(WORLD WAR TWO) First volume of the Continental Edition of T

Sale 2675 - Lot 318

Price Realized: $ 688

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(WORLD WAR TWO.) First volume of the Continental Edition of "The Stars and Stripes," established soon after D-Day. 53 issues, each 2 or 4 pages, in one volume. Folio, 16½ x 11 inches, early ½ cloth over marbled boards, minor wear; one issue mounted on a stub, otherwise minimal wear to contents; uncut. "Somewhere in France," 4 July to 2 September 1944

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This special "Continental Edition" was launched just four weeks after the arrival of Allied troops on the continent at D-Day. The launch date was no coincidence, as explained in a patriotic editorial on the first page, "We Go to Press in France": "It is right and proper that this newspaper should be produced here on July 4th for many of those it serves have shed their blood to liberate the city in which it is produced. . . . Our plant and its equipment still carry the scars of recent battle." The first 41 issues are credited only as "Printed in France," echoing the language soldiers were asked to use in their letters by military censors. The later issues are credited as "New York--London--Rennes." No other examples traced at auction.