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1922ref. 85914Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1922. First American Edition. First printing. Published the same year in London Constable. Octavo; red cloth hardcover; xix308pp. Spine darkened with mild soil to covers; endpapers toned from old jacket offsetting; text generally clean and unmarked; just a VG copy lacking the dustwrapper. A low-point which is saying something in the corpus of British antisemitic propaganda masquerading as a disinterested examination of the "Jewish Problem" by the noted Franco-English Catholic writer and historian. In the most reasonable-sounding way Belloc puts forward an argument for the segregation of British Jews on the grounds that "the Catholic Church is the conservator of an age-long European tradition and that tradition will never compromise with the fiction that a Jew can be other than a Jew." Even in the context of pre-Hitlerian "passive" antisemitism it was and remains a foul little book albeit one that needs reading. SINGERMAN Antisemitic Propaganda 0129. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1920ref. 84198Long Beach: Women's Non-Partisan Propaganda Committee ca 1920. Leaflet 19cm x 14cm 7-1/2" x 5-1/2". Bifolium 4pp; cover illustration; 2pp of text rear page with imprint only. Near Fine. A plea to California women voters to support America's entry to the League of Nations. The cover graphic portrays a WW1 doughboy missing both his legs being carried into his home by a pair of mates. The interior text argues that the League of Nations at this time being actively opposed by the Republican majority in Congress was the only sure path to preventing a repeat of the horrors of the Great War. An interesting and fairly early attempt to mobilize the women's vote; equal suffrage had been granted in California in 1911. Rare; not separately catalogued in OCLC nor do we locate any other catalogued material produced by this organization. Women's Non-Partisan Propaganda Committee unknown books
1963ref. 233101963. Post-Revolution ChinaCommunism PRC Cultural Revolution propaganda set of 10 lianhuanhua graphic novel booklets issued by the PRC propaganda press system between 1963 and 1984 centered on the culture revolution model soldiers anti-Japanese resistance and child heroism. The covers name campaigns and exemplary figures through titles including Chicken Feather Letter Surprise Attack Tunnel Warfare Honghu Red Guards Good Eighth Company on Nanjing Road Heroic Little Eighth Route and Capture the Enemy Flag while the interior pages state explicitly political morals like "The deepest source of the power of war lies among the masses" followed by "Revolutionary war is a mass war." Another photographed page frames sacrifice as Maoist instruction declaring: "Thousands upon thousands of martyrs for the interests of the people laid down their lives heroically before us; let us hold high their banner and advance along the path marked by their blood!" Illustrated PRC propaganda comic booklets. China: various provincial PRC presses 1963-1984. Set of 10 illustrated booklets each approximately 4 x 5 inches ranging from about 60 to 200 pages. Titles include Chicken Feather Letter Surprise Attack Tunnel Warfare Honghu Red Guards Good Eighth Company on Nanjing Road Heroic Little Eighth Route and Capture the Enemy Flag. The photographed title and colophon pages place the group across multiple provincial publishing systems including presses in Beijing Shanghai Zhejiang Shandong Tianjin Liaoning and Shaanxi. The booklets were designed for mass distribution using narrative episodes of soldier heroes and youth protagonists to glorify CCP ideology. These booklets were a central tool through which the PRC circulated revolutionary history and Maoist political language to mass readers especially younger readers in cheap durable heavily illustrated form. The concentration here on anti-Japanese struggle disciplined PLA units local militia action and heroic children gives the set a distinct documentary value as evidence of CCP socialist pedagogy across two decades. Clean complete and in very good condition. These 10 booklets preserve the language and narratives by which the Cultural Revolution propaganda system distributed CCP ideology to mass readership. unknown books
1918ref. 229271918. Nesbit Wilbur D. and Robert Speroy. Let's Keep the Glow in Old Glory And the Free in Freedom Too 1918 documents American patriotic culture during the final year of World War I when popular music functioned as a vehicle for national unity and wartime morale. Issued for domestic performance the piece supports research into American propaganda music history and visual culture demonstrating how commercial sheet music reinforced loyalty to the nation and framed military service as a collective moral obligation. The work situates the American flag as a central symbolic object linking civilian identity to wartime sacrifice and national purpose. Nesbit Wilbur D. Lyrics. Speroy Robert. Music. Let's Keep the Glow in Old Glory And the Free in Freedom Too. Chicago and New York: McKinley Music Company / Frank K. Root & Co. 1918. Folio. Illustrated sheet music. The cover features an allegorical composition of a woman draped in the American flag holding