The Illustrated War News, Part 4, September 2, 1914

London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd., 1914. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 48 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated. Front cover has some color. Map, Front and back covers present but separated. Bookplate on inside of front cover. Rear cover missing. Pencil erasure residue on front cover. Ex-library U. S. Army Military History Research Collection. 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. Upon the outbreak of the first World War the magazine Illustrated London News began to publish illustrated reports related entirely to the war and entitled it The Illustrated War News. 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. It ceased publication in 1918. The article on page two, entitled The First Act, is by Spencer Wilkinson. There are photographs of the "Men Who Led Our Ships to Victory off Heligoland" (page 7). Page 33 has a nice, nearly full page (rest is caption) of a Long Tom, the British 60-Pounder 'position gun'. Page 34 has a photograph of bomb damage caused by a Zeppelin attack and other Zeppelin related content on following pages. Page 47 is a map of the "The War Ports of the 'Iron Coast'. Condition: Fair.

Keywords: WW1, Newspapers, Spenser Wilkinson, Western Front, British Army, British Navy, Heligoland, Long Tom, 60-Pounder, Zeppelin, Bomb Damage

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