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

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Date: 1939
Period: Second World War
Made by: Ministry of Supply, Salvage and Recovery (HM Stationery Office; printed by Whitwell Press, Ltd.)
Region: Western and Central Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Churchill Government
Leader: Winston Churchill
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes: Home front, War and the military
Event: World War II
Regime: Churchill wartime government
Leader: Winston Churchill
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights: Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Ministry of Supply and HM Stationery Office, printed by Whitwell Press, Ltd., c. 1939-1945. US National Archives (NAID 44266907, 44-PF-338).

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