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title: Please Bring Your Books Here - National Book Recovery and Salvage Appeal, Official Depot
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bring-your-books-here-salvage-appeal-1939/
description: A text-only poster in a maroon diamond reads 'Please bring your books here', with a line that a suitable selection will go to the services.
section: Collection
---

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# Please Bring Your Books Here - National Book Recovery and Salvage Appeal, Official Depot

A text-only poster in a maroon diamond reads 'Please bring your books here', with a line that a suitable selection will go to the services. Linking the donation to the armed forces transfers the troops' standing onto an ordinary household act; it is also a plain instruction with a stated use for the books.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
NATIONAL BOOK RECOVERY
AND SALVAGE APPEAL

PLEASE
BRING YOUR
BOOKS
HERE
A SUITABLE SELECTION
WILL BE SENT TO
THE SERVICES

OFFICIAL      DEPOT

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE by WHITWELL PRESS LTD.  51-3117    M.O.S. S&R 100
```

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