Britain at War (1941)
First Edition of the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War,
Featuring Dozens of Illustrations and a Poem by T.S. Eliot
Eliot, T.S. Britain at War. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941.
Slim quarto. Hardcover. 1st Edition.
First edition of this fascinating work about the art of World War II, from painting to photography, with an introductory poem by T.S. Eliot. Featuring a color frontispiece as well as dozens of captioned black-and white illustrations, paintings, and photographs, this book published by the Museum of Modern Art focuses on the art of the Second World War as it was being created. Book about-fine, dust jacket near-fine with only slight rubbing mainly to edges.