Today I am a happy man This story starts with me getting an e-mail from someone I'd never heard of, asking me for details about "Jon" & the Two Types" This chap had seen some of the cartoons in my Army Album and wanted to know more about the artist himself. I obliged by giving him some background and various links and then, my own interest aroused, I looked on the internet to see if I could pick up a reasonable copy of the original booklet that was published in 1945. "Reedmore Books" came up trumps and for a modest £7.00, inc postage, I've got an original copy, printed on tatty old paper and originally bought for someone back home on April 5th 1945. The original price was 20 lire ! It's got loads of cartoons in it and in the fullness of time I will probably post some on this thread. Now excuse me while I get back to my lovely piece of nostalgia ps Just went back to my Diaries to see what I was doing on the date in question: April 5th - A & B Sqns moved to GODO area. April 7th - Nothing to report. Sunday 8th. April 1945 Colonel gave A & B squadrons griff talk for this 'final' campaign. Packed tank sheet and covered my bed with Honey canopy. Finally, for anyone who has never heard of the Two Types before, start off with this link: Memorabilia (link no longer working no thanks to the BBC !)
Owen posted this lovely shot from IWM collections when Gerry mentioned the Two Types a while back. I keep putting them on my ebay watch list (they crop up quite often there, must have been a very popular thing) and then forgetting to bid...
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barracks/8064-two-types-italy.html#post96882 But most all of the pictures are gone now.
I'm still trying to find that old thread but no luck. Hi Owen, Seems it has disappeared into cyberspace. Anyway, I have it, and much more, in file from both booklets. For starters here's one from "Two Types in Italy" Gerry PS for Paul. PM your mail address. As my 20x8 storage locker has been delivered I will be able to fulfill my promise to give you the booklet of which I have two.
We've had a couple of emails in the admin account about an original booklet on the Two Types. I have no clue to it's value so I thought I'd ask the wider membership. My late husband fought in Italy during WW2 and he acquired the cartoon book Two Types by Jon. This is still in good condition. Could you please let me know what the value of this book is as I would like to sell it and don't know what to ask for it. Are there people who would be interested in buying it from me? Please contact me as soon as possible as I have handed it to auctioners who have given me a price, the auction takes place in February. I have a cartoon book 'Two Types by Jon' which is in good condition. I would like to sell it but don't know what to price to ask. Could you please advise soon as I have handed it to auctioneers and the next auction date is in February Anyone have any idea ?
Hi ! If you scroll up to my first posting on this thread you will see that I paid a modest £7 for a copy from Readmore Books. I also went online just now and found this item for £12 here: Tilleys Vintage Magazines : TWO TYPES BY JON WW2 CARTOON BOOK FOR SALE CLASSIC IMAGES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PURE NOSTALGIA AR No big bucks, eitherway, but a brilliant piece of nostalgia that I very much value Ron ps Just noticed the £12 item has been sold but I'm sure there are others floating around at similar prices.
Giving this thread a bit of a bounce because i noticed that it has also suffered the loss of images in the recent changeover. Von Poop has lost his pic in posting #2 and Gerry has lost his in #6 I've just gone back to my own back-up in Picassa 3 and recovered these 3 images. Note that apart from the cover photo from the book I bought post-war (also shown below), all the other 3 images come from my Army Album Ron and I see we talked about the Two Types here: http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/819-the-two-types/
