Lot 22:
A Collection of The War Papers WWII Partwork Magazine Series
Description
A collection of British partwork magazines titled The War Papers. This educational series consists of weekly parts, each containing facsimile reprints of historic British newspapers from the 1939 to 1945 period. The masthead for the series is printed in block capitals as THE WAR PAPERS, followed by the specific part number. Text on the covers identifies the publication as A unique weekly series of reprinted newspapers that tell the story of World War II.
The collection includes the following visible parts and associated subject matter:
Part 1: BRITAIN’S FIRST DAY OF WAR featuring headlines from the Daily Mirror and Daily Sketch.
Part 2: HITLER ESCAPES EXPLOSION IN A BEER CELLAR featuring headlines from the Daily Express.
Part 3: WAR HITS NORTH! featuring headlines from The Daily Telegraph and Daily Herald.
Part 4: NAZIS INVADE HOLLAND, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG featuring headlines from the Evening Standard.
Part 5: DUNKIRK: TENS OF THOUSANDS SAFELY HOME ALREADY featuring headlines from the Daily Express.
Part 6: ITALY TAKES PLUNGE INTO WAR featuring headlines from the Daily Sketch.
Part 7: PREMIER ON EMPIRE’S ‘FINEST HOUR’ featuring headlines from The Daily Telegraph.
Part 8: HEROES OF THE AIR featuring headlines from the Sunday Dispatch and an illustration of a Hawker Hurricane.
Part 9: BIGGEST AIR RAIDS OF ALL featuring a portrait of Winston Churchill and Daily Express headlines.
Part 10: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN featuring headlines from the Daily Mail.
Part 11: THE BLITZ: LONDON BARRAGE GREATEST RAIDS featuring headlines from the Daily Express.
Part 12: LONDON: The Great Fire featuring a photograph of St Paul’s Cathedral during the Blitz.
Part 13: Featuring headlines from the Sunday Times and a note regarding a PULL-OUT POSTER IN COLOUR.
Part 14: HESS, HITLER’S DEPUTY, FLIES TO BRITAIN featuring headlines from the News Chronicle and a portrait of Rudolf Hess.
Part 15: CRETE: the island we had to leave behind featuring headlines from the Daily Express.
Part 16: Two Facts That Made World History! featuring headlines from The Daily Telegraph and News Chronicle.
The magazines are printed on newsprint-quality paper with various mastheads of period newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Evening Standard, and News Chronicle.
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