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ARTIFACT:
Great WWII Submarine Coloring Book. The very large format book was published in 1944 by Merrill and illustrated by Fredric C. Madan. Two of the pages have been tastefully colored with a small color test spot on a third page. Great graphic cover! The book contains 48 large illustrations with captions.
VINTAGE:
Circa WWII
SIZE:
Approximately 15" x 10 ½"
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Card stock, paper, ink, staple bound
ATTACHMENT:
Staple binding
MARKINGS:
"3479" top corner of cover; "FREDRIC C, MADAN" illustrator; "Beautiful Books for Children", "THE MERRILL PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO * ILLINOIS COPYRIGHT U. S. A. 1944", "Imperial and International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved for All Countries including the Right of Translation.", "PRINTED IN U. S. A.", "3479"
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a US Navy Submarine collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VAEX15 LHEX7/15
CONDITION:
7+ (Very Fine+): The coloring books shows minor to moderate wear/use, storage/age wear, two tastefully colored pages, a test color mark on a third, all pages intact, binding showing some separation, overall fine condition.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