a child positioned above advancing soldiers with fixed bayonets visually combining maternal imagery with military action. Interior pages present musical notation marked Tempo di Marcia aligning the composition with the rhythm of a military march. Lyrics call for national unity and vigilance with lines invoking "Columbia" and urging preservation of the "Red White and Blue" emphasizing honor sacrifice and global perception of the United States. The structure and presentation reflect the integration of visual symbolism and musical form to convey patriotic messaging to a broad audience in homes and community settings. Folio format. Illustrated throughout. Moderate edge wear and corner softening light toning across sheets with scattered small stains and minor surface abrasions more visible at margins; interior pages clean and legible with strong notation and text clarity; overall good condition. Produced at a moment when music publishers actively contributed to wartime messaging the sheet provides material evidence of how popular song participated in shaping public sentiment offering value for the study of nationalism propaganda and cultural production in early twentieth-century America. unknown books
1942ref. 4754Washington DC: El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos 1942. Very good. Pictorial lithograph 20 x 14.25 inches printed in red gray yellow and black. Minor surface wear mild creasing light dust-soiling a few pinholes. A rare poster issued by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs CIAA during World War II attempting to sway public opinion in Latin America to the Allied side. The CIAA was established by executive order in July 1941 in order to distribute news advertising film reels and more to and from Latin America to counter Italian and German propaganda campaigns in the region. The text of the present poster translates from the Spanish as "Freedom of Speech. One of the four freedoms for which the Allies are fighting." The central image features an open-mouthed face breaking open a large swastika which is itself on fire. A mildly subtle message that free speech destroys fascism. The poster was designed by noted Russian-American graphic designer and photographer Alexey Brodovitch whose printed credit appears at top right; Brodovitch is most well-known for his art direction of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958. A powerful visual display with only one copy reported in OCLC at MOMA though we also find two other institutional holdings at the United States Holocaust Museum and the Hoover Institute. El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos unknown books
1928ref. 1723681928. SOVIET PROPAGANDA DESIGN. Za oboronu SSSR For Defence of the USSR. 48 pp. illustrated with 32 full page plates printed in red and black. Small folio 275 x 200 mm. bound in publisher's wrappers illustrated by Czech artist P. Skala. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo AKHRR: Shkola FZU pri 1-i Obraztsovoi tipografii 1928. A remarkable collection of Soviet imagery intended as instruction for decorating workers' clubs reading huts and use during rallies. The illustrations include fully decorated interiors concepts for 'hands-on' attractions such as a 'rayok' or Russian peep show shooting galleries and quiz shows. Most of the imagery is in the constructivist style but also includes numerous caricatures of western fat cats fascists and even a Ku Klux Klan member which would have been inspiration for costume design. Rare OCLC finds just one copy at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. The leaves with illustrations have an even toning from the printing process else a fine copy with the errata slip and unusually printed on fine thick paper. unknown books
1940ref. 1715961940. SOVIET PROPAGANDA. L'novodstvo khlopkovodstvo i sakharnaya svekla: Tsvetnye tablitsy. Cultivation of Flax Cotton and Sugar Beet: Colorful Tables. 4 25 34 ills. Oblong folio 335 x 240 mm. in original cloth portfolio. N.p.: Izd. Narkomzema 1940. A handsome piece of unintentional book illustration. While the illustrations are largely botanical in nature the overall effect is more of an illustrated book than a tedious tome extolling Soviet agricultural prowess. Extremely rare with no listing on OCLC. hardcover books
1940ref. 1715951940. SOVIET PROPAGANDA. L'novodsto v SSSR. Flax Growing in the USSR. 88 pp. 39 ills. diagrams. Oblong folio 255 x 355 mm. in original full cloth with colored lettering and blind debossed image of sheaves of flax. Moscow: Izd. Narkomsema SSSR 1940. A surreal example of Soviet book making the subject matter of which is pure propaganda and sleep inducing accompanied by the most wonderful illustrations worthy of a livre de peintre. The book is extremely rare with no copies in OCLC. hardcover books
1941ref. 189981941. Broadside issued in 1941 by the Emergency Committee to Stop Deportations to the Sahara Desert articulating an urgent appeal against the forced deportation of anti-fascist refugees by the Vichy French government during the early years of the Second World War. Written by Edward K. Barsky a leading figure in the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee the document calls on American citizens to intervene diplomatically by contacting both the French Embassy in Washington D.C. and the U.S. Secretary of State. The broadside documents contemporary awareness of mass deportations and forced labor policies under the Pétain regime describing plans to remove large numbers of refugees-including veterans of the Spanish Civil War members of the International Brigades and political exiles from across Europe-to labor camps connected to the Trans-Saharan Railroad. The text situates these actions within broader patterns of repression highlighting the targeting of anti-fascist populations and the international composition of those affected. As such the document provides primary-source evidence of early wartime advocacy efforts in the United States responding to refugee persecution and authoritarian policies in Vichy-controlled territories. Single-page printed broadside. New York: Emergency Committee to Stop Deportations to the Sahara Desert 1941. Measuring approximately 10.25 x 8 inches. Printed in black text within a ruled border on brown paper. The text consists of a headline explanatory statement and direct appeal for public action including instructions to contact diplomatic officials. Light wear consistent with age; text clear and legible; overall very good condition. A scarce wartime advocacy document reflecting early American engagement with the European refugee crisis under Vichy rule. unknown books
1984ref. 181761984. Russian Anti-American Propaganda Poster. 1984. Measures 19 x 26 inches. Soviet anti-American/Vietnam War poster titled "ОÑтановите убийц!" - "Stop the killers!" Image shows aircraft marked "U.S. Air Forces" dropping bomb as a Russian woman holds her arms up as if to prevent the explosion. The upper section shows a stylized U.S. Air Force Jet rendered in harsh black-and-white contrast to symbolize mechanized American aggression. Below a terrified civilian woman raises her hands in a gesture of horror or plea typical of Soviet depictions of U.S. bombing campaigns in Korea and Vietnam. Design elements: The combination of red borders rough brush lettering and stark black-and-white photographic imagery was a hallmark of agitprop agitation propaganda posters produced by Soviet state publishers such as Izogiz or Plakat. Artist: Eduard S. Artsrunyan Эдуард Симонович ÐрцрунÑн 1929-2010. Very minor light brain stain to top of poster does not affect image. One inch tear to side of poster does not affect text or image. Very good condition. unknown books
1942ref. 173221942. Stone Martin David. Strong In The Strength of the Lord We Who Fight In The People's Cause Will Never Stop Until That Cause Is Won 1942 a U.S. government wartime poster that articulates the ideological pro-America push on the American home front during World War II. Produced in the first full year of U.S. involvement following Pearl Harbor the poster advances a unified vision of civilian and military participation by aligning industrial labor military service and women's wartime work within a single visual and rhetorical program. The quotation from Vice President Henry Wallace a central political figure in wartime liberal internationalism and later the Progressive Party presidential candidate in 1948 situates the poster within federal efforts to frame the war as both a democratic and moral struggle requiring total societal commitment. Strong In The Strength of the Lord We Who Fight In The People's Cause Will Never Stop Until That Cause Is Won. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1942. Poster measuring approximately 40 x 28 inches. Designed by David Stone Martin the composition presents three raised arms one female and two male each holding tools or instruments that signify industrial production and military participation. The visual program emphasizes coordinated effort across gender and occupational roles reinforcing federal messaging that positioned women as essential industrial laborers while sustaining the symbolic presence of the soldier and the worker. Issued as part of a broader federal propaganda campaign the poster would have circulated in workplaces public buildings and transportation hubs to reinforce wartime discipline production quotas and civic obligation. The poster belongs to a larger body of U.S. Office of War Information and Government Printing Office materials that sought to define the "home front" as a site of organized labor patriotic duty and ideological unity. During 1942 federal agencies intensified messaging that encouraged participation through war bond purchases factory labor and adherence to rationing and production directives. Wallace's language invoking moral purpose and collective struggle reflects the administration's effort to frame the war in universalist and populist terms linking domestic labor to global democratic outcomes. Minor bumping along the edges of the matting otherwise very good condition. unknown books
