76/ 545 [Photography]. Work and War in Spain. Guerra y trabayo de España. London, Press Dept. of the Spanish Embassy, 1938, (8)textp. (Spanish and Engl. text), (70)p. w. photogr. ills., orig. wr., sm. folio.

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= Parr/ Badger III, p.19: "Work and War in Spain was published by the Spanish Embassy in London, and was aimed at a sympathetic foreign audience. That it was a goverment-sanctioned publication might remind us that the Spanish Civil War was not a left-wing revolution, but the Fascist overthrow of a legitimately elected government. Using agency images, the book stresses that legitimacy, depicting scens of work, education and industry. It shows no fighting, only military training, and tragically stresses that the Republicans were on the verge of winning the struggle: 'in the military sphere the worst is over'. Alas, that was not the case (...)".