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1830011606Northampton 1830. The Northampton Mercury. 1830.1831. 85 issues in all each issue has 4 pages. Book measures 64x47.cm. Bound in half brown cloth with green cloth boards black title lettering. Cloth lightly dust/dirt marked. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally occasional tanning marking. Pages in good condition throughout. Saturday January 9th 30th February 6th 20th 27th March 6th 13th 20th 27th April 3rd 10th 17th May 1st 22nd 29th June 5th 12th 19th 26th July 3rd 10th 31st August 7th 14th 21st 28th September 4th 11th 18th 25th October 16th 23rd November 13th 20th 27th December 4th 11th 18th 25th. 1831. Saturday January 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th February 5th 12th 19th 26th March 5th 12th 19th 26th April 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th May 7th 14th 21st June 4th 11th 18th 25th July 2nd 16th 23rd 30th August 6th 13th 27th September 10th 24th October 1st 8th 15th November 5th 12th 19th 26th December 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st. . Cloth. Very Good. Folio. Hardcover
1879011608Northampton 1879. Book measures 67x52.cm. 51 issues 8 pages in each issue Bound in fawn half cloth with brown cloth boards black title lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed dust marked. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally corners clipped on first 5 issues with loss of text. Pages in very good clean condition. Saturday January 4 11th 25th February 1st 8th 15th 22nd March 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th April 5th 12th 19th 26th May 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st June 7th 14th 21st 28th July 5th 12th 19th 26th August 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th September 6th 13th 20th 27th October 4th 11th 18th 25th November 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th December 6th 13th 20th 27th. A nice clean copy. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Folio. Hardcover
1884010733Great Brtitain 1884. Book measures 68x53cm. The Northampton Mercury Saturday 5th to Saturday 27th 1884 52 issues with supplements circa 10pp per issue. Bound in half cloth cloth corners plan boards. Binding rubbed bumped but in good firm condition. Internally some occasional tanning mostly to supplements pages have short tears on margins slightly brittle but can be handled a few pages torn. Pages in good condition throughout. Many fascinating articles throughout some listed here. Stoke Newington Murder January 12th Disastrous Explosion Victorian Station. March 1st Dynamite Plot. Ludgate Station. March 8th. Shoe makers Strike East London. April 12th. Northampton Earthquake. April 26th. Dynamite Plot. May 3rd. Policeman Shot By Burglars. July 19th. Attempted triple Murder in London. August 16th. The Slave Trade under the British Flag. August 23rd. Attempted triple Murder by a Boot and Shoe finisher. September 12th. Panic in a Theatre Death of fourteen persons Theatre of Varieties Glasgow. November 8th. The Aston Riots. November 22nd. Explosion at London Bridge. December 20th. Article on the War In the Soudan Articles on Charles Bradlaugh. Many articles on Football sport etcetera Serialisation of Jacob's Wife by Adeline Sergeant & Under Lock & Key by T. W. Speight. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Folio. Great Brtitain Hardcover
1851955F43London: For the Proprietors by George Virtue 1851 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 13.5" by 10.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this impressively illustrated special edition of 'The Art Journal' detailing the beautifully designed objects exhibited at the Great Exhibition. A first edition.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and engraved title page and with vignette illustrations throughout. Collated complete.This volume offers an illustrated record of the furniture glassware porcelain metalwork sculpture and fabrics exhibited at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations the first in a series of world's fairs exhibiting examples of culture and industry from around the world.The preface also explains that in this volume The Art Journal have 'obtained from high and experienced authorities Essays such a might be permanently useful in illustrating the leading objects of the Exhibition'. In a half morocco binding with gilt detailing to back strip and cloth covered boards. Externally smart. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail joint heads and tails and board perimeters. Light fading to cloth at fore edge of front board. Inscription to a front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with only the odd spot. Very Good For the Proprietors, by George Virtue hardcover
