Lot 25:
A Collection of The War Papers Weekly Partwork Magazines
Description
A collection of vintage weekly partwork magazines titled The War Papers, published by Marshall Cavendish Publications Ltd. in the early 1970s. Each issue is designed as a softcover newsprint publication that reproduces historical newspaper front pages and reports from World War II. The collection includes approximately 15 individual parts, specifically visible as Part 17 through Part 31.
The magazines feature mastheads reading THE WAR PAPERS in bold block lettering, followed by the specific part number. Each cover displays a reproduction of a major British or international newspaper headline corresponding to significant events of the war. Notable issues in this group include:
Part 17: Daily Express, Dec 8, 1941, Japan Declares War on Britain and America, featuring a Rising Sun graphic.
Part 18: Daily Express, Japanese Take Hong Kong and The Daily Telegraph, Channel Attack on German Ships.
Part 19: The Daily Telegraph, Premier Announces Fall of Singapore, featuring a lion illustration.
Part 20: Reynolds News, May 17, 1942, Red Army is in Kharkov Outskirts.
Part 21: Daily Express, Why Tobruk Fell, featuring the Desert Rat insignia.
Part 22: Daily Mirror, Aug 20, 1942, Raid on Dieppe.
Part 24: Daily Herald, Russians Attack and Daily Mail, War of Exhaustion says Hitler.
Part 26: The Daily Telegraph, Russians Battle to Relieve Leningrad.
Part 28: The Daily Telegraph, Dam Busters.
Part 30: The Daily Telegraph, Italy Surrenders Unconditionally.
The covers include printed price markings for multiple regions: AUSTRALIA 80c N. ZEALAND 80c S. AFRICA 80c MALTA 24c SINGAPORE $2 US & CANADA $1 PRICE 30p. Several issues indicate the inclusion of a PULL-OUT POSTER IN COLOUR.
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