The Illustrated War News 61-70
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 61, August 8, 1917 - part 70, October 10, 1917.
At the height of the First World War, a hungry British public demanded more than dispatches and rumour — they demanded to *see* the conflict, and The Illustrated War News answered that call with extraordinary force. Published in weekly parts throughout the duration of the Great War (1914–1918) by the Illustrated London News group, this remarkable periodical brought the front lines into the living rooms of civilians across the Empire, combining dramatic photographic reportage with detailed maps, battlefield illustrations, and eyewitness accounts from the Western Front and beyond. Each issue, priced at 8d, functioned as both a historical document and a propaganda instrument, capturing the colossal machinery of modern warfare — from Canadian soldiers standing resolute in their trenches to the devastating new artillery that was reshaping the face of combat forever. As a collection, The Illustrated War News stands as one of the most vivid and unfiltered primary sources of the First World War era, offering historians and collectors an irreplaceable window into how the conflict was perceived, packaged, and presented to the public in real time. The publication chronicles the full sweep of the war with a tone that is earnest and patriotic, yet its photographs carry an accidental, haunting truth that transcends the propaganda of the age. This set of multiple original issues — a rare survival in such numbers — represents not merely a collector's treasure, but a direct, visceral encounter with history: what will you discover when you turn each fragile page?
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 61, August 8, 1917 - part 70, October 10, 1917.
At the height of the First World War, a hungry British public demanded more than dispatches and rumour — they demanded to *see* the conflict, and The Illustrated War News answered that call with extraordinary force. Published in weekly parts throughout the duration of the Great War (1914–1918) by the Illustrated London News group, this remarkable periodical brought the front lines into the living rooms of civilians across the Empire, combining dramatic photographic reportage with detailed maps, battlefield illustrations, and eyewitness accounts from the Western Front and beyond. Each issue, priced at 8d, functioned as both a historical document and a propaganda instrument, capturing the colossal machinery of modern warfare — from Canadian soldiers standing resolute in their trenches to the devastating new artillery that was reshaping the face of combat forever. As a collection, The Illustrated War News stands as one of the most vivid and unfiltered primary sources of the First World War era, offering historians and collectors an irreplaceable window into how the conflict was perceived, packaged, and presented to the public in real time. The publication chronicles the full sweep of the war with a tone that is earnest and patriotic, yet its photographs carry an accidental, haunting truth that transcends the propaganda of the age. This set of multiple original issues — a rare survival in such numbers — represents not merely a collector's treasure, but a direct, visceral encounter with history: what will you discover when you turn each fragile page?