dust jacket of the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
TItle page of the the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
T.S.. Eliot poem, Defense of the Islands, from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
Preface to the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
Evelyn Dunbar's illustrations of a woman putting on anti-gas clothing from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
Henry Moore's drawing "Shelter Scene" from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
A picture of an air raid shelter in a British prehistoric cave from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
A picture of WWII bomb damage in the West End of London from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
International posters from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
Picture of London children in an air raid shelter from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
dust jacket of the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
TItle page of the the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
T.S.. Eliot poem, Defense of the Islands, from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
Preface to the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
Evelyn Dunbar's illustrations of a woman putting on anti-gas clothing from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
Henry Moore's drawing "Shelter Scene" from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
A picture of an air raid shelter in a British prehistoric cave from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
A picture of WWII bomb damage in the West End of London from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
International posters from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)
Picture of London children in an air raid shelter from the first edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War (1941)

Britain at War (1941)

$150.00

First Edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War,
Featuring Dozens of Illustrations and a Poem by T.S. Eliot

Eliot, T.S. Britain at War. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941.

Slim quarto. Hardcover. 1st Edition.

First edition of this fascinating work about the art of World War II, from painting to photography, with an introductory poem by T.S. Eliot. Featuring a color frontispiece as well as dozens of captioned black-and white illustrations, paintings, and photographs, this book published by the Museum of Modern Art focuses on the art of the Second World War as it was being created. Book about-fine, dust jacket near-fine with only slight rubbing mainly to edges.

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