The Illustrated London News (Single Complete Issue: Vol. XXV No. 708, October 21, 1854) With Lead Article "The Patriotic Fund," Supplement, Double-Page Engraving "The British Troops on the Heights of Alma - Grand Charge of the Guards"

London, England: Herbert Ingram, 1854. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Overview and condition: complete issue containing pages 381-404 including Supplement; previously disbound from bound volume; rear page corner tear clear-tape repaired; light foxing throughout. Rich with spendid engravings throughout for most feature articles and primary news items, lengthy regular columns, all containing detailed reportage of London, local, domestic, colonial, and foreign news and events, history, politics, law and crime, economics, trade, architecture, personalities, art, theatre, and music. Highlights of this issue include: lead article The Patriotic Fund; The Field of Battle (Alma, with front cover engraving "After the Battle"); lengthy regular news column Foreign and Colonial News (topics include France; Australia; The Siege of Sebastopol; Orders to the Army Before Commencing Siege Operations; Telegraphic Despatches; Prince Menschikoff's Despatches; The Baltic Fleet; Expedition Against the Russians at Sitka; The War in Asia; America; India and China); The Vintage in France - Bordeaux and the Claret Districts (with six engravings); The Charge Up the Heights of Alma (with double-page fold-out engraving "The British Troops on the Heights of Alma - Grand Charge of the Guards"); poem "Alma" by Mrs. T.K. Hervey; lengthy The Battle of the Alma - Official List of Killed and Wounded - From a Supplement to last Tuesday's 'Gazette'; Lieut. Montagu O'Reilly's Private Audience With the Sultan (with engraving); Recent Ascent of Monte Rosa - By a Correspondent (with engraving); short New Church at Aberdare (with small engraving); short Gannet, Shot in Lincolnshire (with engraving); The Wreck of 'The Artic' (with engraving); lengthy Her Majesty's Visit to Hull and Grimsby (with topics Arrival of the Royal Party at Hull; The Illumination; The Scene at the Railway Hotel; The Embarkation at the Pier; The Reception at Grimsby; The Visit to Grimsby Docks; The Journey Home - with seven engravings, including full-page "Her Majesty's Visit to Hull - The Procession in the Market-Place" and partial-page "Presentation of Addresses to Her Majesty, at the Station Hotel, Hull")..