Best of Fragments from France
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
978-1-84884-169-7 (ISBN)
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On the front cover was a coloured print of The Better 'Ole which soon became, and was to remain, the most loved of all Bairnsfather's cartoons. The authors own the original. Sales quickly reached a quarter of a million and a second anthology was published, More Fragments from France. It was described on the title page as 'Vol II' and the price was still 1s. The cartoon on the cover was What time do they feed the sea lions? In this volume The Bystander launched the first of a series of imaginative marketing exercises, similar to modern promotional methods. The full extent of the proliferation of the cartoons on all manner of products, from playing cards to pottery, is described in our Bairnsfather biography. Soon Still More Fragments from France were clamoured for, and, with an eye to the future, more the booklet was labelled No. 3 on the cover, Vol III on the title page. The success of the Fragments magazines was such that edition followed edition in rapid succession and at least eleven editions were published. The covers retained the same cartoon but were reproduced in different colours, both of board and ink -- green, blue, red, grey, fawn and mauve.
In America Putnam's issued Nos. I-IV as one volume and parts V and VI separately. Various hard and leather-bound collections were offered for sale by The Bystander, and the drawings were sold separately as prints and "Portfolios" for framing. They were also printed in colour as give-aways for Answers magazine.Leafing through these pages, the reader will soon understand their tremendous popularity and success which have withstood the test of time.
Bruce Bairnsfather is an author and historian. Major and Mrs Holt founded the first organisation to offer battlefield tours to the general public in the late 1970s. Since the 1990s they have been writing their series of guide books, incorporating all that they have learned from their experiences conducting thousands of people around battlefields. This series, designed to serve as companions for travellers, whether sitting at home or physically visiting the battlefields, includes detailed travel directions, military history, fascinating anecdotes and tourist information. The Holts share the writing of their books equally and conduct all their own research, spending many weeks on the ground as they prepare each new book or update previously published titles.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.12.2009 |
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Zusatzinfo | 150 B&W Cartoons |
Verlagsort | South Yorkshire |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Cartoon / Graphic Novel |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84884-169-8 / 1848841698 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84884-169-7 / 9781848841697 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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