186295814Tallahassee: Printed by Dyke & Carlisle 1862. Rare first edition documenting the acts and resolutions passed by the General Assembly of Florida in the first year of the American Civil War. Octavo disbound. In very good condition. Scarce and desirable. Among the 34 United States of America in February 1861 seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the country to form the Confederate States of America causing the outbreak of the most studied and written about episode in United States History: the American Civil War. The Confederacy grew to include eleven states all of them slave-holding. After the secession of South Carolina on December 20 1860 the "cotton states" of Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Texas followed suit seceding in January and February 1861 Printed by Dyke & Carlisle unknown
1862MW190London: James S. Virtue 1862. Original printed issues 1st Editions . Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 2 volumes complete for 1862 New Series Volume One. 24 ful pages steel engravings. viii 180 ; 180-244pp; Art Catalogue The Art Journal catalogue for the International Exhibition of 1862 1-208pp. 24 full page steel engravings including 12 Turners. Bound in the original red half calf. Five raised bands with dec. gilt decorated compartments. Trifle rubbed and minor occasional foxing but a sound and very clean set. New Series. A fine pair of volumes in a fine decorated binding. <br/> <br/> James S. Virtue hardcover
1862280305Richmond: Richmond Examiner 1862. unbound. very good. 2 pages of text on a single sheet 23 inches x 16 inches. Folded down the center and twice across the sheet. Richmond: Richmond Examiner 1862. Very good<br/> <br/> On the front page is an extensive article on the Confiscation Act of 1862 and its passage by Congress. Included in the article is the text of Abraham Lincoln's Message on the act's constitutionality. The Confiscation Act gave legal authority to courts to implement the legal seizure of land and property from citizens who aided the Confederacy. Also in the act was a clause allowing emancipation of slaves in the Confederacy that lived in areas of Union occupation. Most of the rest of the text on both pages are small articles on Civil War battles and political news in the Confederacy. The publisher of the Richmond Examiner became anti-Jefferson Davis' political and military actions as the Civil War progressed.<br/> <br/> Richmond Examiner unknown
1823974F5London: J. C. Robinson; Knight and Lacey; M. Salmon 1823-1842 . First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. Eight informative and illustrated first edition volumes of 'The Mechanics' Magazine' a periodical from the nineteenth century covering important developments in the world of mechanics including the very scarce first volume. Eight volumes of this periodical bound in seven. Multi-volume sets of this work are scarce.Present here are volumes I III XX XXI XXIV XXXII and XXXVI-XXXVII.An interesting snapshot of the scientific and technological developments of this period towards the end of the Industrial Revolution including discussion of Tantalius's Cup a memoir of James Watt account of the London fires of 1833 hydraulic projectors the parallax of mars and further diverse subjects.With full page and vignette illustrations and diagrams throughout.Present here are:Volume I August 30 1823 - March 6 1824. Rebound in cloth with endpapers renewed. Lacking the volume title page to the start of the work.Volume III September 26 1824 - March 19 1825. In a half calf binding with a frontispiece.Vol. XX October 5 1833 - March 29 1834. In a half calf binding with a frontispiece.Vol. XXI April 5 1834 - September 27 1834. In a half calf binding with a frontispiece.Vol. XXIV October 3 1836 - April 2 1836. In the publisher's original half cloth binding with frontispiece.Vol. XXXII October 5 1839 - May 30 1840. In a half calf binding.Vols. XXXVI-XXXVII January 1st 1842 - December 31st 1842. In half calf. Library bookplate to front pastedown of volume III with library stamps to endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown of vol XX. Five half calf volumes - one repaired with tape to the back strip - one half cloth volume and one full cloth volume. Endpapers of volume I renewed. Volume XX lacking back strip with joints starting and boards tender. Joint heads and tails of volume III starting with boards holding firm. Vol XXIV joints starting with boards a touch tender. Front joint head of vol XXXII starting with board firmly held. Rear joint of vols XXXVI- II starting with board tender. Hinges of vol XXI strained and a touch tender. Library bookplate to front pastedown of volume III with library stamps to endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown of vol XX. Internally firmly bound. Pages of earliest volumes age toned with spotting throughout with later volumes generally clean and bright. Good Only J. C. Robinson; Knight and Lacey; M. Salmon hardcover
1875ZB1347108Appleton 1875. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 384 pp. rebound in buckram hardcover minor internal library markings else text clean & binding tight. All plates are present and in very good condition including 4 by J. M. W. Turner and 1 by Albert Bierstadt. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Appleton hardcover
