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Books as War Booty, 1918

JF Ptak Science Books   Quick Post

In the vast caches of loot taken during the course of war I suspect books have ranked somewhere in the middle of stolen stuff--no doubt some fine libraries have disappeared, though I can't offhand say how many fine libraries emerged from the slaughterhouse.  This photograph--a wartime news photo service image--is one of the few that I have seen depicting the capture of stolen books. The image:  9x7 inches, including the original text that came with the photo for the use of captioning it.  Good condition.  $175

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ANd a moderate detail:

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