THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Volume LXXXV (July-December 1884)

London: George C. Leighton, 1884. Hardcover. 648p, plus 3 extra issues. Ex-library. An oversize hardcover book with a black cloth spine, leather corners, and green cloth boards. Corners rubbed through to the cardboard. Old library stamp and a few unobtrusive pencil markings inside, not affecting the illustrations. The foldout at page 25, and page 25 itself, are detached but present. Foldouts at pages 49, 89, 145, 193, 361, 545, and 625 have closed tears. Rear hinge starting to crack, but pages still attached. Good condition overall. Item #186441

Volume 85 of THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, containing all weekly issues from July 5 through December 27, 1884. Also contains 3 issues outside of this volume's run --- June 13, 20, and 27, 1885. Contains reporting on the completion of the Statue of Liberty (prior to its installation at New York Harbor); an International Health Exhibition in South Kensington; and most prominently, the Nile expedition to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum. Among the many fine engravings are a procession of Buddhist monks before an imposing statue; a foldout depicting lions attacking an African buffalo; depictions of the ships of the British Navy; and numerous views of the Nile Expedition. Also contains a foldout color map of the Sudan, with portraits of General Charles George Gordon and Colonel John Stewart, and color illustrations of English gentlemen fox-hunting. Measures approx. 16" x 12"

Price: $250.00