1851218121851. Science Medicine & TechnologyMilitary & WarLabor Environment & Welfare Manuscript industrial journal documenting the British lead shot industry patent culture and metallurgical manufacturing during the height of the Victorian industrial economy. Primarily England and Wales 1851-1853. Approximately 50 pages written in ink in a highly legible hand bound in an octavo-format notebook measuring 8 x 6.5 inches. Quarter red leather over marbled boards. Ownership inscription to front endpaper: "John R. Tracy / Nov 1852."<br /> <br /> An unusually detailed firsthand record of mid-19th-century industrial innovation centered on the manufacture of lead shot at a moment when Britain's expanding military infrastructure mining economy and heavy industry were increasingly dependent on large-scale metallurgical production. Compiled by John R. Tracy the manuscript documents the development and attempted commercialization of what he repeatedly identifies as a "Shot Patent" likely an improvement to the production or grading of lead shot associated with the traditional shot tower process. Rather than functioning merely as a technical notebook the volume captures the broader industrial system surrounding invention in Victorian Britain: factory inspections patent negotiations industrial espionage concerns business networking licensing discussions and the competitive culture of ironmasters and lead manufacturers operating across England and Wales.<br /> <br /> The manuscript opens in October 1852 and proceeds through a sequence of dated entries recording Tracy's travel and meetings with manufacturers engineers and industrial firms. These entries reveal the practical realities of introducing a new industrial process into Britain's established lead trade where manufacturers guarded technical methods closely and approached outside inventors with skepticism. On October 26 Tracy records receiving "letters of introduction to Messrs. A. B. Brown & Green" and to "Platt Bros." illustrating the importance of personal industrial networks and recommendation systems within Victorian manufacturing culture. Another entry dated November 5 describes a meeting arranged through "Mr. Maxwell of Messrs. Norton Theakers" followed by Tracy's note of "Much of 'shot etc.'-a rather funny conversation but on the whole. appointment for tomorrow @ 10 1/2" capturing the uncertain and often informal negotiations surrounding industrial patents.<br /> <br /> Particularly revealing is Tracy's November 6 account of visiting the Flintshire lead smelting firm Newton Keates & Co. where he describes the guarded and competitive atmosphere surrounding lead shot production. Tracy recounts that permission to inspect the works was "at-first-refused in rather a John Bullish manner" before eventually being granted under supervision. He writes perceptively about the mixture of suspicion and curiosity that surrounded industrial patents noting that the proprietor "wished to know the price upon the Patent" but that he deliberately withheld a valuation because "there was no use to let him have the bait to look at before he was hungry enough to bite." The language throughout reveals how industrial innovation in this period depended not simply on invention itself but on strategic secrecy negotiation and control over proprietary manufacturing knowledge.<br /> <br /> One of the manuscript's most important sections is a full-page listing titled "Lead Works in the United Kingdom in 1852" identifying more than two dozen lead works and manufacturers across Britain. Firms including Walker Parker & Co. Newton Keates & Co. and Richmond Anchor Co. are listed alongside annotations describing their production specialties including "sheet" "pipes" "shot" "white lead" and "pig." The page functions as a rare industrial survey of Britain's lead industry during a period of rapid military and industrial expansion documenting the interconnected infrastructure supporting ammunition production construction materials piping paint manufacture and metallurgical processing.<br /> <br /> Later entries contain detailed observations of shot-manufacturing equipment at a Chester lead works including descriptions of shot towers ranging from 76 to 96 feet in height and the use of perforated metal grading systems to regulate molten lead as it fell into spherical form. Tracy records the operation with notable technical specificity: "The shot are dropped through a perforated metal-the holes being smaller at the upper end and increasing in size as you get to the lower cylinder." Accompanying diagrams depict feed bins drop tubes sieves and sorting mechanisms apparently intended to improve efficiency or shot-size consistency beyond earlier tower methods. Tracy critically evaluates the machinery as well remarking that certain sieve boxes "seem inadequate for the work" and comparing the process economically to that employed by "D. De Roy & Co.'s works." The notebook therefore preserves not merely abstract invention but active industrial analysis and comparative manufacturing study.