Lot 199 - “Up Front” Vintage Hardcover War Memoir With Cartoons By Bill Mauldin, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945 2392 as the gilt gesso coating

as the gilt gesso coating has begun to crumble and fall away

Most photographs and epitaphs appear on corresponding pages

Includes a folding color map of Gallia Antiqua showing ancient Gaul

Here is a cute vintage baby doll made of a hard plastic

Lot 199 - “Up Front” Vintage Hardcover War Memoir With Cartoons By Bill Mauldin, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945 2392 as the gilt gesso coatingVintage hardcover book Up Front by Bill Mauldin, published by Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945. Cover features an illustration of two weary soldiers walking together. Memoir text is illustrated throughout with Mauldins captioned cartoon depictions of soldiers lives. Pencil inscription on inside front cover notes the book as a first edition (unstated in the book itself) and refers to it as the authors most famous work. Some warping and water