The Illustrated War News 41-44; 46-50
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Good for age, Volume 45 missing. - tears; spine splitting, a few rusted staples. May 19, 1915 - July 21, 1915
In the thick of one of history's most devastating conflicts, The Illustrated War News brought the brutal reality of the First World War directly into the hands of the British public, issue by issue, in vivid photographic and illustrated detail. This remarkable collection of wartime periodicals — spanning multiple numbered parts — chronicles the campaigns, battles, and human stories of the Great War with an immediacy and visual power that no written account alone could match. Each self-contained issue presents frontline photography, battlefield illustrations, and dispatches that capture soldiers in the trenches, officers surveying the landscape, and the raw, unfiltered drama of modern warfare as it unfolded week by week between 1914 and 1918. As a primary historical document, The Illustrated War News stands as an invaluable archive of wartime visual journalism, offering scholars, collectors, and history enthusiasts an unparalleled window into how the war was seen, experienced, and communicated to a civilian audience. The publication's unflinching imagery — from mud-soaked infantrymen to the haunting stillness of no-man's-land — carries a weight that transcends mere reportage, transforming each page into a testament to human endurance under fire. For anyone seeking to understand not just the events of WWI, but how a generation lived and perceived them, this collection is an irreplaceable encounter with the past.
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Good for age, Volume 45 missing. - tears; spine splitting, a few rusted staples. May 19, 1915 - July 21, 1915
In the thick of one of history's most devastating conflicts, The Illustrated War News brought the brutal reality of the First World War directly into the hands of the British public, issue by issue, in vivid photographic and illustrated detail. This remarkable collection of wartime periodicals — spanning multiple numbered parts — chronicles the campaigns, battles, and human stories of the Great War with an immediacy and visual power that no written account alone could match. Each self-contained issue presents frontline photography, battlefield illustrations, and dispatches that capture soldiers in the trenches, officers surveying the landscape, and the raw, unfiltered drama of modern warfare as it unfolded week by week between 1914 and 1918. As a primary historical document, The Illustrated War News stands as an invaluable archive of wartime visual journalism, offering scholars, collectors, and history enthusiasts an unparalleled window into how the war was seen, experienced, and communicated to a civilian audience. The publication's unflinching imagery — from mud-soaked infantrymen to the haunting stillness of no-man's-land — carries a weight that transcends mere reportage, transforming each page into a testament to human endurance under fire. For anyone seeking to understand not just the events of WWI, but how a generation lived and perceived them, this collection is an irreplaceable encounter with the past.