<br /> <br /> The manuscript is documenting metallurgy patent culture and military-industrial production in the decades preceding the major arms expansions of the later nineteenth century. Lead shot remained essential not only for hunting and civilian markets but for military supply systems deeply tied to imperial expansion and industrial warfare. Tracy's notebook reveals the increasingly professionalized yet still highly personal world through which industrial technologies circulated in Victorian Britain where factory visits guarded conversations handwritten technical sketches and negotiated introductions formed the practical infrastructure of innovation. Spine mostly perished with binding delicately held together; boards rubbed and worn. Interior exceptionally clean and highly legible throughout. A substantial and unusually revealing manuscript documenting Victorian industrial manufacturing patent strategy and the lead shot trade during a formative period in British industrial history. unknown
18923832Coffeyville: Coffeyville Journal Print1892. 1892. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Rebound in grey cloth 5 p.1.13 71 1 pp. frontis. portrait illustrations portraits plan on unnumbered page 72. Adams 150 #52 says "Rare." "The author was the editor of the Coffeyville Journal and was an eye-witness to the battle of the citizens and the Dalton Gang. It is said that he was the first man to reach the wounded Emmett Dalton. He wrote this little book to give an account of what he saw and published it in a limited edition immediately after this battle took place. This is about the best account of this battle written thus far." Six Guns 671 says "Rare." "It is now very rare and a collector's item." Lacks the original wrappers a few end-pages reinforced along the edges with cellophane tape that was applied many years ago contents clean and bound into a cloth boards with titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover. Overall a very good copy of a rare and much sought item. Coffeyville Journal Print,1892. hardcover
1895304588Belfast and London: McCaw Stevenson & Orr. Ld. 1895. First Edition. Softcover. Poor set in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Some issues in three hardcover bindings two bound in full cloth and one bound in half leather over buckram boards. Physical description; 26 issues. Contents; Vol. I September 1894 No. I ; vol. I: January 1895 No. 2 ; vol. I: April 1895 No. 3 ; vol. I: July 1895 No. 4 ; vol. II January 1896 No. 2 ; vol. II part 3 April 1896 ; vol. II July 1896 no. 4 ; vol. II part I October 1895 ; vol. III: October 1896 No. I ; vol. III: January 1897 No. 2 ; vol. III: April 1897 No. 3 ; vol. III: July 1897 No. 4 ; Index to Ulster Journal of Archaeology: vol. III ; vol. IV: October 1897 No. I ; vol. IV: January 1898 No. 2 ; The Ancient Franciscan Friary of Nun-Na-Margie Ballcastle on the North Coast of Antrim by Francis Joseph Bigger ; vol. IV April 1898 No. 3 ; vol. IV July 1898 No. 4 ; vol. V part 3 May 1899 ; vol. VI January 1900 No. I ; vol. VI part 2 April 1900 ; vol. VI part 3 July 1900 ; vol. VII: January 1901 No. I ; vol. VII: January 1901 No. 3 ; vol. IV: October 1901 No. 4 ; vol. VIII Part I January 1902 ; vol. VIII part 2 April 1902 ; vol. VIII part 3 July 1902 ; vol. VIII part 4 October 1902 ; vol. IX part I January 1903 ; vol. IX April 1903 no. 2 ; vol. IX part 3 July 1903 2 copies ; vol. IX Oct. 1903 no. 4 ; vol. X part I January 1904 ; vol. X October 1904 no. 4 2 copies ; vol. XI part I January 1905 ; vol. XI part 2 April 1905 ; vol. XI part 4 October 1905 ; vol. XII part 2 April 1906 ; vol. XII part 3 July 1906 ; vol. XII part 4 October 1906. Subjects; Archeology. Ulster. Ulster Journal of Archeology. Irish Archeology. Northern Irish Archeology. Academic Periodicals. Belfast and London: McCaw, Stevenson & Orr. Ld. paperback
1830001387London: Effingham Wilson Lufton Relfe Printed by J. Bailey 116 Chancery lane 1830. Hardcover. Good. Robert Cruikshank R. Seymour. 3 Volumes bound as one 1- The Real Devil's Walk pp34 plus engraved frontis 6 full page illustrations by Robert Cruikshank with vignettes throughout text. An interesting work believed to be a revised version of "The Devil's Thoughts" 1799 but later revised with a letter appearing in the February 14th edition of the Morning Post 1830 with the claim by one R. C. Porson that the poem "The Devil's Walk" had been actually written by his deceased uncle "Professor Porson".2_ The Devil's Progress pp67 with engraved b/w frontis plus 4 full page b/w engravings and two vignettes designed by R. Seymour and engraved by Evans and Welch. This being another satire expanded from "The Devil's Thoughts" . 