1917 issue ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ( 4014 )

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The Illustrated London News was a magazine founded by Herbert Ingram and Mark Lemon, the Editor of Punch, with the first edition of the Illustrated London News appearing on 14 May 1842.

Twenty pages ( 40 sides ) of

'The Illustrated London News '

Dated 1917 price 7d.

This first part of the description features items which have Images i.e. sketches, photographs and drawings etc (these often have descriptive articles but not always) They include :-

' General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby KCB - The Captor of Jerusalem ' Full front page photograph

' Boys of the Essex Regiment Resting in the Ghuzzi Wadi ' photograph on advertising cover

' The Sweep up to Bourlon: A Panoramic View of Sir Julian Byng's Attack on Bourlon Ridge - The Attack Developing, The Dominating Bourlon Ridge With The Village and Wood, Infantry and Tanks Were Advancing AGainst It ' A wonderful double page sketch drawn by A Forestier From Material Supplied by an Eye Witness

' In Bourlon Wood France - British Dismounted Cavalry Attacking The Steel Clad Enemy on the Cambrai Battlefield ' Double page Drawn by Frederic De Haenen showing British Infantry , Dragoons and Hussars and German troops

The Surrender of Jerusalem - Some of the Indian Troops in the Palestine Campaign :-

' Trench Sentries Lined Up For Inspection - Men of Vaughans Rifles A Regiment Half Composed of Mohammedans '

' Bayonets Ready on the Order, Stand To - Ghurka Rifles Fallen in On an Alarm in the Trenches: '

' Off Duty at the Entrance to a Dug out - Typical of Outrams Rifles, Each Battalion of Which Has Two Mohammedan ( Muslim ) Companies '

' On the Look Out Across The Parapet Miel Crest Towards a Turkish Position - Trench Sentry Of Outrams Rifles ' Sleekburnc.

' A Man of Vaughans Rifles in Off Duty Camp Undress Garb, aNd Wearing the Fringed Turban of the Corps - Drawing a Water Ration '

' Ghurka Riflemen on The Order "Up and Over" - Men Swarming Over a Trench Parapet '

' A Soldier Firing Through a Parapet Sandbag Walled Loop-Hole - A Ghurka Rifles Machine Gun Post in a Trench '

' For All On Service Between The First Day of the War and The Close of the First Battle of Ypres November 23 1914: The 1914 Star ' a medal

' Lenin Prime Minister under The Bolshevist Regime and Trotsky The Bolshevist Foreign Minister '

On The Road to Jerusalem - at Beersheba

' Anzacs of the Cavalry Which Attacked After an All Night Outflanking Sweep, Standing by The Beersheba railway station Yard - Some of the First Arrivals '

' The Imperial Camel Corps on the Outskirts of Beersheba '

' On The Afternoon of General Allenby's Victory: A First Batch of the Days Takings of Turkish Prisoners Miel on their Arrival in the Barbed Wire Cage '

' A Devilish Plot That Was Frustrated - Harmless Looking Railway Vans at Beersheba Station Containing Infernal MAchines ' probably means boobytrapped

' A Well blown up With High Explosive by The Germans at Beersheba - An Outrage That His Religion Forbids to the Orthodox Turk '

On the Road to Jerusalem - British Machine Guns and Yeomanry

' An Incident Near Gaza During the Enemys Retreat - Two Teams of Turkish Field Artillery Knocked Out By British Machine Gunners: '

' The yeomanry During the Enemys Retreat Miel From Gaza - A 5.9 Turkish Howitzer Captured by British Mounted Troops ' Both pictures drawn by H. W. Koekkoek - full page

On The Road to Jerusalem - In The Palestine Battle Area:

' The Sand Hills Fringing the Wadi Ghuzzi Where the Anzac Cavalry Made a Dashing Bayonet Charge '

' Troops Quartered in Dug Outs in a Wadi '

' Bedouin Villagers Being Safeguarded From the Turks While Bringing in Their Harvest Under Escort of the Egyptian Camel Corps '

' A Trench Held By a Lewis Gun Squad - On the Crest of Samsons Ridge, Up Which Samson Carried the Gates of Gaza '

' Turkish Prisoners - An Interpreter Telling a Turkish Sergeant Major His Duties '

' Turkish Prisoners Before Marching Off to Internment - The British Medical Officers Inspction Parade '

On The Road to Jerusalem: Scenes During the Gaza Advance :-

' A Caterpillar Tractor Bringing Up Ammunition Wagons '

' A German FIeld Service Hangar, Taken NEar Beersheba Captured Just As the Retreating German Airmen Left It '

' A Line of British Guns at Gaza - During The Shelling of the Turkish Main Ridge fort on Ali Muntar, The Hill Dominating Gaza on the South East '

' A Hangar Abandoned By the German Airmen After an Aeroplane Bombardment by One of Our Squardons ... '

' Working in the Abandoned German Hangar ....'

