DAVID LOW - 9 books of political cartoons, 1930s/WWII: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini

Description: David Low collection political cartoons This is a great group of ten books (9 different titles, plus 1 duplicate) presenting the works of famed political cartoonist David Low. One book is signed by him. Born in New Zealand in 1891, Low moved to London in 1919, where, according to Horns World Encylopedia of Cartoons, he became: Probably the most important, popular and influential cartoonist working in British newspapers in the first half of the 20th Century. Wikipedia has a 1200-word entry on David Low, in which it notes, he made his career and earned fame for his Colonel Blimp depictions and his satirising of the personalities and policies of German dictator Adolf Hitler,, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and other leaders of his times [including FDR]. . . . His most famous work chronicled the rise of fascism in the 1930s, the policy of Appeasement, and the conflict of World War II. His provocative depictions of Hitler and Mussolini led to his work being banned in Italy, and his being named in The Black Book. . . . the list of those the Nazis planned to arrest in the aftermath of an invasion of Great Britain. A year before his death in 1963, he received a knighthood, and in the The Guardians obituary, Sir David Law was described as, the dominant cartoonist of the western world. This collection of Lows work comprises a wonderful survey of his incisive, humorous and artistic political commentary. All the books are complete, with a wealth of his cartooning, but note that some are in worn condition see the accompanying photos, and the individual descriptions below. ************************ The group includes: LOWS POLITICAL PARADE - Cresset Press, 1936; oblong; 12x9 inches in size, 208 pages, illustrated cover worn and scuffed, with interior in Very Good condition. Cover includes caricatures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hitler and Mussolini. Signed on blank inside page by the author, with an inscription: To Richard and Mrs. Waldo / with kind regards and best wishes / from LOW / 1936 LOW AGAIN: A Pageant of Politics - Cresset Press, 1938; oblong; 12x9 inches in size, 160 pages. Interior is in good shape, but covers are in Poor condition, taped on the spine A CARTOON HISTORY OF OUR TIMES - Simon & Schuster, 1939; oblong; 12x8.5 inches in size, pages unnumbered, but approx. 160 pages. Cover edges and spine worn, with some soiling. LOW ON THE WAR: a Cartoon Commentary of the Years 1939-41 - Simon & Schuster, 1941; oblong; 10.5x9 inches in size, 158 pages, worn along cover edges and top/bottom of spine. YEARS OF WRATH: A Cartoon History, 1931-45; - Simon & Schuster, 1946; 8x11 inches in size, pages unnumbered, but at least 160 pages. Very Good condition, in a very worn dust jacket. LOWS CARTOON HISTORY, 1945-1953. Simon & Schuster, 1953; 8.5x10.5 inches in size, 160 pages. Very Good condition, with a lightly worn illustrated dust jacket. LOWS CARTOON HISTORY, 1945-1953. - a second copy, also in Very Good condition, without a dust jacket. LOW VISIBILITY, A Cartoon History, 1945-1953 - Collins, London, 1953; 8.5x10.5 inches in size, 160 pages. Very Good condition, with a lightly worn illustrated dust jacket. THE FEARFUL FIFTIES, A History of the Decade. Simon & Schuster; 7x8 inches in size, 191 pages. Very Good condition, in a good condition dust jacket. DAVID LOW, by Colin Seymour-Ure & Jim Schoff. Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1985. Softbound, 8x10 inches in size, 180 pages. An appreciation of Lows life and work, this book includes an analysis of his art, illustrated by over 150 of his cartoons, and calls Sir David Low: . . . The foremost cartoonist of his age. In a career spanning fifty years he published over 14,000 drawings and his work was syndicated around the world to more than 200 newspapers and magazines. . . . Hitler and Mussolini banned him, but nobody could ignore this brilliant pictorial journalist who . . . influenced a whole generation of cartoonists on both sides of the Atlantic. The book includes a number of cartoons considered too controversial to publish in their day. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))

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