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[Collection of issues from 19th century amateur newspapers, 1871-1874]
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Bound volume containing sample amateur papers published in the United States from 1871 to 1873. Each title may have a single issue, or several.
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Bound volume containing sample issues of numerous amateur serial publications published in the United States from 1874 to 1878. The collection is primarily comprised of scattered issues of Young American (published in Carbondale, IL) from November 1876 to March 1878. The remaining sample titles are from various cities in the United States and cover a wide range of topics from regional news to some devoted to young audiences.
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Four volume set. Comprised of 2 volumes of miscellaneous 19th-century pamphlets on the subject of printing and 2 volumes of excerpts and clippings from encyclopedias and other reference sources on the same topic. Volumes 1-2 have spine title: Miuscellaneous 19th-century pamphlets; Volumes 3 has spine title: Encyclopaedias - 19th century and volume 4 has spine title: Printing. Encyclopaedia Londoniensis. 1826.
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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).
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Contains covers and/or title pages, some with title vignettes, and specimen pages for 7 English publications dating from 1807 to 1831. The prospectuses/dummies are bound together in marbled-paper boards with red leather spine and corners. Publishers' whose work is represented include: John Sharpe, Piccadilly; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. Sample illustrations are included with some of the specimen pages.
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