The Illustrated War News 71-80
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 - tears; spine splitting, a few rusted staples, some stains on front covers. December 15, 1915 - February 16, 1916.
A remarkable window into the chaos and heroism of the First World War, The Illustrated War News is a serialised pictorial publication that brought the realities of the Great War directly into the homes of the British public, part by part, as the conflict unfolded between 1914 and 1918. Each numbered issue presents a vivid, photographic chronicle of the war's progress — from the muddy trenches of the Western Front to the earliest military aircraft taking flight — combining striking black-and-white photography with detailed reportage that documented soldiers, commanders, and the machinery of modern warfare in unprecedented detail. As a primary historical document, this collection stands as an invaluable artefact of wartime journalism and propaganda, illustrating how the press shaped public perception of a global conflict on a scale never before seen. The photographs — including poignant frontline portraits and images of early biplanes — carry a raw, unmediated power that no retrospective account can replicate. This rare, multi-part set, spanning issues in the seventies and eighties of its run, offers historians, collectors, and enthusiasts an extraordinary firsthand record of one of humanity's most defining moments — leaving the reader to wonder what truths lie within the pages not yet turned.
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 - tears; spine splitting, a few rusted staples, some stains on front covers. December 15, 1915 - February 16, 1916.
A remarkable window into the chaos and heroism of the First World War, The Illustrated War News is a serialised pictorial publication that brought the realities of the Great War directly into the homes of the British public, part by part, as the conflict unfolded between 1914 and 1918. Each numbered issue presents a vivid, photographic chronicle of the war's progress — from the muddy trenches of the Western Front to the earliest military aircraft taking flight — combining striking black-and-white photography with detailed reportage that documented soldiers, commanders, and the machinery of modern warfare in unprecedented detail. As a primary historical document, this collection stands as an invaluable artefact of wartime journalism and propaganda, illustrating how the press shaped public perception of a global conflict on a scale never before seen. The photographs — including poignant frontline portraits and images of early biplanes — carry a raw, unmediated power that no retrospective account can replicate. This rare, multi-part set, spanning issues in the seventies and eighties of its run, offers historians, collectors, and enthusiasts an extraordinary firsthand record of one of humanity's most defining moments — leaving the reader to wonder what truths lie within the pages not yet turned.