1937ref. 11137Barcelona Spain: Comissariat de Propaganda Generalitat de Catalunya 1937. Near Fine. Propaganda poster listing 21 wartime rules of behavior to help the republican side achieve victory over the fascists during the Spanish Civil War. As follows: As with most of the Republican posters the colors of the anarchists and communists black and red figure prominently in the poster. Many of the prescriptions seem geared toward inexperienced soldiers. This feature of the prescriptions is no surprise since much of the soldiers fighting on the side of the Republicans were volunteers or militiamen who were not professionally trained soldiers. The prescriptions on the poster are as follows: "Revolutionary enthusiasm plus discipline and good military organization will defeat the enemy. Without discipline the army is not powerful. Discipline is the unquestioning execution of the commander's orders. The commander should be the first in giving an example of discipline and making everything possible so that all orders from above are accomplished perfectly. Observe discipline in the line of fire! Cartridges are expensive! You should fire at fixed targets and only when the commander orders it. The infantry is the principal weapon. The artillery and air force complement the work of the infantry. No situation is critical when the enemy's infantry is weak. Know that the cavalry is dangerous only for those that move back. A brave and firm infantry can always put it in flight. You should not avoid enemy fire but you should take advantage of the situation in order to go on the offensive to attack it better and to fire against it with greater precision. Only he who attacks triumphs. The trenches are aid for the offensive. Always try to pass from defense to offense. The reconnaissance of enemy positions will save many forces. Do continuous reconnaissance. Communicate all that you discover to your commander. Bring every prisoner to your commander. Keep a tight link between the rearguard and the advance forces in order to prevent surprises and increase the force of your blow. One bad sentry lost Chapaief. Do not forget the sentries! Do not fear the attack of the enemy from behind since you can attack them in the same way. The tank without infantry is not dangerous. Attack tanks with grenades. Do not debilitate your attack in the presence of enemy planes. On the contrary intensify it. Attack the enemy infantry that advances behind enemy planes. Every commander of militias should make the most of their free time to instruct militiamen and they on their time should do everything possible to study. Learn to shoot with precision to understand maps and to identify with a locality. Do not speak of military subjects because the hated enemies are listening. Countrymen! By practicing good hygiene and cleanliness you avoid diseases more dangerous than the enemy." SC&A UC San Diego OCLC. Near fine. Single sheet color lithograph mostly red and black 30 x 23 cm. In Spanish Catalonia. Comissariat de Propaganda, Generalitat de Catalunya unknown books
1931ref. 12924San Francisco: Farallon Press 1931. First Limited Edition. Number 91 of an unspecified limitation. Hand-numbered and signed by the author on copyright page. Large octavo 25cm; original gilt-blocked cloth; dustjacket; 171pp; illus. Brief ownership inscription to front endpaper else a tight fine copy. In the original dustjacket toned on spine and margins with a few short closed tears to extremities Very Good. The author a hydroelectric engineer presents the results of his first-hand survey of Soviet electrification projects in 1930. He concludes that Individualism has and will continue to trump Collectivism on the path to progress. Well-illustrated with halftones and three mounted color plates reproducing Soviet poster designs; two maps. Farallon Press unknown books
1891ref. 44433Habana: Imprenta "La Razon 1891. Paperback. Very Good. table 35p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Slight vertical crease and slight wrinkling throughout. Cuban institutional stamp on title-page. Spanish text. Tariffs and taxes on Cuban export commodities mainly sugar and tobacco. Imprenta "La Razon paperback books
1971ref. 41621Oradea: Crisana 1971. First edition. Softcover. f to vg. Large octavo 8 1/2 x 8 3/4". Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Gripping photo-illustrated chronicle of the May 1970 disastrous flooding which occured in Satu Mare the capital of Satu Mare county in Nortwest Romania on the Somes River. The natural disaster caused the death of over 200 people thousands of livestock and damaged and destroyed many homes industrial plants agricultural lands tools and infrastructure. Some creasing to wrappers. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Text and captions in Romanian Summary text at rear in English French German and Russian. Wrappers in overall fair to good- interior in good to very good condition. Crisana unknown books
1969ref. 013792Moscow 1969. Soft cover. Very Good. Printed in the former USSR in 1969. Paper portfolio with cover photograph of Lenin measuring approx. 17.5 x 22" containing 31 pictures of various sizes on 18 sheets depicting all aspects of Lenin's life as student father one of the people and founder of the republic. Images presumably "suitable for framing" to be used in offices public buildings schools etc both as government issued "art" and history lessons. Some wear to paper portfolio along edges; sheets fine. unknown books
