World War 1914 -1918

[JohnBelcher]

Amongst my late grand mother's possessions were 2 volumes of "World War". Does anyone have any details of this publication? I remember my grandmother saying that this was a weekly magazine that her father had bound into 2 volumes. The editor's forward in Vol 1 starts "Twenty years ago...." so I assume they were published in about 1934.

The illustrations are a mixture of photos and artist impressions. Sadly the 2 volume are not in the best condition.

Many thanks in adavance for any help.

John

[keithfazzani]

There are three official published volumes of this work "Twenty Years After" they were first published as weekly magazines and later brought together in volumes. The bound volumes are Vol 1 Vol 2 and Supplementary Volume. They illustrate the sites of the war "as they were" and 20 years after - they provide a fascinating insight of the war from people who were there. The official bound copies are fairly readily available - have a look on any second hand book site - if you wish to buy them. I think I paid about £60 for all three volumes.

[Max Poilu]

Hi John,

Flagged up this site (below) for a similar topic yesterday - truly one of the top few Great War sites on the entire net:

http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/index.htm

Direct here to World War at the bottom, a typical weekly collectable looking back.

http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War...Media/Media.htm

All these various periodicals are still relatively easy to find but truly fascinating none the less.