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Regina: School Aids and Textbook Publishing Co., Ltd, 1944. Stapled Wraps. 8vo. Light general shelfwear, ink name & date to ffep & title page; very good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Regina: School Aids and Text Book Publishing Col, Ltd., 1945. Second Printing. . Card Cover. Good to Very Good. A collection of ballads, written in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. Red paper-covered rigid card cover with white titling and purple illustration on front, inside of cover and first and last free end papers have an overall green and white design, staple binding, illustrated with black and white photographs and a line drawing, 61 pages. Cover has light edge wear, some chipping of top layer of paper on spine, light shelf wear, two small spots of front endpaper missing top layer. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Hardback. New.

Canada: School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., Ltd., 1945. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 62 pages. Presents thirty-one ballads penned by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany's Oflag VII/B during WWII "...in the belief that they may be of some interest to the folks in Canada, and that our friends at home may get some inkling of the things we do and the things we think about behind the old barbed wire." - page 3. Ominous cover art depicts large Nazi boot treading on silhouette of POW behind barbed wire. Reproduction of the author's POW photo on page 6. Photo of the Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B on page 30 includes Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B on page 62. Dedicated to the men of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, and the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Laid-in is an undated WWII news clipping entitled Poem Found on Body of Unknown Soldier. Prior owner's name stroked out atop first… Read More