The Illustrated London News (Single Complete Issue: Vol. XXIII No. 648, October 8, 1853) With Lead Article "The War in the East" and Supplement

London, England: Herbert Ingram, 1853. Book. VG+. Soft cover. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Overview and condition: complete issue containing pages 297-316 plus unpaginated advertisements; previously disbound from bound volume; rear section detached but present; periodic light age spots and foxing. Rich with spendid engravings throughout for most feature articles and news items, and detailed reportage of current events, history, politics, law and crime, economics, trade, architecture, personalities, art, theatre, and music, highlights include: lead article The War in the East; The Sultan's New Palace, at Dolmabaghdsche, on the Bosphorus; Foreign and Colonial News - including Declaration of War by Turkey, and The Military Congress of Olmutz; Trade - Russia and Turkey; Obituary of Eminent Persons; Loss of the Steamer "Quito"; New Church at Holyhead; Tour of the Emperor and Empress of the French in the North of France; Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic; full-page engraving "Visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to Boulogne - Grand Ball in the Theatre"; Literary Miscellanies No. VI - Country Theatricals; Music; The Theatres; Our Magazine Column for October; The Lawson Midland Observatory; Civic Tenure Custom in the Court of Exchequer; Laying of the Foundation-Stone of the Victoria Pier, Queenstown; Limerick Docks and Railway; Cape York Aborigines; Railway Intelligence; The Strait of the Dardanelles (with map and three engravings on full-page); advertisements; Metropolitan News; Provincial Intelligence; The Court; Church, Universities, &c.; Postscript - including War in the East; The Cholera; Chess; National Sports; Monetary Transactions of the Week; The Markets; The London Gazette..