4 x 4 inches. Unpaginated, but 32pp. Stapled white wrappers printed in red and blue, with illustration of soldiers marching in front of a US flag on front cover and illustration of a soldier talking with a boy on the back cover. Light damp-stain to fore-edge of front wrapper; wrappers lightly soiled; leaves age-toned. Booklet of mostly military-themed comics and humorous stories and poems sold by mendicant ex-servicemen. Most if not all of the material is attributed to other published sources, and includes at least one cartoon about WAACs. The first two pages include a cartoon about a soldier getting married; and another showing a soldier in a hail of missiles, with the caption, "Cheer up, Kid -- it's all fun".