The Penny Illustrated Paper, two consecutive issues, January 28, 1882 and February 4, 1882 (Vol. 42 Nos. 1073 and 1074), with contemporary accounts of anti-Semitic Russian pogroms. Each issue is securely bound in itself, but both were likely removed from a larger bound volume at some point. January issue with front cover illustration of Cossacks attacking a Jewish family by David Henry Friston (who five years later would gain fame as the first illustrator of Sherlock Holmes). Also with a full page of text, in three-columns, about British reaction to pogroms, featuring a list of well known figures who asked for a "public expression of opinion respecting the persecution which the Jews of Russia have recently and for some time past suffered." Names on this list include Charles Darwin and Matthew Arnold. The illustration on the cover is quite likely the first time a pogrom was shown on the cover of a magazine. The February issue with a half-page, unattributed illustration of a Jewish man being dragged through the streets by a mob captioned "Russian Persecution of Jews at Kiev" (this image was originally drawn one year prior). Following page with four paragraph article about this pogrom, and a short article about the "discovery of Jacob's Well" and its relation to Jews moving to Palestine. The word pogrom, as commonly used today, first appeared in 1882 as a term to specifically define the mass acts of violence perpetrated by Russian mobs against Jews. According to YIVO, The Oxford English Dictionary records its first use in the Times of London on 17 March 1882 -- only two months after these were published. These are very early popular accounts of the pogroms, complete with sensational and sympathetic illustrations of the Jewish victims.

Fair to Good overall: January issue with triangular chip to bottom, resulting in only a few letters of missing text; spine starting to split, but secure. February issue with light foxing. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .