1890-GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATED- tigers of india,lions africa

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january 18 , 1890 # 1051 THE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Shipping costs - i will combine shipping to save you money Canada : $8 to USA : $9 do not pay until i invoice you for $9 please for International Airmail : $18.50 NOTE : shipping prices reflect packaging ( special large envelope , archival poly bag and backing board ) for this large elephant folio 11 x 16 inch magazine shipped flat - if you don`t agree with or accept the shipping cost kindly don`t bid , i seal the items in a poly bag after listing , I want you to be able to leave me positive feedback and 5 stars for each and every rating! It is very important to me that you are able to leave 5 stars. Any issue can be resolved prior to leaving feedback by contacting me, large illustrated weekly magazine - 11 x 16 inches with 32 pages, good condition - the authentic complete news magazine , disbound, fresh crisp and white pages, fascinating large folio magazine with first hand reportage and engravings/ illustrations/ photographs of the events of the times , compare with other sellers who are selling individual prints from this newspaper for $20 - $30 each , i never sell reproductions , i ship worldwide and will combine auctions, payment due within 3 days of auction end please, unpaid item claim filed after 5 days The Graphic was founded by William Luson Thomas , a wood engraver and social reformer. The first editor was Henry Sutherland Edwards , and Thomas also recruited a number of gifted artists including Luke Fildes , Hubert von Herkomer , Frank Holl , and John Millais . The Graphic was published on a Saturday and its original cover price was sixpence. In its first year, it described itself to advertisers as "a superior illustrated weekly newspaper, containing twenty-four pages imperial folio , printed on fine toned paper of beautiful quality, made expressly for the purpose and admirably adapted for the display of engravings ". When it started out, the newspaper was printed in a rented house. However it was a rapid success, and by 1882 the company owned three buildings, twenty printing machines and employed over 1,000 people. articles and engravings include: cover a rail engineers encounter with tigers in india on the dacca mymensing railway articles each illustration is described by a small article portugal and mozambique equatorial african exploration war alarms in holland - the german army oriental studies at kings college in london the ban on street music in london the leprosy fund the rocket life saving apparatus - invented by captain manby the influenza epidemic in the town of carnarvon in tasmania the french scheme in egypt the anti slavery conference in belgium cleopatras tomb found in egypt the slave market in finland witchcraft and the maoris the beggars kitchens of paris serial story - prince fortunatus - by william black , illustrated by william small postcard size engravings with articles portrait - lord napier of magdala portrait - the late empress augusta of germany portrait of thomas oldham barlow a scene in tangier, morocco the island of corfu, greece as a winter resort half page size engravings 6 x 9 inches with articles king alphonso of spain and his mother the rocket life saving apparatus in use at dover - 3 scenes - including the 2 stage rocket being fired sketches in the royal courts of justice canford manor - the residence of lord wimborne full page engravings 11 x 16 inches with articles the prince of wales in bournemouth - 2 page feature - including: branksome chine, gervis road, boscombe chine, the invalids walk, the public gardens special 4 page section - lion hunting in africa - with story and engravings by h.h. johnston - see scan for detail - amazing old engravings of lions other regular features Topics of the Week: 12 paragraphs of news coverage. Amusements: A roundup of activities for the week, for the middle-class reader. Our illustrations: a summary of all the illust... read more

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