Handle With Care

R Anderson & D Westmacott

Published by JoTe

About this Item

Signed copy. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Extremely scarce item. Originally published in 1946, this 2005 reprint is even scarcer. Includes a list of signatures from RAF on the ffep (see image 2). For an example of a cartoon see image 3."This Book of Sketches, drawn in German Prison Camps, has been a headache to its authors since its birth in May, 1943. Some of the sketches were taken by the Germans and had to be re-drawn. Others were damaged in transit from camp to camp. During the last big Allied Push the Book was so bulky that it had to be left with a friend in the Camp Sick Bay, and we hoped never to see it again. However, it finally turned up in England, and after going astray in the post for fourteen days, once again fell into our hands. We then spent two months searching a somewhat changed England for a publisher with enough good paper for the Book. Having discovered one, we found that the printing trade was so short of man-power, particularly block-makers and book-binders, that our book had to take its turn in a long queue, and that our original estimate of the time required to produce it was far too optimistic. We therefore apologise for the long delay, and hope that you will receive your copy with as much pleasure as we see the last of it. We should like to take this opportunity of apologising to the many subscribers who sent messages of goodwill, for not replying to them. We hope you will understand that there were so many messages, and that our time was so fully occupied with the Book, that we had no time to answer them personally. Wishing both our friends and all our fellow P.O.Ws. the best of luck in their return to civilization.R.A.D.W.Cookham, 1946" (preface to the first edition).

Seller Inventory # 417388

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handle With Care
• Publisher: JoTe
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good