Author: [MUSIC] HELD, John, illus. NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON ARMY AND NAVY CAMP MUSIC Title: Navy Song Book Publication: Washington DC: Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, 1919 Edition: First Edition. Description: Oblong 12mo 10×13.5cm. ; publisher’s dark blue staple-bound card wrappers; [2], 98pp. Chiefly musical scores, two full-page photographic illus. Linocuts by John Held throughout. A hint of toning to wrapper extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of patriotic songs with illustrations by a young John Held, signed in image either “JH” or J. Held, but otherwise unattributed to him. The noted Jazz Age cartoonist had already had work published in Vanity Fair, though after the United States entered World War I he worked for Naval Intelligence in Central America as an illustrator and cartographer. Subject: Illustrators, Militaria, Music & Performing Arts, Songbooks & Sheet Music, WW1. Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA. We are one of the country’s leading specialists in the history, literature and art of American social movements. Over 25,000 items in-stock in the heart of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Our items are described using AB Bookman standards – the standard grading terms of the trade, originally promulgated by the trade publication The Antiquarian Bookman’s Weekly back in 1949. We tend to be conservative in our grading, but even the best booksellers make an occasional mistake. Thus, we offer the following guarantee: All items will be received as advertised and in the condition described. Any item is returnable for any reason within 30 days of receipt (prior notice appreciated). We are members of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and we adhere to these associations’ strict ethical guidelines and conditions of sale. We leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. Our priority is to make customers happy and to resolve problems as promptly as possible. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.