On the Road to Jerusalem :-

' Transport as in Abraham's Time: Camels for Conveying Water to British Troops in the Trenches in Palestine '

' British Wireless Operators in an Observation Post '

'A British Artillery Observer Telephoning Back to His Battery '

' The Victorious Advance to Jerusalem: Men of a British Siege Battery Detraing a Howitzer by Moonlight '

' The Scene of Samsons Last Exploit and Tragic Death: A Distant View of Gaza From a British Observation Post ' Sleekburnc.

Wonderful drawings by James McBey Official artist in Palestine - double page

Jerusalem:

'Jerusalem From Golgotha ' a wonderful double page from a photograph by Mister P. R. Salmon in sepia - a small family group on a hill above Jerusalem

' Jerusalem A General View of the Holy City as Seen From the Mount of Olives ' panoramic photograph by Salmon and the American Colony

' Showing the Road Leading From The Jaffa Gate Down Mount Zion Towards Bethlehem - Part of the Citadel at Jerusalem '

' The Damascus Gate and The Sheep Market at Jerusalem '

' A Gap in the Walls of Jerusalem By The Jaffa Gate '

' Built on the Rock Moriah Where Abraham Offered Isaac: The Mosque of Omar '

' St Stephens Gate '

' A Picturesque Street Scene in Jerusalem '

' The Way By Which Christ passed to Calvary: The Via Dolorosa The Sixth Station of the Cross '

From Photographs by the American Colony, Jerusalem and P. R. Salmon

Fashion - ' The Importance of the Cape on a Costume ' fashion sketch by Margot

' Harrods - Bedstead ' Advert

' Mappin and Webb Ltd Christmas Gifts ' advert

' The Terrace at Monte Carlo, Still a Haunt of Sunshine Seekers, Wounded and Otherwise '

' On Christmas Day as Usual - The National Tribute to Lord Roberts ' Full page advert

A Naval Review at Bombay on Trafalgar Day - ' The British Admiral Arrives ' - - - ' Sailors Marching to the Review Ground '

' Save Food By Using Oxo - a Potato Dish ' four recipes - Curried Mayonnaise of Vegetables - - - Curried Potatoes - - - Potato Pears - - - Potato Rissoles - Advert

' On the Western Front - One of Our Land Ships ( a tank ) Bringing In ITs Camouflaged Prize - A 5.9 German Naval Gun '

' Diamond Wristlet Watches by J. W. Bensons ' advert

' Rowlands Macassar Oil ' advert

' With The Italian Navy - Submarine Chasers At Full Speed '

' TheLarnix Tube ( Cigarette Holder ) by J. G Timmins and Co of Doncaster' advert

' Bulmers Champagne Cider ' advert

' Charles packer & Co Beautiful Gem Rings ' Advert

' Gamages Christmas Gifts ' advert

' King George V at The Napier Works Watching the Departure of a Completed Aeroplane by Motor Lorry '

' Buick Car ' Advert

' Sunbeam Cars ' Sleekburnc.

' Napier Motor Carriage ' advert - shows a car on Telford’s suspension bridge at Conway in North Wales

' The Brolt Electric Engine Starter ' advert

' Of Great Service to the Wounded: A Daimler Box Car for Medical Stores '

' The Late Mr J. Compton Merryweather- A Great Fire Fighter '

' Carters Adjustable Reclining Chairs ' advert

' Kenilworth Cigarettes ' full page advert from a drawing by Fred Pegram - front advertising pages

' De Reszke American Cigarettes - Miss America Arrives ' full page advert showing an american lady and gent disembarking from a ship being met by british and american officers and a british bulldog waving an american flag - in red and black on back advertising page

And other adverts of the day

This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-

Our Note Book by G. K. Chesterton

Ladies Page by Filomena

Monte Carlo

General Notes

The Chronicle of the Car by W. W. Sleekburnc.

It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75"). It retains its red advertising cover and pages. The staples are rusty and some of the pages are loose. There are a few tears and handling marks to the edges. The photos, sketches etc. vary in size.

PLEASE NOTE :- I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present. As far as I can tell there are no pages missing - if you are looking for something in particular in this issue PLEASE ASK

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PLEASE ALSO NOTE That the paper banners, or mastheads vary, and the scan shown is only a representative sample.

"Info." in the description is my research, although relevant to the accompanying image or article, not necessarily in the text