1950ref. 2876Beijing 1950. About very good. 22109pp. Original printed wrappers. Illustrated. Text in Chinese. Minor spotting and soiling to wrappers backstrip reinforced with plain paper circular ink stamp on front wrapper title page and one text leaf. Occasional light marginal soiling. Rare Chinese translation of an anti-American propaganda pamphlet written by Soviet author journalist and screenwriter Oskar Ieremeevich Kurganov. The work first published in Moscow in 1947 argues that Americans invaded Japan during the Allied Occupation following the Second World War committed numerous crimes against the Japanese people including the sexual assault of women and that readers should resist the United States at all costs. OCLC locates three copies of this Chinese edition at Stanford Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. unknown books
1941ref. 5699Washington DC 1941. Very good plus. 51pp. Original self wrappers. Soft horizontal crease. A slip-bill printing of the Gillette Propaganda Exposure Bill of 1941 proposed by Iowa Senator Guy Gillette. The bill sought "to protect the integrity of the democratic process by requiring disclosure of persons writing publishing and circulating scurrilous literature in connection with political campaigns; to deny the use of the mails to such literature and to prohibit its importation into the United States in default of such disclosure; and for other purposes." The text of the bill opens by attempting to outlaw "all published matter" which causes "public hatred or contempt" for any American citizen "because of race religion descent or nationality" during national elections and those in Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico. The bill also sought to establish an Office of Minority Relations to enforce the law and provided penalties to anyone breaking the new law. The final line of the bill states that it should be referred to as the "Propaganda Exposure Act 1941." Calling for honesty fairness and equal treatment in American political elections It'll never pass and it didn't. unknown books
1935ref. 341353Rome: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato 1935. Pamphlet. 52 pages maps staplebound pamphlet. Covers dustsoiled spine split at head. Description of colonies in Africa and the Mediterranean with information on industry trade tourism manufacturing etc. for each area. Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato unknown books
1955ref. 53657Berlin: Verlag Junge Welt 1955. First edition. Loose leaf. Very good condition. Elephant Folio 18 x 25". 8pp 1 42 plates. Original marine blue faux leather portfolio with gilt lettering on cover. Complete set of this extraordinary publication on the history of the German workers youth movement from its founding in 1904 to October of 1954. Founded in Mannheim as the "Union of Young Workers" in 1904 the organization merged with other youth organizations over time changed its name several times e.g "Center for the Working Youth" at the SPD party convention in 1908 and triggered after the outbreak of W.W.I and with the help of Karl Liebknecht an opposition youth organization the Youth Education Association and became active internationally. This propaganda tool consists of forty-two numbered plates with modern graphic design in variant colors is illustrated with b/w photographs artwork and drawing four in color maps documents newspaper articles and charts produced to entice its use as a wall newspaper or exhibition. It was issued in East Germany during the reign of the Communist Government of East Germany. Not surprisingly the revolutionary elements and history of the organization is highlighted presenting an overview of the development of the revolutionary youth movement in Germany throughout the world wars the Weimar Republic Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic stressing an anti-capitalist and antifascist view. Enclosed eight-page "Methodical Instructions" for the forty-two plates of visual covering the design and preparations of an exhibition and one paragraph designated to preparations for the exhibition guides. Furthermore it highlights the main objectives of the project and proposes ways to use the material in public schools including details for the correct pedagogical use of the material. Four pages of the pamphlet are reserved for an exhaustive table on the history of the workers youth movement. One copy at Berlin Staatsbibliothek KVK. Text in German. Visual aid lightly browned. Scarce complete edition in very good condition. Verlag Junge Welt unknown books
1944ref. 888911944. JAPANESE PROPAGANDA Asahi Shimbunsha. SAKURA. Volume 6 #2 #31 overall. Large wrappered staple bound illustrated photomagazine in the tradition of FRONT and HOMELIFE. This number published in February of 1944 celebrated the plans for a cross continental railway to cross Eurasia from Tokyo to Berlin complete with an undersea tunnel from Japan to the mainland. SAKURA magazine was written in English Chinese and French. The whole world seems to lay at the feet of the Axis in this rosy scenario as sketched throughout the magazine. East Asia under the guidance of Imperial Japan is on the march to build a new world. Yet by February of 1944 the Red Army was in Poland and the Ukraine Sevastopol was cut off times were bleak for the 1000 year Reich indeed. Closer to home the Allies had "turned the corner" in the Western Pacific had isolated the large Japanese force at Rabaul and were headed north towards the homeland. At some point during the war reality and appearance began a rapid divergence and as the end approached it became all pure delusion. All of which does not obviate what an amazing visual feast SAKURA is from the covers to the ads a consistent message of normalcy progress and steadfast purpose in a great task. unknown books
