Canada, Cef. A Lot Of Six First War "Canada - An Illustrated Weekly Journal" Newspapers, C. 1917-1918

Includes:

No. 606, Volume XLVII (47), Saturday, August 18, 1917 (lead story heading "V.C. for Canadian Airman");

No. 610, Volume XLVII (47), Saturday, September 15, 1917 (lead story heading "Heavy Rank-and-File Casualties");

No. 612, Volume XLVIII (47), Saturday, September 29, 1917 (lead story heading "Canada's Champion Airman");

No. 627, Volume XLIX (49), Saturday, January 12, 1918 (lead story heading "British Empire Order for Canadians");

No. 629, Volume XLIX (49), Saturday, January 26, 1918 (lead story heading "Officers' Bravery Rewarded");

No. 659, Volume LI (51), Saturday, August 24, 1918 (lead story heading "Amiens Battle: Officers' Casualties").

Each newspaper is in a magazine format, marked "London and Toronto / Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper / Edited by Walter J.M. Lefroy", three with a price of 6d (pence)/15 cents; two with a price of 7d/15 cents; one with a price of 8d/20 cents. The front cover has a multi-colour masthead featuring "CANADA - An Illustrated Weekly Journal" flanked by a red maple leaf at the left, with an oval plaque affixed to the tree at the far left inscribed "Commerce, Manufactures, Exports, Mining, Finance, Emigration, Agriculture, Society, Politics, Literature, Sport", with two grain elevators and a circular inset featuring a beaver below, the plaque designating the range of content featured in the newspaper through the use of newsworthy articles and photographs, with emphasis on the war overseas and all the latest news from the European front, the articles accompanied by an assortment of sponsored advertisements, all six with an advertisement for the Grand Trunk Railway on the back cover. Each newspaper contains 32 pages printed in black ink, plus the cover in four-colour inks, on an off-white paper stock, dual staple-bound, measuring 225 mm (w) x 320 mm (h), exhibiting age soiling and wear, issue No. 627 with parts of the front cover and the following pages missing and/or damaged, rust evident on the staples, ranging from poor to very fine.