Peter quantrill compilers (1 Ergebnisse)

Signed by the compilers on the title page. 4to; original black rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (iv) + 310, incl. index; profusely illustrated with engravings from the periodical. Some foxing to reverse of dustwrapper, edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "Every Saturday morning, at the cost of six pence, the Illustrated London News presented to its readers descriptions of events and bloody battles brought alive by the magnificent illustrations drawn by the top war artists of the day. Although copies of the original magazines are much sought after and have become collectors' items, the compilers have painstakingly acquired every issue pertaining to the conflict and, having extracted every report and illustration on the subject, have produced, with an index, and in chronological order, a unique record of he Anglo-Zulu War. . This compilation of the Illustrated London News, with a foreword by David Rattray of Fugitive's Drift, containing over 300 pages, 200 dramatic black and white illustrations, has been compiled by Ron Lock and Peter Quantrill, co-authors of acclaimed Zulu Victory; the Epic of Isandlwana and the Cover-Up.". …