Lot 199 - “Up Front” Vintage Hardcover War Memoir With Cartoons By Bill Mauldin, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945 2392 and a bell

and a bell

It has been outfitted with a standard plug but could also be hardwired

Pre-Auction Notes: Item dimensions are of each bookend

Bound with gilt lettering and gilt image of an airplane and cloud on the spine

with one clasp missing

Lot 199 - “Up Front” Vintage Hardcover War Memoir With Cartoons By Bill Mauldin, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945 2392 and a bellVintage 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