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New section of Illustrated London News - will have more added soon.
The Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine; its inaugural issue appeared on Saturday, 14 May 1842. The magazine was published weekly until 1971, and less frequently thereafter. Publication ceased in 2003.
Each copy is packed with many hundreds of news items, engravings, advertisements and editorial comments and below I have picked out the majority of illustrations, each of which is linked to an article. I have also added a few choice morsels from the wide range of other topics covered.
Each magazine is complete and as sold as a weekly newspaper in 1849.
These copies are clean and in good condition but are over 165 years old so allowance must be made for a little handling wear. Images are a guide but tend to exaggerate any blemishes and may make white paper look shaded. I endeavour to mention any serious problems like tears or off-setting.
If you want several items, email me for a discount!
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 The Illustrated London News No. 385 Vol.XV for the week ending Saturday August 11 1849. 16 large pages, 28 x 40 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, many linked to the numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Engravings: Hungarian Peasantry under arms. Irish views including the Royal visit (8). Indian river steam train (paddle steamer). Pleasure canal boats at Paddington Basin. School children’s Hampton Court holiday in horse drawn vans. Domestic gas light apparatus. Etc. Other articles: Late Orange affray in County Down. The Ajax steam guard ship. Charge of Bigamy against Loa Montes. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 Ref e60407 : £12 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News No. 386 Vol.XV for the week ending Saturday August 18 1849. 16 large pages, 28 x 40 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, many linked to the numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Engravings: Queen Victoria in Dublin including a Grand Military Review (5) and in Glasnevin, Kingstown, now Dún Laoghaire (2) and Carton, Belfast (5) and Glasgow (2). Etc. Other articles: Growing flax in Ireland. Louis Napoleon tours the Republic. Queen’s tour of Scotland. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 Ref e60408 : £12 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News No. 389 Vol.XV for the week ending Saturday September 8 1849. 16 large pages, 28 x 40 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, many linked to the numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Engravings: Burials within the city walls of London. Destruction of Montreal hotel by fire. Discovery of Roman tessellated pavement in Dyer Street, Cirencester. Watering places of England – Hastings. The Queen’s Hut at Balmoral (2). Knock Castle. Phillip’s Fire Annihilator. Ajunta Caves, Central Hindostan and their wall paintings (4). Barnet Fair. Etc. Other articles: Glasgow doctor dies experimenting with chloroform dosages. Deer stalking. Birmingham music festival. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 Ref e60411 : £12 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News No. 390 Vol.XV for the week ending Saturday September 15 1849. 16 large pages, 28 x 40 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, many linked to the numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Engravings: Court Martial of Commander Pitman on HM S Impregnable, Plymouth. Chippewa Indian Chiefs at Montreal. Changes at Sadler’s Wells. Inside Euston, the terminus of the London & North Western Railway. Doncaster Races, Railway Station and rail horsebox(4). Irish Harvest Home, Birmingham Exposition of Arts & Manufactures (3). The crowded London Graveyards of Norwood, Drury Lane, Lambeth and Blackfriars (4). Etc. Other articles: Cholera. Collision with her Majesty’s steamer Salamander. Explosion of a fireworks manufactory. Hereford musical festival. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 Ref e60412 : £12 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, August 12 1939. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. RUN UP TO THE WAR NUMBER. This issue dates from just 3 weeks before war was declared. 36 large pages, 25.5 x 36 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. This item is without the outer cover, having been bound to an economy wartime standard, leaving five needle holes in each page. The Royal family; Italian military manoeuvres with Spanish & German observers; Fighting the Japanese in China; Excavating Sutton Hoo; Inspection of the Reserve fleet, with colour pages; Danzig and the Nazis; Mildjingi people in Arnhem Land, N Australia; Open air opera; etc. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref e60517 : £20 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, August 19 1939. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. RUN UP TO THE WAR NUMBER. This issue dates from just 2 weeks before war was declared. 