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Artist/Maker	American Association of Libraries (printers and publishers) Falls, Charles Buckles (artist)
Place of origin	United States (made)

This appeal emphasised the bond between the home front and front line. It offered people at home a means of supporting their soldiers. Falls prepared the design within a day and it boosted his reputation as well as succeeding in its purpose of collecting reading material for the troops.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Access_to_Images 2003 Books Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Books Wanted (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Ink Paper Colour Lithography
Brief description	First World War poster issued by the American Association of Libraries. USA, 1918.
Physical description	Smiling soldier carrying a tall stack of books
Dimensions	Height: 106.7cm Width: 72.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	'Books / Wanted / for Our Men / in Camp and / "Over There" / Take Your Gifts to / the Public Library' 'F' (Black letter surrounded by orange square, lower left corner (poster designer's monogram))
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted	Propaganda War Soldier Books World War I
Place depicted	United States
Summary	This appeal emphasised the bond between the home front and front line. It offered people at home a means of supporting their soldiers. Falls prepared the design within a day and it boosted his reputation as well as succeeding in its purpose of collecting reading material for the troops.
Bibliographic reference	The Poster Its History and Its Art. Ervine Metzl (Fairfax M. Cone, introduction). New York: Watson - Guptill Publications. 1963.
Other number	LS.2425 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1135-2004

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Record created	July 5, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101264/books-wanted-poster-falls-charles-buckles/

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