Scrapbook compiling contemporary newspaper clippings focusing on World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle, his columns, and reports of his death on Ie Shima. Oblong folio format in publisher’s blind-embossed black cloth binder titled in gilt on the front cover. Leaves contain mounted clippings from 1944 and 1945 including articles, portrait cuts, and dispatches.
Heavily worn; binding detached from cord ties; chipping, tears, and losses along page edges; adhesive staining throughout mounted leaves; cover rubbed with edge fraying.
Lot 13 in November 9 · Upcoming sale
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