Even newspaper comic strips picked up elements of the war in their plots. Mauldin also appeared in the movie the red badge of courage 1951, which starred world war ii medal of honor recipient audie murphy. Up front text and pictures by bill mauldin famous wwii cartoonist vintage 1945 hardcover with dust jacket. Most remembered for his world war ii cartoon soldiers willie and joe, who came to represent the american gi in that war, he was awarded. Mauldins art is a pleasure, and his cartoons of willie and joe are not only funny but along with the accompanying stories also help demonstrate his advocacy for the dogfaces of world war ii. Mar 09, 2015 in fact, in 1945 mauldins work earned him not only the legion of merit citation but a pulitzer prize. Born in 1921, bill mauldin squeezed several lifetimes into his eightyone years. Profusely illustrated with his famous willie and joe cartoons, this was a bestseller when published. Up front featured the wisecracking willie and joe, whose stooped shoulders, mudsoaked uniforms, and pidgin of army slang and slum dialect bore eloquent witness to the world of combat and the men who livedand diedin it.
So, thats probably a good idea of the range of value, unless there is something special you havent mentioned. This hardcover edition is in pretty fair vintage condition, with the binding still being snug. That same year, mauldin released a compendium of the best of his 600 cartoons to date entitled up front. Uwb0312 up front by bill mauldin 1945 printing military. Up front is a phenomenal book about a man in the ww2 fighting but also writing comics about it too. Up front 1945, by bill mauldin never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Week after week, mauldin defied army censors, german artillery, and pattons pledge to throw his ass in jail to deliver his wildly popular cartoon, up front. Up front text and pictures by bill mauldin famous wwii. The fighting cartoonist how bill mauldins comics brought. Patton, during a march 1945 meeting with mauldin, as quoted in the brass ring 1971 by bill mauldin. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Up front author mauldin, bill formatbinding hardcover book condition used edition first edition. Cartoonist bill mauldin, in his furlined mountain cap, surrounded by his combat trophies, sits in his office on the fourth floor of il messagero building in romeone floor above the main editorial offices of the stars and stripes. The real war, said walt whitman, will never get in the books.
Up front by bill mauldin, 1945 hb book, wwii military, cartoon illustrations. In 1945, at age 23, his series up front with mauldin, featuring willie and joe, won him the first of his two pulitzers for editorial cartooning. In march 1945, he drove up to luxembourg, to pattons quarters. The cartoon that won mauldin a pulitzer prize addresses that very fact. Signed in dec of 1945 and inscribed to jimmy stewart a joke by mauldin, as my grandfathers last name was steuart. This is up front by bill mauldin, dated 1945, first edition6th printing hardcover book in good condition. Bill mauldin is a cartoonist who spent time on the war front during wwii and penned his experiences in cartoons and stories. Bill talks about world war 2 and what is happening and how difficult the war is, but he also tells how the men entertain themselves and how they have fun every now and then. First printing binding hardcover publisher henry holt and company place of publication new york date published 1945. Front by bill mauldin, first edition abebooks passion for books. Even now, with seeming 2020 hindsight and countless historical examinations, these cartoons have an authenticity about.
Mauldin recounts the meeting in the brass ring, in which patton harangued him. Bill mauldin, byname of william henry mauldin, born october 29, 1921, mountain park, new mexico, u. This taut, lushly illustrated biographythe first of twotime pulitzer prize winner bill mauldinis illustrated. The world publishing company, 1945, seventh printing. This book was published in 1945 by henry holt and company of.
The award read, for distinguished service as a cartoonist, as exemplified by the cartoon entitled, fresh, spirited american troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battleweary prisoners, in the series entitled, up front with mauldin. Bill mauldin 19212003, american jeep and joe naval air station corpus christi, texas 15 march, 1942 watercolor and gouache mauldin was a major illustrator during wwii and the piece is being sold together with a book up front by bill mauldin. Sep 26, 20 mauldins up front 1945, like back home, is a memoir, but the cartoonists first book is a record of his experiences during the war. Bill mauldin s book up front contains his comics and his personal take on the war. World war ii and popular culture the national wwii museum. Bill mauldin was one of the bestknown american cartoonists of the second world war. Up front bill mauldin 2nd printing 1945 henry holt ww2.
