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The Illustrated War News [1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10]
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. Vols 3, 5 & 7 missing. Vol 6 is missing the front cover. Good for age - tears; spine splitting, a few rusted staples. August 12, 1914 - October 14, 1914.
At the height of the First World War, a nation hungry for truth turned to The Illustrated War News — a landmark series of illustrated periodicals that brought the front lines of the Great War into the homes of the British public with unprecedented immediacy and visual power. Published in individual numbered parts, each self-contained issue combined dramatic battlefield artwork, naval engagements, cavalry manoeuvres, and frontline photography to chronicle the unfolding catastrophe of 1914–1918, presenting the war not merely as a sequence of military dispatches, but as a living, breathing historical record etched in ink and image. Produced under the banner of The Illustrated London News, this remarkable series stands as one of the most significant pieces of wartime journalism and visual reportage of the twentieth century, capturing the texture of conflict — from the muddy trenches of the Western Front to the storm-tossed battleships of the North Sea — with an authority that no written account alone could match. Each part is a primary historical document, a vivid artefact of its age, leaving the modern reader to wonder: what was it truly like to hold one of these issues, fresh off the press, as the guns thundered across the Channel?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Vols 3, 5 & 7 missing. Vol 6 is missing the front cover. Good for age - tears; spine splitting, a few rusted staples. August 12, 1914 - October 14, 1914.
At the height of the First World War, a nation hungry for truth turned to The Illustrated War News — a landmark series of illustrated periodicals that brought the front lines of the Great War into the homes of the British public with unprecedented immediacy and visual power. Published in individual numbered parts, each self-contained issue combined dramatic battlefield artwork, naval engagements, cavalry manoeuvres, and frontline photography to chronicle the unfolding catastrophe of 1914–1918, presenting the war not merely as a sequence of military dispatches, but as a living, breathing historical record etched in ink and image. Produced under the banner of The Illustrated London News, this remarkable series stands as one of the most significant pieces of wartime journalism and visual reportage of the twentieth century, capturing the texture of conflict — from the muddy trenches of the Western Front to the storm-tossed battleships of the North Sea — with an authority that no written account alone could match. Each part is a primary historical document, a vivid artefact of its age, leaving the modern reader to wonder: what was it truly like to hold one of these issues, fresh off the press, as the guns thundered across the Channel?