For You the War is Over
Horner, Gordon
Published by Privately Published, London, 1948
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1948. First edition. Unpaginated with 12 tipped in colour plates and many other black and white illustrations. Gordon Horner (1915-2006) was an artist who specialized in charcoal portraits. He was War Artist for the Sunday Chronicle and was a principal artist for The Autocar from 1946 to 1980. During the Second World War he fought and was captured in the North African desert and then passed through a succession of prison camps in Italy and Germany before being liberated. He was surprisingly allowed art materials and kept his prison camp art that depicted his wartime experiences and time as a prisoner. After the war he prepared this book using his original artwork, which is accompanied by his own narrative of events and provides an unusual insight into POW life. It contains a signed preface by his fellow P.O.W. and Yorkshire and England cricketer Bill Bowes (William Eric Bowes, 1908-1987). The book is bound in the original light yellow cloth covered boards with a green sciver leather spine with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the top corners and a light dent on the top edge of the rear board. The spine ends are lightly bumped with some wear to the leather at the bottom of the spine and a small bit of damage to the leather on the rear board near the spine corner. The contents are tight and very clean with offsetting to the free endpapers. The preface by Bill Bowes has been flatsigned 'Bill Bowes'. The unclipped dustwrapper is also very good with some shelf wear and some light soiling on the back. The corners are lightly bumped and there is slightly heavier bumping to the spine ends. There is an unrepaired tear of about 1/4" on the top rear edge. The wrapper is in an easily removed clear plastic protective cover. Seller Inventory # gMilGen22
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Title: For You the War is Over
Publisher: Privately Published, London
Publication Date: 1948
Binding: Hardback
Illustrator: Gordon Horner
Condition: Very Good Plus
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: SIGNED COPY
Edition: First Edition
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For You the War is Over.
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Privately published, 1948. Preface written and signed by Bill Bowes (cricketer and prisoner-of-war)., 1948
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Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Colour & Black and White illustrations including tipped-in colour plates. Very Good (-) in Good (+) Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover (DJ badly torn and chipped, with some staining; covers lightly worn; endpapers foxed). Seller Inventory # 31563
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For You The War Is Over
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Privately Published, London, 1948
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Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published: 1948. First Edition. Signed by author. Preface signed by Bill Bowes, ex-Yorkshire cricketer and prisoner of war. DESCRIPTION: Green illustrated DJ with red titles over yellow cloth with green leather spine. Illustrated with twelve tipped in colour plates (and other drawings throughout) by the artist and ex-POW, Gordon Horner, recounting his experience as a POW in Italy and Germany. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Light wear to corners and edges with small loss to upper and lower spine ends. Minor marks to cloth. Tightly bound with shadowed and lightly foxed endpapers. Strong hinges. Spotting to upper edges of preliminary pages. Spotted text block edges with a few partial spots to extreme page edges. DJ Condition: Good: Light wear to upper and lower edges. Small losses to upper and lower spine end edges. Pages Unpaginated. Size: 3 19cm by 25cm. Signed by author. Seller Inventory # 11681
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For You the War is Over
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Waterlow and Sons 1948, 1948
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
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SIGNED by Bill Bowes (who wrote preface) & inscibed by fellow inmate, oblong super octavo, yellow buckram boards with green spine, gilt lettering to spine, illus half & full title pgs, unpaginated, illus, VG- (light creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing & tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration to covers). Seller Inventory # 1y31/6
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For You The War Is Over.
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Privately Printed for the Author by The Falcon Press., London., 1948
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Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gordon Horner. (illustrator). Privately Printed. Preface signed by Bill Bowes (ex-Yorkshire cricketer and ex-POW). Illustrated throughout by the artist and POW Gordon Horner who was artist working for the Sunday Chronicle amongst other. This was produced recounting his war experiences as a POW in Italy and Germany. Believed he was caught trying to get too close to the enemy. 12 tipped in colour plates and drawings throughout of comrades in the camps with names and details, pale yellow cloth boards, green cloth spine with gilt titles along the side. Some light edge rubbing, dustwrapper chipped at edges near spine and closed split at top front edge near spine, but all complete, also wrapper handled feel on cover. Contents very good. Oblong octavo. (uncommon privately printed WW2 military history and war-time experiences). Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 4023
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For you the War is over.
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London: Privately Published for the Author by the Falcon Press, 1948
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Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
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12 tipped-in coloured plates and numerous other illustrations. Oblong 8vo (7 3/8 x 10 inches), unpaginated. Original quarter green leather, yellow cloth boards. Headbands rubbed and very scuffed with loss at base, foxing to endpapers and occasionally lightly within. In the browned and edge-worn dust jacket. The preface is signed by Bill Bowes below his printed signature. Seller Inventory # 17221
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FOr You THe War is Over
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Privately Published 1948, 1948
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
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Signed by author, small oblong quarto, yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering to green leather spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges & heavier to eps, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (some fading, light bruising to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to front flap fold, some creasing to upper edges). Seller Inventory # 2i35/6
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For You the War Is Over
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Falcon, Lon., 1948
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Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy; larger-format; oblong; memoir of a British soldier who was captured in North Africa and was kept in Italian and German POW camps. Seller Inventory # 010167
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For You the War is Over.
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Privately published for the Author by the Falcon Press., 1948
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First Edition
Seller: West Grove Books, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Landscape 8vo. Unpaginated. Extensively illustrated in text and with 12 tipped-in colour plates. In quarter eau-de-nile leather with yellow cloth boards, spine gilt-stamped. Preface by Bill Bowles, ex-fellow POW and Yorkshire cricketer, and signed by him. Additional signature of "Old Len"to ffep. A breezy and excellently illustrated account of life as a POW in Italy and Germany following capture in the Libyan desert. Re-backed in matching leather with spine piece laid down. Dust-wrapper strengthened and repaired. Seller Inventory # PS.618
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For You the War is Over
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Privately Printed, 1948
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First Edition
Seller: Westmoor Books, Bedale, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Privately Published for the Author by the Falcon Press, 1948. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. London: Privately Published for the Author by the Falcon Press, 1948. First Edition. 12 tipped-in coloured plates and numerous other illustrations. Oblong 8vo (7 3/8 x 10 inches), un-paginated. Original quarter green leather, yellow cloth boards with original dust jacket. The preface is signed by Bill Bowes below his printed signature. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition, bumped to ends with a small tear at the top, gilt titles down full length of spine. Joints good. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition original quarter green leather, yellow cloth boards with small bump to front. Dust jacket has a small tear to the front cover and a little chipping., boards are slightly bowed. Page edges good condition lightly tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition lightly tanned. End papers good condition. Title good condition. Pages good condition a number of b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Binding good condition sound, nice clean example. Seller Inventory # 005307
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For YOU The War is Over
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Privately Printed for the Author, London, 1948
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Gordon Horner was a commercial artist who worked for Autocar, Flight and Associated Magazines but during the war he was a POW in Italy and Germany and this book tells of those experiences but is, of course, thoroughly illustrated throughout in both black and white and with tipped-in colour plates. Horner's fellow POW and Yorkshire cricketer Bill Bowes wrote a short introduction and this copy has his flatsigned signature beneath his printed name at the end of the introduction. Much more unusually, this copy is also signed by Horner himself on the endpaper "To Mike In Friendship, Gordon May 10, 2000" The book is in very good order. The jacket is complete with just a little wear at the spine. Size: oblong. Category: Art & Design; Military & Warfare. For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying. Seller Inventory # 74114
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