*Childrens’ Books: A further update from this quirky sidebar in publishing history this week. ‘Blitz Books’ is a generic name for various publishers’ series of miniature books (approx 8.5 x 12 cm, usually around 16-32 pages, and published 1940-1944), these booklets helped distract children in air-raid shelters and Underground stations during bombing raids over London. They became known as ‘Blitz Books’, and, like many publications from the years of World War II, are quite scarce, particularly in as nice condition as the examples we have here (although there is some staple rust on these). Four from the unnumbered Tuck’s Better Little Books series, illustrated text stories with colourful, evocative covers. None of these have ever passed through our hands before.
PICTURED:
BIG BOY’S BOW VG £6
CLIVE OF INDIA GD/VG £5 SOLD
THE KILLER OF CARRICKBURN VG £6
TRUE SON VG £6