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title: Britain at War - J. B. Priestley (Harper & Brothers book flyer)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-britain-at-war-priestley-book-flyer-1939/
description: A two-colour flyer shows two helmeted profiles above the title 'Britain at War' and the name J. B. Priestley, with copy selling the 118-page.
section: Collection
---

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[![Britain at War - J. B. Priestley, 1939 US advertisement: A two-colour flyer shows two helmeted profiles above the title](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-britain-at-war-priestley-book-flyer-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-britain-at-war-priestley-book-flyer-1939.jpg)

# Britain at War - J. B. Priestley (Harper & Brothers book flyer)

A two-colour flyer shows two helmeted profiles above the title 'Britain at War' and the name J. B. Priestley, with copy selling the 118-page, 46-photograph book at 35 cents and a tear-off order form. This is a commercial publisher's flyer, not a government poster; the tell for testimonial is the author's name and the phrase 'the Art of the Camera at their best' offered as the reason to buy.

## Propaganda techniques used in this advertisement

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
BRITAIN AT WAR
J. B. PRIESTLEY
35¢
118 PAGES OF TEXT          46 LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS
J. B. Priestley and the Art of the Camera at their best
This book is war-time Britain in all its aspects — the Army, the Navy, the battle of production, the civilian at war. Harper & Brothers have published it beautifully at the amazingly low price of 35 cents a copy.
Order from your nearest bookseller or direct from the publisher.
(TEAR HERE)
HARPER & BROTHERS,
49 East 33rd Street,
New York, N. Y.
Enclosed find $ ........ for which please send me ........ copies of
J. B. Priestley's BRITAIN AT WAR at 35 cents a copy.
NAME ........
ADDRESS ........
```

[← United States Navy and Army Insignia](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/united-states-navy-and-army-insignia-uk-1939/) [En Action! - Une Pièce de 25 Est Mise en Position (Compliments of France Forever, New York) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-en-action-une-piece-de-25-france-forever-1939/)

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