Some Gold Embossed covers on

bound copies of


Illustrated London News

mast head

 

The Illustrated London News was collected by individuals and institutions from the outset unlike many other papers which were thrown away.

Individuals had the option of a case in publishers cloth (coloured blue in the some with gilt decoration) or instructing the binder to use a different, perhaps cheaper binding.

Volumes today turn up in an assortment of bindings: full, half, or quarter and utilising a variety of materials cloth, calf, morocco, roan etc.. The discerning collector would wish to obtain volumes in the original publishers cloth (and in VG to Mint condition).

However, it is the content of the volumes that really fixes their value. The Victorian habit of binding periodicals, the high quality of the paper used by the ILN and its relatively high circulations have ensured that many issues remain in circulation to-day.

Many libraries in this country own complete runs of the Illustrated London News along with perhaps the Times and Punch and provide an excellent way of getting an overview of its development through the decades

 

 

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Here are some examples of the publishers cloth binding with gilt decoration

1843

Illustrated London News Jan to June 1844

Illustrated London News Jan to Jun 1845

Illustrated London News1847

Illustrated London News January to June 1848

1849 harp

1849 July to December Queen Victoria's first visit to Ireland

January to June 1851- The Great Exhibition

1852 jtoj australian gold rush cover

January to June 1852 Australian Gold Rush

Illustrated London News July to Dec1852

Illustrated London News January to June 1853

Illustrated London News July to December 1858

Illustrated London News January to June 1859

Illustrated London News January to June 1867

Illustrated London News January to June 1868

Illustrated London News July to December1868

 

Illustrated London News January to June 1870

Illustrated London News July to December1870

 

Illustrated London News January to June 1871

Illustrated London News July to December 1871

Illustrated London News January to June 1872

Illustrated London News July to December 1872

Illustrated London News July to December 1872 (the spine decoration)

Illustrated London News January to June 1873

Illustrated London News July to December1873

Illustrated London News January to June 1874

Illustrated London News January to June 1875

Illustrated London News July to December1875

Illustrated London News January to June 1878

Illustrated London News July to December1878

Illustrated London News January to June 1879

Illustrated London News July to December 1879

Illustrated London News July to December1880

Illustrated London News January to June 1901