Britain in pictures: A history and bibliography

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0907961096 ISBN 13: 9780907961093

Publisher: Werner Shaw LTD, 1995

This book is a comprehensive catalogue of the "Britain In Pictures" series, a group of 126 short books, most published between 1941 and 1945, as a part of Britain's war-time propaganda. The books were usually 48 pages long, and contained a mix of manuscripts, photographs, and paintings. There were 117 authors, among whom were Graham Greene, Elizabeth Bowen, George Orwell, and Cecil Beaton. This catalogue has details of various editions and short biographies of the authors, as well as reproductions of the covers of many of the books.