3-The Ancient and Modern History of the Devil this final part is missing it's title pages and preface but appears to be complete in two parts. Part one- Ancient history pp1-118 in 10 chapters . Part 2- Modern History pp119-264 in 11 chapters. It states on final page" Printed by J. Bailey 116 Chancery lane". 12mo although the poetry pieces are a smaller size paper. Contemporary binding of half brown calf over marbled boards with 5 tooled gilt lines and the title of "The Devil" to spine in good condition with some rubbing to boards rubbing to edges and leather. Inside hand written title page to history of the devil at beginning of book and old catalogue entry for "the devil's walk" to front pastedown. There is a little foxing and toning throughout but generally all pages in very good condition for their age in a tight solid binding. A very interesting item. Scarce. More photos on request. <br/> <br/> Effingham Wilson, Lufton Relfe, Printed by J. Bailey, 116 Chancery lane hardcover
186241734Turnwold Putnam County Ga. 1862. Each issue a folio sheet folded to 8 pp. Each page 9-1/4" x12." Each number printed in three columns per page. No. 12 with a persistent corner chip and occasional small loss. Light foxing. Very Good. EACH ISSUE $250 OR THE ENTIRE RUN FOR $1000<br /> <br /> Crandall does not record Numbers 4 and 5; but AAS which says The Countryman was "suspended intermittently" evidently owns them. Its first printing was March 18 1862. The articles cover an array of subjects including of course much on the War: <br /> This interesting Confederate weekly was printed at Turnwold Turner's Putnam County plantation probably the only wartime newspaper so printed. "Joel Chandler Harris was an apprentice for Joseph Addison Turner. In 1862 Turner decided to produce a newspaper from his home at Turnwold Plantation. In fact in a more-than-semi-autobiographical book Harris wrote called On the Plantation he explains that the printing office for The Countryman was established 'in an outhouse.'. . . As was the typical arrangement for the time Harris worked for Turner in exchange for clothing and boarding at the Turnwold Plantation for the four plus years he apprenticed there. As a printer's devil Harris was responsible for setting and inking the type for the paper on the hand-press individually placing the letters so they were spaced appropriately for printing" "Joel Chandler Harris and The Wren's Nest" December 3 2020 Blog site of American Writers Museum accessed May 01 2026. <br /> Crandall 5152. Not in Parrish & Willingham. unknown
1881011607Northampton 1881. The Evening Herald And Daily Chronicle and Advertiser for Northampton and Midland District. 1881. Circa 255 issues each issue has 4 pages. Book measures 55x46cm. Bound in fawn cloth backed brown boards cloth corners black lettering. Cloth rubbed dust marked. Binding in good solid condition. Internally occasional staning a few pages missing corners with slight loss of text a few short tears pages slightly brittle but can be handled. Generally pages in good clean condition. January 1st 3rd 4th 5th 6th 8th 10th 11th 12th 13th 15th 17th 18th 19th 20th 22nd 24th 25th 26th 27th 29th 31st February 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 7th 8th 9th 10th 12th 14th 15th 16th 17th 19th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 26th 28th March 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 7th 8th 9th 10th 12th 14th 15th 16th 17th 19th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 26th 28th 29th 30th 31st April 2nd 4th5th 6th 7th 9th 11th 12th 13th 16th19th 20th 21st 23rd 25th 26th 27th28th 30th May 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 10th 11th 12th 14th 16th 17th 18th 19th 21st 23rd 24th 25th26th 28th 30th 31st June 1st 2nd 4th 7th 8th 9th 11th 13th 14th 15th 16th 18th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 25th 27th 28th 29th 30th July 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th 11th 12th 13th 14th 16th 18th 19th 20th 21st 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 30th August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 8th 9th 10th 11th 13th 15th 16th 17th 18th 20th 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 27th 29th 30th 31st September 1st3rd 5th 6th 7th8th 10th 12th 13th 14th 15th 17th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 24th 26th 27th 28th 29th October 1st 3rd 4th 5th 6th 8th 10th 11th 12th 13th 15th 17th 18th 19th 20th 22nd 24th 25th 26th 27th 29th 31st November 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 7th 8th 9th 10th 12th 14th 15th 16th 17th 19th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 26th 28th 29th 30th December 1st 3rd 5th6th 7th 8th 10th 12th 13th 14th 15th 17th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 24th 27th 28th 29th 31st. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Folio. Hardcover
18482111902160201131Manuscript by Michishige Ochi 1848. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Manuscript by Michishige Ochi paperback
