Drawing Fire: The Editorial Cartoons of Bill Mauldin 35.00. The artist's running commentary of what he saw and experienced on & near the front lines and the WWII drawings that made Mauldin the friend of GIs and the bane of some of his superiors, such as General Patton. Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front - Autographed Copy Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front - Autographed Copy. Not remaindered, ex-library or Book Club edition. Bill Mauldin was one of the twentieth centurys outstanding editorial cartoonists. There is a 3" x 4" book plate on the front paste down and an inked inscription on the FFEP after those, the interior is clean and completely free of writing, stray marks and any sort of paper damage there is a brown stain on the lower front corner of each page from 81-103-neither the text or cartoons are affected. The front panel and the spine have mild fading along the top edge and along the fore edge (see photos). The exterior of this book is in good or better condition: it is square, very clean, with all four corners lightly bumped but no edge dings there is also slight bumping with minor fabric damage (but no fraying) at the head and heel of the spine hinges are strong. 9-1/2" tall, 228 numbered pages includes one of his war time cartoons on virtually ever pair of pages. Stated "Five Printings before Publication / Sixth Printing August 1945". World Publishing Company August, 1945 Cleveland & New York.
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