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The Illustrated War News: Being a Pictorial Record of the Great War, published by the Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., a complete set, parts 1-96, 12 August 1914-7 June 1916, bound in eight volumes, each part separately paginated, profusely illustrated, oblong, 4to (20.5 x 29cm.), brown cloth half bound in brown leather, with gilt titles and heraldic shields of Great Britain and the Allied Nations, very good condition, an excellent illustrative resource (8) £160-200

With the start of the Great War, The Illustrated War News was one of a number of weekly pictorial publications produced to satisfy the appetite of the public for news of the war. Arguably the best was that produced by the Illustrated London News. The publication made good use of official photographs and original artwork depicting the war at home and at ‘the front’, on land, sea and air. The Series commenced a week after the outbreak of war with part 1 and continued until 7 June 1916 with part 96.