• The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir by Bill Mauldin, 1971 W. W. Norton & Company hardcover - front cover
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  • The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir by Bill Mauldin, 1971 W. W. Norton & Company hardcover - title page
  • The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir by Bill Mauldin, 1971 W. W. Norton & Company hardcover - copyright page
  • The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir by Bill Mauldin, 1971 W. W. Norton & Company hardcover - first chapter page
  • The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir by Bill Mauldin, 1971 W. W. Norton & Company hardcover - early photographs
  • The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir by Bill Mauldin, 1971 W. W. Norton & Company hardcover - text pages
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  • The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir by Bill Mauldin, 1971 W. W. Norton & Company hardcover - wartime cartoon illustration
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The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir

The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir

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Condition: Like New

Book Notes: Covers and spine are clean with no noticeable wear. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. Dust jacket is bright and clean with minimal edge wear.

Author(s): Bill Mauldin

Publication year: 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Condition: Like New
ISBN: 9780393074635

The Brass Ring: A Sort of a Memoir is cartoonist Bill Mauldin's account of his early life. It follows his boyhood in New Mexico and Arizona, his training as a cartoonist, and his World War II years drawing for the 45th Division News and later Stars and Stripes in Sicily and Italy, where he created his soldiers Willie and Joe and clashed with General Patton.

Illustrated with photographs and Mauldin's own wartime drawings. 1971 W. W. Norton hardcover with dust jacket.

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  • Like New

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  • Dust Jacket Grading

    (A) Excellent
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    (B) Good
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    (C) Fair
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    (D) Poor
    Contains large tears, several creases, and/or heavy staining.

    (F) As Is
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