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

Date

1939

Period

Second World War

Made by

Harper & Brothers, New York (publisher); cover design signed E. McKnight Kauffer

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Advertisement

Issuer type

Corporation

Regime

Roosevelt Administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Themes

Media and information, War and the military

Event

World War II

Regime

Roosevelt administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Harper & Brothers; cover design signed E. McKnight Kauffer, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-111.

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 ........