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The Illustrated London News and its Legacy in Print
From its first issue in 1842, The Illustrated London News captured the great events of its age in words and pictures.
Its pages reported on wars and politics, the spread of the railways, explorations in far-off lands such as Japan,
and the discoveries of science and archaeology.
Over time, the ILN became more than a newspaper: it was a unique cultural record
that has inspired historians, novelists, and publishers ever since.
Many books have been drawn directly from its coverage or shaped by its influence —
whether studies of military campaigns such as The 1879 Zulu War Through the Eyes of The Illustrated London News,
explorations of technology like Victorian Science and Engineering Portrayed in The Illustrated London News,
or cultural histories including Japan and the Illustrated London News: Complete Record of Reported Events, 1853–1899.
Writers as varied as G.K. Chesterton, Anthony Lambert, and Leonard De Vries have also reprinted or reflected on its pages,
ensuring the ILN’s voice continues long after its weekly editions ceased.
Below is a selection of books associated with the ILN and the subjects it so vividly chronicled.
1. Rugby Remembered: From the Pages of the "Illustrated London
News"
David Parry-Jones
Partridge Press (Oct 1988) - 192 Pages
ISBN 1852250453 - ISBN-13 9781852250454
2. Aircraft ('Illustrated London News' boxed books)
Arthur Reed
Distributed by Joseph (1968)
ISBN 0718130529 - ISBN-13 9780718130527
3. British Air Forces: The RAF and The Fleet Air Arm -
Completely Illustrated and Described Illustrated London News; British Air Forces London, 1941.
Blue soft card cover. Second Edition. 40pp :: photographs and illustrations :: 320mm x 490mm (13" x 19") ::
Includes: The Hawker Hurricane; The Supermarine Spitfire, The Boulton Paul 'Defiant',
The Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, The Handley-Page Hampden, The Vickers Wellington Mark III etc etc
4. Warships ('Illustrated London News' boxed books)
Basil Gingall
Distributed by Joseph (1968)
ISBN 0718130537 - ISBN-13 9780718130534
5. British Warships, Illustrated London News.
The Royal Navy completely illustrated and described. Elephant folio. 40p
6. The Martyrdom of Belgium: An appeal :
reprinted by kind permission of
the Illustrated London news
G. K Chesterton
Everyman Belgian Relief and Reconstruction Fund (1914) - 9 Pages
7. Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton:
Illustrated London News, 1908-1910
G.K. Chesterton
Ignatius Pr (Apr 1987)
ISBN 9997241053 - ISBN-13 9789997241054
8. The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton:
The Illustrated London News, 1926-1928
G.K. Chesterton
Ignatius Pr (Apr 1991)
ISBN 9991516395 - ISBN-13 9789991516394
9. Dynamics of the Pictured Page:
Representing the Nation in the "Illustrated
London News" (Nineteenth Century)
Peter W. Sinnema
Ashgate (Dec 1998) - 219 Pages
ISBN 1840142626 - ISBN-13 9781840142624
10. Indexes to fiction in The London Illustrated News (1842-1901) and
The
Graphic (1869-1901) (Victorian Fiction Research Guides)
Graham Law
Victorian Fiction Research Unit, Department of English, University of
Queensland (2001) - 91 Pages
ISBN 1864995653 - ISBN-13 9781864995657
11. The "Illustrated London News" Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother:
The Life That Spanned a Century
1900-2002 "
Hardcover - Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd (Apr 2002) - 128 Pages
ISBN 0283073691 - ISBN-13 9780283073694
12. Panorama 1842-1865;
the world of the early Victorians as seen
through the eyes of
the Illustrated London News
Murray (1967) - 159 Pages
13. "Illustrated London News" Book of London's Villages
Tony Aldous
Secker & Warburg (Mar 1980) - 320 Pages
ISBN 0436011506 - ISBN-13 9780436011504
14. Japan and the "Illustrated London News":
Complete Record of
Reported Events, 1853-1899
Global Oriental Ltd (Jul 2006) - 411 Pages
ISBN 1901903265 - ISBN-13 9781901903263
15. The 1879 Zulu War Through the Eyes of "The Illustrated London News"
30 Degrees South Publishers (Nov 2003) - 310 Pages
ISBN 0620308990 - ISBN-13 9780620308991
16. The Illustrated London News record of the coronation service and ceremony.
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra (June 26, 1902)
Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd (1902) - 52 Pages
17. The Mikados Japan: Being glimpses of nineteenth century Japan
as seen
and reported by the Illustrated London News and other contemporary sources
J. Nicholson (1990) - 130 Pages
ISBN 9623280068 - ISBN-13 9789623280068
18. The Illustrated London News record of the Transvaal War 1899-1900:
The
achievements of the home and colonial forces in the great conflict with
the Boer republics
Illustrated London News and Sketch (1901) - 82 Pages
19. "Illustrated London News" Social History of the First World
War
James Bishop
Angus & Robertson (Sep 1982) - 160 Pages
ISBN 0207148260 - ISBN-13 9780207148262
20. The glass walking-stick, and other essays from
"The Illustrated London
News", 1905-1936
G. K Chesterton
Methuen (1955) - 190 Pages
21 "Illustrated London News" Social History of Edwardian Britain
James Bishop
Angus & Robertson (Nov 1977) - 158 Pages
ISBN 0207957622 - ISBN-13 9780207957628
22. The Illustrated London News, Coronation Record Number,
King George VI.
and Queen Elizabeth...
Illustrated London News
Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., London (1937)
23. "Illustrated London News"
Christopher Hibbert
Angus & Robertson (Sep 1975) - 159 Pages
ISBN 020795657X - ISBN-13 9780207956577
24. Nineteenth Century Railway History Through the "Illustrated London
News"
Anthony J. Lambert
David & Charles PLC (Mar 1984) - 128 Pages
ISBN 0715385216 - ISBN-13 9780715385210
25. "Illustrated London News" Great Events of the 20th Century
Paperback - AA Publishing (Nov 1992) - 320 Pages
ISBN 0749506512 - ISBN-13 9780749506513
26. History as Hot News:
World of the Early Victorians Through the Eyes of
the "Illustrated London News", 1842-65
Leonard De Vries
John Murray (Sep 1995) - 160 Pages
ISBN 071955473X - ISBN-13 9780719554735
27. Diary of a Journey to Abyssinia 1868:
The Diary and Observations of William
Simpson of the Illustrated London News
Tsehai Publishers (Dec 2003) - 216 Pages
ISBN 097231721X - ISBN-13 9780972317214
28. Herbert Ingram, Esq.M.P.: Founder of the "Illustrated London News"
Isabel Bailey
Richard Kay Publications (Jan 1997) - 340 Pages
ISBN 0902662163 - ISBN-13 9780902662162
29. The Great Archaeologists and their discoveries originally reported in the pages of
The illustrated London news by Edward Bacon
Book club associates - Martin Secker & Warburg Limited 1976 - 428 pp
30. Victorian Science and Engineering portrayed in The Illustrated london News
by Kenneth Chew and Anthony Wilson
Alan Sutton Publishing 1993
31. One Hundred Victorian Chess Problems published in the Illustarted london news
by B. H. Wood
Wayland Publishers 1972