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[Collection of 17th century English newspapers]

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Description: Contemporary collection of approximately 140 works, including issues of five different London newspapers, votes of the Commons, petitions to the King and manuscript newsletters. Includes 59 issues of the Flying Post, 37 issues of the Post Boy, 19 issues and 1 supplement of the London Gazette, 4 issues of the Post Man, and 9 issues of Dawks's News-Letter. It also includes 7 votes of the House of Commons and 4 Humble addresses to the King. And there are 3 manuscript news letters. The contents are dated between 16 March 1695/6 and 21 April 1698 and are arranged consecutively by date (with occasional misplacements probably due to Lady Day dating).
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1695-1698].
Call number: 480370
Provenance: Purchased from Peter Murray Hill, Sept. 9, 1983 Bookplate on front pastedown: Sir Lambert Blackwell. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: Sir William Yorke Foster bart.

Newsletters

Manuscripts

This small collection consists chiefly ot newsletters to various members of the Parker family, many from a - - - More, including news from Europe (Vienna, Augsburg, Berlin, c. 1635), from London including information about Parliament, William Prynne, subsidies, Strafford's attainder (with a list of those who voted against it in the Commons in 1641), Quakers, a London robbery, Sir Clowdisley Shovell, King William's War, and the Messina earthquake of 1693. also included is the key to an alphabetic code sent to Sir Gilbert Houghton.

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Donald French Collection of Jack London Periodicals and Ephemera

Rare Books

This collection consists chiefly of magazines containing the first appearances of works by American author Jack London. The collection includes 130 periodicals with London's short stories, serialized versions of his novels, and essays, with the bulk dating from the late 1890s to the 1910s. In addition, there are 20 pieces of ephemera and miscellaneous printed items about London's work and life, including materials prepared by London enthusiasts through the 1970s. The items were compiled by Donald French, a collector of Jack London materials in Northern California. Periodicals Most of the periodicals contain the first appearances in print of stories by London, and the earliest item in this collection is the September 1897 issue of The Owl containing the story "Two Gold Bricks," followed by 1899 issues of Overland Monthly and The Black Cat. More than thirty periodical titles are represented including Century, Cosmopolitan, McClure's Magazine, Overland Monthly, The Saturday Evening Post, and the Youth's Companion. Among the serialized versions of his works included in this collection are: Before Adam (in 4 issues of Everybody's Magazine, 1906-1907) The Call of the Wild (in 5 issues of The Saturday Evening Post, 1903) John Barleycorn (in 6 issues of The Saturday Evening Post, 1913; lacks Part 4) The Little Lady of the Big House (in 5 issues of Cosmopolitan, 1915) Planchette (in 3 issues of Cosmopolitan, 1906-1907) The Sea-Wolf (2 issues of The Century, 1904; containing parts 6 and 8 only) Seven Tales of the Fish Patrol (in 6 issues of The Youth's Companion, 1905; lacks part 1) Smoke Bellew (in 4 issues of Cosmopolitan, 1911-1912) There are also essays about socialism by London in The Comrade: An Illustrated Socialist Monthly, The Independent, and The International Socialist Review. In addition, there are some writings about London, including biographical writings by London's second wife Charmian London in The Century (1921) and Rose Wilder Lane in Sunset (1917). Ephemera The 20 pieces of ephemera include pamphlets and printed material related to London's life and work that were primarily produced by London enthusiasts, dating from 1901 to 1976, including a United Artists movie poster for the 1943 film "Jack London" and some later publications of his work, such as a 1951 comic book version of The Sea Wolf.

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[A collection of mounted newspaper clippings relating to Nevada and the silver mines. Collected from 1848-1892]

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Contains issues of Nye county news: v. 1, no. 1 (incomplete), no. 2, & excerpts from later issues. Another copy of v. 1, no. 2 formerly laid in, now separately cataloged & accessioned.

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17th century documents

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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Newspapers

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Full issues of newspapers featuring articles about space flights, including the Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, and Palisadian Post.

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Newspaper clippings

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Contains clippings from the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Post, and unidentified newspapers.

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