The Illustrated War News 81-90
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; part 81, December 26, 1917 - part 90, February 27, 1918
A gripping frontline chronicle frozen in print, The Illustrated War News stands as one of the most remarkable primary sources of the First World War, delivering photographic evidence and eyewitness accounts of the conflict directly to the British public as it unfolded week by week. Each issue presents the stark, visceral reality of trench warfare, military campaigns, and the human cost of battle through a powerful combination of documentary photography and authoritative journalism, capturing everything from soldiers in the field to the devastated landscapes of the Western Front. Published by The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd and priced at just 9d per issue, this periodical series represents an extraordinary piece of living history, produced at a time when the camera was becoming the definitive instrument of war reportage. The photographs and accompanying text serve not merely as news but as a collective memory, illustrating the industrial-scale horror and heroism of a conflict that reshaped the modern world. A collection of these rare original issues is a treasure for any serious historian or collector — a window, still open, onto one of humanity's darkest and most defining hours.
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1917, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; part 81, December 26, 1917 - part 90, February 27, 1918
A gripping frontline chronicle frozen in print, The Illustrated War News stands as one of the most remarkable primary sources of the First World War, delivering photographic evidence and eyewitness accounts of the conflict directly to the British public as it unfolded week by week. Each issue presents the stark, visceral reality of trench warfare, military campaigns, and the human cost of battle through a powerful combination of documentary photography and authoritative journalism, capturing everything from soldiers in the field to the devastated landscapes of the Western Front. Published by The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd and priced at just 9d per issue, this periodical series represents an extraordinary piece of living history, produced at a time when the camera was becoming the definitive instrument of war reportage. The photographs and accompanying text serve not merely as news but as a collective memory, illustrating the industrial-scale horror and heroism of a conflict that reshaped the modern world. A collection of these rare original issues is a treasure for any serious historian or collector — a window, still open, onto one of humanity's darkest and most defining hours.