1807CAT000099Paris: Capelle et Renand 1807. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. A mixed set 11 volumes published 1807-1817. Volumes 2-10 in full acid calf worn spines dry and chipped one board detached others loose volume 1 in later half vellum and volume 11 in original wraps worn and chipped. A complete run of this annual of food and drink associated poetry and song. Volume 4 with a portrait of Marc-Antoine-Madeleine Désaugiers who wrote most of the songs laid down and each volume with an engraved frontispiece. Size: 12mo duodecimo. 11-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Music. Inventory No: CAT000099. Capelle et Renand hardcover
1839055027Kostantiniyye Constantinople - Istanbul: Takvîm-i Vekâyi. AH 1255 1839. Soft cover. Very Good. Original newspaper taken from a volume. Folio. 425 x 28 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 5 p. Extremely rare early issue of this first official newspaper of the Ottoman Empire after the proclamation of Reform Tanzîmât in 1839 informed Daguerre's new and weird invention "photography" as it would be called in the 1850s to the Ottoman peoples and readers. The article reads: "It is the talk of the town steam engines have been able to run on rails in factories in recent years. Meanwhile a man carefully focused on his thoughts so much and the craft turned into a strange art and finally a coquettish mirror surface appeared. This skillful Frenchman named Daguerre drew the lines of objects by reflecting the sunlight with the methods of the different science of art he learned drew the contours of the objects and gave 20 years secretly and openly to the formation of this strange art. Finally he reached the goal and this event won the appreciation and admiration of everyone. This is to say the image of the object in the form of a large or small box free from light is pictured inside by passing through the glass in front of it. In order for the reflected picture to be captured on a surface some chemicals must be prepared. Daguerre has achieved this mix based on his experience. This substance applied on the plate is called iodine. After the plate is kept in the vapor of the iodine for a few minutes it is immediately placed in the dark box and the image passing through the window of the box is pictured for five minutes. Considering that some of the things that should be hidden are captured like this it will be understood what a valuable invention this is.". In the continuation of the article it is written that an Englishman named Talbot Henry Fox Talbot found the same thing with almost the same processes ! but Daguerre had taken pictures before. Takvim-i Vekâyi was the first fully Turkish-language newspaper. It was launched in 1831 by Sultan Mahmud II taking over from the Moniteur ottoman as the Official Gazette of the Ottoman Empire. With the beginning of the Tanzimat reform period Takvim-i Vekayi produced versions in multiple language editions. It ceased publication in 1878 resuming in 1891-2 before being closed again. It resumed in 1908 until around 1922. In the 1831-1878 period it published a total of 2119 issues - an average of slightly less than one a week. <br/> <br/> Takvîm-i Vekâyi., [AH 1255] paperback
1806011604Northampton: T. Dicey & W. Sutton 1806. The Northampton Mercury 1806. 1807. 2 years 103 issues lacking issue for August 30th 1806. Each issue has 4 pages. Book measures 53x37.cm. Bound in half calf calf corners cloth boards gilt lettering. Calf scuffed worn with loss on edges. Generally a good binding. Internally article cut-away from a few pages a few small repairs occasional minor spotting marking. Pages in good clean condition throughout. A good clean copy. Saturday January 4th 11th 18th 25th February 1st 8th 15th 22nd March 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th April 5th 12th 26th May 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st June 7th 14th 21st 28th July 5th 12th 19th 26th August 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th September 6th13th 20th 27th October 4th 11th 18th 25th November 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th December 6th 13th 20th 27th. 1807. Saturday 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st February 7th 14th 21st 28th March 7th 14th 21st 28th April 4th 11th 18th 25th May 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th June 6th 13th 20th 27th July 4th 11th 18th 25th August 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th September 5th 12th 19th 26th October 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st November 7th 14th 21st 28th December 5th 12th 19th 26th. . Half Calf. Near Very Good. Folio. T. Dicey & W. Sutton Hardcover
