Books in the war : the romance of library war service

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xix, 388 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 109 unnumbered pages of plates : 21 cm "The present volume is an amplification of the first part of my War libraries and allied studies"--Preface The Library War Service of the American Library Association -- Reading soldiers -- Students in khaki -- The call from overseas -- The A.L.A. in France -- Library service by mail -- Naval libraries and transport service -- American military hospital libraries -- Books for the sick and wounded -- The British War Library -- The British Camps Library -- British Y.M.C.A. libraries -- British prisoners of war book scheme (educational) -- British military hospital libraries -- Reading in the prison camps -- Letters from the front -- Pictures and poetry -- The Bible in the trenches -- Books for blinded soldiers -- Reading for the future Includes index Purchase; Ho[ughton Mifflin] ; 873083 Purchase; Old Scrolls Book Shop; Publisher's dark brown ribbed cloth, lettered in yellow. Mounted on front cover is a full-page color illustration, lettered with title and name of author; signed "F" (C.B. Falls). It depicts a soldier carrying a stack of books. The image originated as a poster commissioned by the Library War Service of the American Library Association, with lettering "Books wanted for our men in camp and 'over there.' Take your gifts to the public library." It was also used as a bookplate by the Library War Service American Library Association Library War Service (bookplate, with reduced version of the front cover; lettering: "War Service Library. Books are provided by the people of the United States through the American Library Association for the use of soldiers and sailors"; American Library Association War Service book card, unmarked, inserted in diagonal card holder sleeve mounted on back pastedown)