36 large pages, 25.5 x 36 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. This item is without the outer cover, having been bound to an economy wartime standard, leaving five needle holes in each page. Royal Ulster Rifles in transport aircraft; A spread on excavating Sutton Hoo; Men of the moment across three continents, inc. Hitler with Ribbentrop; Aerial photography at night; London before and after the blackout; Native fishing in Arnhem Land, N Australia; Mass mobility of the Italian army - Lightning War; rouse shooting; Mycenaean discoveries; Zurich exhibition; A Parsi rite of the dead; Chronicle of the car; etc. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref e60518 : £20 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, August 5 1939. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. RUN UP TO THE WAR NUMBER. This issue dates from just 4 weeks before war was declared. 36 large pages, 25.5 x 36 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. This item is without the outer cover, having been bound to an economy wartime standard, leaving five needle holes in each page. The battleship, Royal Oak; refuelling in flight; Barrage balloon over London; Italian and German submarine rescue methods; Ships of the Reserve; Royalty; Russian soldiers swimming with their rifles; IRA bomb outrages; King Solomon's seaport, etc. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref e60516 : £20 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, July 1 1939. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. RUN UP TO THE WAR NUMBER. 36 large pages, 25.5 x 36 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. This item is without the outer cover, having been bound to an economy wartime standard, leaving five needle holes in each page. Major spread of the Royal family returning hone from Canada, showing Southampton docks and massive crowds in London with many pictures of the young Princesses; Fatal Mercedes crash at Spa; Two serious fires in London; Wimbledon - the seeds; First definite footprints of a fossilised Sauropod; Ramp-romping in a saloon car; etc Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref e60511 : £20 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, July 15 1939. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. RUN UP TO THE WAR NUMBER. 36 large pages, 25.5 x 36 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. This item is without the outer cover, having been bound to an economy wartime standard, leaving five needle holes in each page. Wellington bombers at Brussels air display; Final messages from the submarine Thetis; The Davis escape mechanism; Aborigines of Arnhem Land, N Australia; Toy armaments in school; Royal review and banquet at Greenwich; Spitfires, Hurricanes, Wellingtons, Hampdens and Blenheims over Paris; Mars and Saturn nearer the Earth; etc. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref e60513 : £20 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, July 22 1939. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. RUN UP TO THE WAR NUMBER. 36 large pages, 25.5 x 36 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. This item is without the outer cover, having been bound to an economy wartime standard, leaving five needle holes in each page. Huge display of France's preparedness for war - Guards march through Paris; Franco-British air power; Mars - importance of the red planet; Tientsin incidents - blockade of the concessions; - but Shanghai carries on as normal; Submarine exercising at Malta; Nelson relics; Cook's artist in the South Seas - in colour; HMS Renown before and after rebuild; First group of militiamen welcomed at camps throughout Britain; Treasures of pre-Homeric Athens; French Revolution exhibition; etc. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref e60514 : £20 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, July 29 1939. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. RUN UP TO THE WAR NUMBER. This issue dates from just 5 weeks before war was declared. 36 large pages, 25.5 x 36 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. This item is without the outer cover, having been bound to an economy wartime standard, leaving five needle holes in each page. The Royal family at Dartmouth Naval College; Red Square parade; The Great Drama at Kumasi, 1900; Even Switzerland military minded; Peaceful Netherland secures her frontiers; Switzerland stores wheat in its lakes; Da Vinci exhibition, Milan; Tientsin - blockade of the concessions; Failure to rescue crews from submarines Thesis and Squalus and new safety devices; Old cameras; Treasures of Delphi; etc. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref e60515 : £20 Return to Ephemera Index |
 The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, July 8 1939. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. RUN UP TO THE WAR NUMBER. 36 large pages, 25.5 x 36 cm, supplied unbound and not sewn. Each issue contains many articles, mostly about topics of the day, with numerous illustrations. This item is without the outer cover, having been bound to an economy wartime standard, leaving five needle holes in each page. National Defence Services parade in Hyde Park; Yankee Clipper flying boat service inaugurated; Primitive but carefree Konyak Naga headhunting people in Burma; The Fleet Air Arm; Mauretania visits New York for the first time; Danzig, Nazi rallies and the one time Polish protectorate; Neanderthal man and graves at Mount Circeo, nr. Rome; etc. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref e60512 : £20 Return to Ephemera Index |
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