Cairo-Printed WWII Periodical with Czechoslovak Focus — Orientations

Orientations (No. 8, March 1943) Cairo: Published at the Victory Club for “Orientations,” c/o “A” Branch, H.Q. B.T.E., 1943. Stapled wraps, 19.5 × 14 cm. 48 pp. + viii pp. advertisements. Wartime English-language periodical produced in Cairo, this issue devoted in part to “Czechoslovakia Will Live Again” (pp. 3–29), with contributions by C. H. O. Scaife, Ian Campbell, John Gray, Hamish Henderson, “Intrepidus,” G. O. Physick, Adam Schweig, and G. S. Fraser. Editorial board includes H. K. Guednian, D. J. S. Thomson, W. Wells, A. MacGregor, and E. de Mauny. With period advertisements (including Baťa, Cyma-Tavannes watches and local Cairo businesses such as Pole Nord bar & restaurant). Allied cultural and propaganda publishing in the Middle East during WWII. VG condition. Inv.Ho6