Shelfmark
Ibb2.1.01 - Ibb2.1.17
Title
The Sphere : an illustrated newspaper for the home.
Varying form of title
Also known as: Sphere : the Empire's illustrated weekly
Varying form of title
Also known as: Empire's illustrated weekly
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Illustrated London News Group, 1900-1964.
Physical description
v. : ill. (some col.) ; 41 cm.
Note
Title varies slightly.
Note
Description based on vol. 58, no. 758 (Aug. 1, 1914).
Note
Publishing information from the British Online Archives website (accessed October 31, 2025).
Note
Issues numbered in one continuous sequence.
Supplement note
Supplements, separately paged, accompany some issues.
Provenance
Vol. I includes a drawing in pencil on the front flyleaf verso, signed by D. Macpherson, with David Beatty's quotation: "The surrender of the German ... forget at their peril", dated Nov. 1918.
Provenance
Vol. I includes three mss. signatures: "F. Matania" on the front flyleaf recto, and "Douglas Macpherson" and "Christopher Clark, R.I." on the front flyleaf verso.
Provenance
Vol. IX includes two mss. signatures on the second front flyleaf: "F. Matania" and "Christopher Clark, R.I."
Binding
20th century half dark brown leather over brown morocco boards; gilt titling and bands on spine; plain endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Incomplete: library holds only vol. 58, no. 758 (1914)-vol. 77, no. 1004 (1919), bound in 17 physical vols. (vol. IV; nos. 797-809 wanting).
Copy-specific note
Vol. XVII includes a tipped-in folded colour map entitled "Hellenism in the Near East: an ethnological map compiled from the latest statistics", created by George Soteriadis and published as a supplement to the issue of 1 Mar. 1919.
Copy-specific note
Vols. I-XV: rectangular brown binder's label pasted on the front pastedown, reading: "Bound by Broadbere Hanover Builds. Southampton"; Vols. XVI-XVII: same binder, but the label is circular with the text within a circular frame, reading: "Bound by Broadbere Hanover Buildings Southampton".
Copy-specific note
Composite set comprising the following issues: Vol. I: Vol. 58, nos. 758-766 (Aug.-Sept. 1914); vol. 59, nos. 767-770 (Oct. 1914) -- Vol. II: Vol. 59, nos. 771-779 (Oct.-Dec. 1914); vol. 60, nos. 780-783 (Jan. 1915) -- Vol. III: Vol. 60, nos. 784-792 (Jan.-Mar. 1915); vol. 61, nos. 793-796 (Apr. 1915) -- Vol. IV: Wanting (nos. 797-809) -- Vol. V: Vol. 62, nos. 810-818 (July-Sept. 1915); vol. 63, nos. 819-822 (Oct. 1915) -- Vol. VI: Vol. 63, nos. 823-831 (Oct.-Dec. 1915); vol. 64, nos. 832-835 (Jan. 1916) -- Vol. VII: Vol. 64, nos. 836-844 (Jan.-Mar. 1916); vol. 65, nos. 845-848 (Apr. 1916) -- Vol. VIII: Vol. 65, nos. 849-857 (Apr.-June 1916); vol. 66, nos. 858-861 (July 1916) -- Vol. IX: Vol. 66, nos. 862-871 (July-Sept. 1916); vol. 67, nos. 872-874 (Oct. 1916) -- Vol. X: Vol. 67, nos. 875-884 (Oct.-Dec. 1916); vol. 68, nos. 885-887 (Jan. 1917) -- Vol. XI: Vol. 68, nos. 888-897 (Jan.-Mar. 1917); vol. 69, nos. 898-902 (Apr.-May 1917) -- Vol. XII: Vol. 69, nos. 903-910 (May-June 1917); vol. 70, nos. 911-918 (July-Aug. 1917) -- Vol. XIII: Vol. 70, nos. 919-923 (Sept. 1917); vol. 71, nos. 924-933 (Oct.-Dec. 1917) -- Vol. XIV: Vol. 71, nos. 934-936 (Dec. 1917-); vol. 72, nos. 937-949 (Jan.-Mar. 1918); vol. 73, nos. 950-951 (Apr. 1918) -- Vol. XV: Vol. 73, nos. 952-962 (Apr.-June 1918); vol. 74, nos. 963-971 (July-Aug. 1918) -- Vol. XVI: Vol. 74, nos. 972-975 (Sept. 1918); vol. 75, nos. 976-988 (Oct.-Dec. 1918); vol. 76, nos. 989-990 (Jan. 1919) -- Vol. XVII: Vol. 76, nos. 991-1001 (Jan.-Mar. 1919); vol. 77, nos. 1002-1004 (Apr. 1919).
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 Newspapers.
Subject
Great Britain Social life and customs Newspapers.
Subject
London (England) Newspapers.
Genre/Form
Periodicals.
Genre/Form
Newspapers.
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
Added entry--name
MacPherson, Douglas, 1871 - 1951 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Clark, Christopher, 1875 - 1942 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Matania, Fortunino, 1881 - 1963 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Illustrated London News Group publisher.
Added entry--name
Broadbere (Firm) binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B55079