The Illustrated War News 31-40
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. March 10, 1915 - May 12, 1915.
Few publications captured the raw, immediate reality of the First World War quite like The Illustrated War News — a landmark periodical that brought the conflict directly into the homes of the British public at a time when the nation was desperate for accurate, vivid reporting from the front. Published in numbered parts during the Great War (1914–1918) by the Illustrated London News group, each self-contained issue chronicles the unfolding campaigns, battles, and human stories of the war across multiple theatres, from the Western Front trenches to Britain's Seven Campaigns overseas, combining powerful engraved illustrations and photographs with authoritative journalism. This remarkable collection of issues presents a rare, unfiltered window into wartime life as contemporaries experienced it — not through the lens of hindsight, but in the urgent, week-by-week cadence of a world at war. The dramatic cover illustrations, depicting soldiers, military equipment, and poignant vignettes of sacrifice and faith, reflect the era's powerful visual storytelling tradition. As both a primary historical document and a testament to wartime print culture, The Illustrated War News remains an indispensable artefact for historians, collectors, and anyone who seeks to understand the First World War not as distant history, but as a living, breathing crisis that shaped the modern world — leaving the reader to wonder: what was it truly like to turn each new page, not knowing what the next week of war would bring?
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. March 10, 1915 - May 12, 1915.
Few publications captured the raw, immediate reality of the First World War quite like The Illustrated War News — a landmark periodical that brought the conflict directly into the homes of the British public at a time when the nation was desperate for accurate, vivid reporting from the front. Published in numbered parts during the Great War (1914–1918) by the Illustrated London News group, each self-contained issue chronicles the unfolding campaigns, battles, and human stories of the war across multiple theatres, from the Western Front trenches to Britain's Seven Campaigns overseas, combining powerful engraved illustrations and photographs with authoritative journalism. This remarkable collection of issues presents a rare, unfiltered window into wartime life as contemporaries experienced it — not through the lens of hindsight, but in the urgent, week-by-week cadence of a world at war. The dramatic cover illustrations, depicting soldiers, military equipment, and poignant vignettes of sacrifice and faith, reflect the era's powerful visual storytelling tradition. As both a primary historical document and a testament to wartime print culture, The Illustrated War News remains an indispensable artefact for historians, collectors, and anyone who seeks to understand the First World War not as distant history, but as a living, breathing crisis that shaped the modern world — leaving the reader to wonder: what was it truly like to turn each new page, not knowing what the next week of war would bring?