Lot 199 - “Up Front” Vintage Hardcover War Memoir With Cartoons By Bill Mauldin, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945 2392 Printed by The Athenaeum Press

Printed by The Athenaeum Press

losses to case edges

and addressed to Master Harry Gaunter

as the gilt gesso coating has begun to crumble and fall away

Pre-Auction Notes: Item dimensions are of each bookend

Lot 199 - “Up Front” Vintage Hardcover War Memoir With Cartoons By Bill Mauldin, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945 2392 Printed by The Athenaeum PressVintage hardcover book Up Front by Bill Mauldin, published by Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945. Cover features an illustration of two weary soldiers walking together. Memoir text is illustrated throughout with Mauldins captioned cartoon depictions of soldiers lives. Pencil inscription on inside front cover notes the book as a first edition (unstated in the book itself) and refers to it as the authors most famous work. Some warping and water