WHITE, Unk

Diggers

Sydney, Frank Johnson, 1943.

Folio, [32] pages with many of them full-page reproductions of sketches of Australian servicemen - and 'Miss Digger' and 'Betty the WAAF' too - dated 1942 and 1943.

Cord-bound overlapping pictorial wrappers a little worn; minor signs of use and age; overall, in very good condition (internally excellent).

One of the edition of '50 copies numbered and signed by the artist'; this copy is neither signed nor numbered. NZ-born Cecil John 'Unk' White (1900-1986) settled in Australia in 1922; in 1944 he was 'accredited as an official war artist and saw active service with the RAAF and Royal Navy in New Guinea, the Pacific and Japan' (Wikipedia).