1938ref. 30423San Sabastian Spain. 1938. First Printing. Periodical. Scarce English edition the first issue of this monthly mimeo magazne printed on rectos only stapled at center of top edge issued by the fascist party formed when Franco merged two separate National groups. This issue leads off with a speech by Franco an open letter to the army from Jose Antonio What National Syndicalism is Doing for Spain. Some Social Reforms and Books. Recommended. Very good- with small tears creasing and geneal wear; last page present but detached. ; 9 x 13"; 16 pp . unknown books
ref. 18941116Five books published in Hong Kong between 1961 and 1967 by the United States Information Agency through their Chinese language imprint World Today Press 今日世界社. Good condition only: these were inexpensively produced and the Kennedy and Twain in particular were clearly read. Titles include: •John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage 1961. A more impressive production than the rest: dust jacket half-title text illustrations. First edition in Chinese. •Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1963. •Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1964. •Frances Whitney ed. An Outline of American History 1965. •Sam Hunter Modern American Painting and Sculpture 1966. •Adlai Stevenson Looking Outward 1967 bilingual English and Chinese. From the mid 1950s through the mid 1970s the United States Information Agency known overseas as the United States Information Service published Chinese language books and magazines in Hong Kong under the imprint World Press Today. Their book list included over a hundred titles all relating to the United States including classic fiction liberal democratic philosophy and practice and surveys of American history and arts — a sort of Readers' Digest and Saturday Evening Post America with a little bit of heft. The USIA enlisted established Chinese writers resident in Taiwan and Hong Kong to do the translating and in general the books were well received. During the martial law period in Taiwan World Today Press was an important source of news and literature from the outside world and for many immigrants from China proper to Hong Kong it provided an introduction to the West. Despite the size and importance of World Today's output institutional holdings are spotty. paperback books
1962ref. 78851Washington D. C.: GPO 1962. vi 1587-1698 vi 1699-1780 vii 111 81p. staplebound plain printed white self-wraps very faintest signs of handling or age. The pair. Testimony about publishing houses in New York International Arts and Sciences Press Bookfield House Inc. Tradeworld Inc. and Crosscurrents Press Inc. and Chicago Translation World Publishers. The last-named house issued a transcript of the trial of Gary Francis Powers U-2 pilot and "The Case Against General Heusinger" a Wehrmacht vet who'd just been appointed "chairman of the NATO permanent military commitee." There is about twenty pages total about the distribution of the Heusinger charges which the publishers refuse to speak to despite the documentary leverage. GPO unknown books
1943ref. 195600Shanghai: Max Noessler & Co. 1943. The frontier of the Nazi battle for hearts and minds in Asia First edition traced in only two institutional libraries of this collection of wartime propaganda cartoons produced under the auspices of Shanghai's German Information Bureau the largest Nazi propaganda organization operating outside Germany. Headquartered in a villa at 7 Great Western Road the bureau was led by Baron Jesco von Puttkamer nicknamed the "Goebbels of the Far East" a member of the Nazi Party since 1932 and a veteran military intelligence operative. Although it operated under the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda its activities were closely co-ordinated with the German diplomatic corps including ambassador Ernst Woermann a confidant of Ribbentrop and a Standartenführer in the SS. After the German surrender Puttkamer continued the distribution of anti-Allied propaganda in Shanghai and other cities and at the 1947 Ministries Trial he and Woermann received prison sentences for war crimes. Sapajou the pen name of the Russian émigré Georgii Avksent'ievich Sapojnikoff had long been a household name in Shanghai. In the 1930s he worked for the North-China Daily News turning a satirical eye to the city's expatriate lifestyle and produced cartoons critical of the Japanese invasion of China. Adjusting to Shanghai's post-Pearl Harbor reality he attacks Churchill and other Western leaders extols the benefits of Japan's East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and puffs the collaborationist government of Wang Jingwei. Copies are held by Cornell and the San Francisco Public Library. Landscape quarto. Cartoons throughout. Introduction and captions in English Chinese and Japanese. Original illustrated boards. Binding toned spine sometime repaired with adhesive: very good. hardcover
