Celebrities of the Army Part V
London: George Newnes, Limited, c1899. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. The format is approximately 11 inches by 14.5 inches. Cover has some wear and soiling. Each illustration was suitable for framing, with the associated text on the back side of the color image. As Part V, the interior pagination begins with page 33 and ends with page 40. The front cover is i, and ii and the rear cover is iii and iv pagination. Each section has a full page full color portrait and a page of text on the individual. This was to be completed in about 12 fortnightly parts. Later increased to 18 parts. The Contents of Part V includes Lieut.-General Sir Charles Warren, Lieut.-General Sir Charles William Wilson, Major-General A. G. Wauchope, and Lieut.-General Sir H. M. L. Rundle. This is a Boer War era publication, as text in Part II refers to General Sir Henry Evelyn Wood as 'the present Adjutant-General". George Newnes Ltd. is a British publisher. The company was founded in 1891 by George Newnes (1851–1910), considered a founding father of popular journalism. Newnes published such magazines and periodicals as Tit-Bits, The Wide World Magazine, The Captain, The Strand Magazine, The Grand Magazine, John O'London's Weekly, Sunny Stories for Little Folk, Woman's Own, and the "Practical" line of magazines overseen by editor Frederick J. Camm. Long after the founder's death, Newnes was known for publishing groundbreaking consumer magazines such as Nova. Newnes published books by such authors as Enid Blyton, Richmal Crompton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Goodchild, P. G. Wodehouse, and John Wyndham. More