October 29, 1921 january 22, 2003 was an american editorial cartoonist who won two pulitzer prizes for his work. This book is presented in a green cloth bound cover with dark green ornamentation to its front. He was assigned to the 45th infantry division which had been reactivated in 1940. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. In his drawings of the infantry dogfaces willie and joe, pulitzer prize winner bill mauldin created the immortal archetypes of the american fighting man. He stayed in or near the front lines and chronicled it with his drawings of. Rust cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on spine and drawing on front board.
He then moves into europe via italy and france where it ends midto late 1945 as the troops reenter civilian life. He told me when he gave it to me that it was his favorite book growing up he was age 1015 during world war two and that i should read it to better understand the human side of war. Bill mauldin bill mauldins cartoons of willie and joe, part i. He was most famous for his world war ii cartoons depicting american soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters willie and joe, two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and. Back home text and drawings by bill mauldin by mauldin, bill and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jan 22, 2003 among his principal books of cartoons are up front 1945, a sort of a saga 1949, bill mauldin in korea 1952, and the brass ring 1971. My outlook on warfare is best illustrated by a cartoon i did some thirtyodd years ago of a soldier in an italian foxhole reading about the normandy invasion and observing to his buddy that. Albert lea evening tribune archives, oct 12, 1945, p. Mauldins art is a pleasure, and his cartoons of willie and joe are not only funny but along with the accompanying stories also help demonstrate his advocacy for.
Bill mauldin wwii cartoon up front 1945 comic art see more. Cartoons illustrate mauldins text just as they do in the 1947 sequel. Mud, mules and mountains bill mauldin wwii cartoons with. Like war correspondent ernie pyle, mauldin gave gis on the front in world. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Homefront memorabilia military antiques and museum. He joined the army in 1942 and trained as a foot soldier. After the war he worked for united features syndicate, the st.
Mauldin, the youngest person to be awarded the prize, was now one of the bestknown cartoonists in the united states. By the time victory was declared in 1945, a whole new world of warrelated sights. Bill mauldin up front new york, henry holt, 1945 first edition 228 pp. If you just want the cartoons, then pick up bill mauldin s army, which also includes the demobilization process.
Balzac complete novellettes, pf collier 1926 maupassant short stories, pf collier, 1903 dumas short stories, pf collier, 1927 up front by bill mauldin, henry holt, 1945 a girl of the limberlost anniversary edition, strattonporter, grossett, 1909 lorna dune, r. William henry bill mauldin was an american editorial cartoonist who won two pulitzer prizes. Theyre an essential complement to editor depastinos bill mauldin. This first edition book by bill mauldin was published in 1945 by henry holt. Ken burns and the risks of reconciliation the value of the humanities. Fantagraphics books brings together mauldin s complete works from 1940 through the end of the war. Book itself is like new,appears unread, with a previous owner name on inside front cover hidden by dj. I dont know what you think youre trying to do, but the krauts ought to pin a medal on you for helping them mess up discipline for us. Ive collected several hundred over the years and now, my age and health are catching up to me and its time to start selling. With hitlers use of that symbol coming to mean something entirely different the units. This copy was the 7th printing, from august 1945, the sixth printing having been earlier that same month. In fact, in 1945 mauldin s work earned him not only the legion of merit citation but a pulitzer prize. This edition contained cartoons not published in the up front edition.
He won the pulitzer prize on two occasions 1945 and 1959 for his work. Up front by mauldin, bill seller ground zero books, ltd. Louis postdispatch, for depicting soviet novelist boris pasternak saying to another gulag prisoner. A few comics like bill mauldins willie and joe were created specifically because. This reissue of his 1945 classic book of text and drawings features a spectacular new foreword by stephen e. In 1945 a collection of his drawings, accompanied by a powerfully understated and heartfelt documentary essay, was published by henry. I was first introduced to bill mauldin by my late father who gave me his battered copy of up front that was printed in 1945. Mauldin talks about his experiences, what it was like at anzio, how much combat medics were appreciated, how people in the rear absconded with gear, and so on. Ww2 1945 war cartoons book sgt bill mauldin italy print. In his lifetime, mauldin wrote and illustrated over twelve books, including up front 1945, bill mauldin s army 1951, republished in 1983, and the brass ring 1971. Up front by bill mauldin is a series of vignettes and opinions by the editorial cartoonist, alongside pertinent cartoons.
