The Illustrated War News (8 volumes)

8 volumes / very collectable /
bound in half leather in original covers with leather corners

320,00

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Beschrijving

The Illustrated War News (first issue Volume 1, August 1914), was a weekly magazine during the First World War, published by the Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. of London, England.
The magazine comprised 48 pages of articles, photographs, diagrams and maps printed in landscape format. From 1916 it was issued as a 40-page publication in portrait format. It was reputed to have the largest number of artist-correspondents reporting on the progress of the war.

landscape format, 576 pp. per volume (48 pp. per edition):
Volume 1. Parts 1-12. (August 12th, 1914, to October 28th, 1914)
Volume 2. Parts 13-24 (Nov. 4th, 1914, to January 20th, 1915)
Volume 3. Parts 25-36 (January 27th, 1915, to April 14th, 1915)
Volume 4. Parts 37-48 (April 21st, 1915, to July 7th, 1915)

portrait format, 480 pp. per volume (40 pp. per edition):
Volume 4. Parts 37-48 (Feb. 21st, 1917, to May 9th, 1917)
Volume 5. Parts 49-60 (May 16th, 1917, to Aug. 1st, 1917)
Volume 6. Parts 61-72 (Aug. 8th, 1917, to Oct. 24th, 1917)
Volume 7. Parts 73-84 (Oct. 31st, 1917, to Jan. 16th, 1918)