Fifteen Reproductions from Drawings and Latest Photographs of the Drive in Champagne, Fighting in the Vosges, the Argonnes and at Sea, and the Attack on Verdun. 80-Vol. 4
Ephemera, Unknown: Unknown, 1915. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.
Unbound sheets with 15 black and white illustrations of World War I subjects. Paper is slightly age-darkened with light edge wear to some. Well preserved set of wire photos or news agency photos issued in 1915 to the press in limited quantities (sometimes as few as 25-50 per photo, although the number in this case is uncertain) for print media use. This set includes pictures of the drive of the Allies: abandoned German trenches, British wire tappers (drawing), zigzag trenches on the Champagne front, French artillery in action. Other fights on the Western Front: French band in gas masks, zeppelin shot down (drawn by George Scott), German field post, commander's post, dead in Verdun quarry, shelter in the Vosges, Joffre and Petain, infantry charge. Also photos of the ruins of Ypres, and two sea pictures: searchlights discovering German destroyers (drawing), and a torpedo just leaving the tube. 8.75" tall; 8 pages.
Item #5060041
Price: $18.00