Up front by bill mauldin, first edition, 1945henry holt and company, ny, 1945. Bill mauldin s cartoons of willie and joe, that appeared in stars and stripes in wwii 1940 1945, championed the g. Up front by bill mauldin 1945 military humor hardcover book willie and joe. Mauldin officially transferred to the mediterranean edition of stars and stripes. Jul 25, 2011 willie and joe even became the subject of two films up front1951 and back at the front 1952 whilst willie made the cover of time magazine in 1945, when 23 year old mauldin won his first pulitzer prize. Bill mauldin mauldin, bill used books, rare books and new books.
Bill mauldins cartoons of willie and joe, that appeared in stars and stripes in wwii 19401945, championed the g. A group of two paperbound and two hardcover titles featuring the black and white wwii stars and stripes cartoons of bill maudlin. Includes drafts of his books, up front 1945, back home 1947, a sort of a saga 1949, and bill mauldin in korea 1952. Up front by mauldin, bill and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Im convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more, and gets less, than anybody else. During world war ii, the truest glimpse most americans got of the real war came through the flashing black lines of twentytwoyearold infantry sergeant bill mauldin. The first civilian compilation of his work, up front, a collection of his cartoons interwoven with his observations of. In his lifetime, mauldin wrote and illustrated over twelve books, including up front 1945, bill mauldins army 1951, republished in 1983, and the brass ring 1971. In may 1945, at the age of 23, he received a pulitzer prize for his work, the youngest ever winner.
He published up front 1945, back home 1947, and bill mauldin in korea 1952. Bill mauldin was a twotime pulitzer prizewinning editorial cartoonist. A soldiers view of world war two, that soldier being pulitzerprize winning cartoonist bill mauldin, member of the 45th infantry division. American presidents american soldiers american history world history textbook bill mauldin vietnam history military humor united states army second world. Color cover is faded and has some light water staining but pages are in good condition. Stephen ambrose, introduction to the 2000 edition of up front. Bill mauldin lived out his life as a good political cartoonist, but this memoir of. Jan 16, 2007 so, thats probably a good idea of the range of value, unless there is something special you havent mentioned. This is one of series of sixteen articles taken from sergeant mauldins bestselling book and illustrated with some of the famous wartime cartoons he drew while atthe front in europe. He defied army censors, german artillery, and pattons pledge to throw his ass in jail to deliver his wildly popular cartoon, up front, to the pages of stars and stripes. Up front by bill mauldin, 1945 hardcover, wwii military, cartoon illustrations.
Bill mauldin makes the book funny and interesting to read. Up front hardback book c 1945 the world publishing co. Pulitzer prizewinning cartoonist bill mauldin, who as a young army rifleman during world war ii gave newspaper readers back home a sardonic, foxholelevel view of the front with his drawings of weary, dogface gis willie and joe, died wednesday at 81. Albert lea evening tribune newspaper october 12, 1945, albert lea, minnesotapage fenthe evening tribune. Now then, sergeant, about those pictures you draw of those godawful things you call soldiers. Its original shoulder patch was a swatiska in gold with a red background.
Back home1947, a sort of a saga 1949, bill mauldin s army 1951, bill mauldin in korea 1952 and up high 1956. Of interest is the paperbound book entitled mud, mules, and mountains. Biography of the greatest cartoonist of the greatest generation. In addition to cartooning, he acted in hollywood movies, ran for congress, piloted airplanes, wrote several books and hundreds of articles, and won two pulitzer prizes, the first for his wartime cartoons. Military and autographed books uwb0312 up front by bill mauldin 1945 printing. However, the text in up front is what makes this book worth picking up. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Dust cover in acceptablepoor condition, very brittle, with a lot of wear and tears, light stains. The second prize came in 1959, while he was at the st. Mauldin s pencil was offering a far more accurate catalogue of the events. Time magazine even devoted one of its covers to willie and joe.