182038311Valencia: Imprenta y LibrerÃa de Manuel López Calle de Bordadores nº 1 e Imprenta de Brusola Plaza del Patriarca 1820.- 21 fascÃculos de unas 4 páginas cada uno alguno de 8 páginas; 4º 22 cm.- Noticiario diario de la ciudad de Valencia de corte general satÃrico burlesco militar de orden público de sociedad de polÃtica religión etc etc. Variado y singular se ofrece este diario con números no seguidos que cubren buena parte de 1820 destacando que el suplemento del martes 22 de Septiembre de 1820 es una importante noticia polÃtico-militar circular titulada asi: "El Sr. Gefe PolÃtico superior de esta Provincia recibió anoche por extraordinario lo siguiente: REPRESENTACION PUESTA EN LAS REALES MANOS DE S. M. POR LOS GEFES MILITARES DE LOS CUERPOS QUE EXISTEN EN MADRID à NOMBRE DE TODOS SUS INDIVIDUOS"; en este aviso los Gefes polÃtico-militares constitucionalistas se reafirman en su defensa de la Constitución nuevamente jurada por el rey Fernando VII el dÃa 7 de Marzo de 1820 pues parece ser que hubo nuevas vacilaciones y revueltas cuando comenzaba lo que se dará a conocer como el Trienio Liberal 1820-1823 firmando el manifiesto un buen grupo de liberales que vienen expresados en este suplemento que referimos. Importante resaltar que aunque los números van correlativos y el nombre del diario es el mismo parece ser que las fechas no siguen un orden cronológico con la numeración que llevan los fascÃculos por lo que pensamos que son tiradas diferentes. Se ofrecen todos los números incluÃdo el suplemento del que hemos tratado especialmente de forma conjunta y como unidad documental. GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA-FERNANDO VII Libro en español Imprenta y Librería de Manuel López (Calle de Bordadores nº 1) paperback
1805012292Great Britain: Printed By Dicey & Sutton 1805. The Northampton Mercury. 1805-1806. 1805. Saturday January 5th 12th 19th 26th February 2nd 9th 16th 23rd March 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th April 6th 13th 20th 27th May 4th 11th 18th 25th June 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th July 6th 13th 20th 27th August 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st September 7th 14th 21st 28th October 5th 12th 19th 26thNovember 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th December 7th 14th 21st 28th. 1806 Saturday January 4th 11th 18th 25th February 1st 8th 15th 22nd March 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th April 5th 12th 19th 26th May 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st June 7th 14th 21st 28th July 5th 12th 19th 26th August 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th September 6th 13th 20th 27th October 4th 11th18th 25th November 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th December 6th 13th 20th 27th. Each issue has 4pp. Book measures 50 x 35. cm. Binding heavily worn defective. Internally worming to small section of first 5 issues occasional spotting staining. Pages in good clean condition. . Hardcover. Near Very Good. Folio. Printed By Dicey & Sutton Hardcover
1820012286Great Britain: Printed By Dicey & Sutton 1820. The Northampton Mercury and general advertiser for the counties of Northampton Bedford Buckingham Huntingdon Leicester Warwick Oxford and Hertford. Book measures 54.5x40.cm. From Saturday January 1st 1820 to December 28th 1822. 3 complete years each issue has 4pp. About 15/20 issues have moderate to heavy staining to bottom third of the page occasional light browning the odd page slightly heavier a few pages about 10 with minor loss some minor worming Generally all pages in good clean condition. The text block is holding firm lacking spine both boards detached. January 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th February 5th 12th 19th 26th March 4th 11th 18th 25th April 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th May 6th 13th 20th 27th June 3rd 10th 17th 24th July 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th August 5th 12th 19th 26th September 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th October 7th 14th 21st 28th November 4th 11th 18th 25th December 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th. Saturday January 6th 1821 13th 20th 27th February 3rd 10th 17th 24th March 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st April 7th 14th 21st 28th May 5th 12th 19th 26th June 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th July 7th 14th 21st 28th August 4th 11th 18th 25th September 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th October 6th 13th 20th 27th November 3rd 10th 17th 24th December 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th. Saturday January 5th 1822 12th 19th 26thFebruary 2nd9th 16th 23rd March 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th May 6th 13th 20th 27th May 4th 11th 18th 25th June 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th July 6th 13th 20th 27th August 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st September 7th 14th 21st 28th October 5th 12th 19th 26th November 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th December 7th 14th 21st 28th. . Near Very Good. Folio. Printed By Dicey & Sutton hardcover
18942111902160200920Hoeiken 1894. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Hoeiken paperback
189752614Paris / Rome: Victor Lecoffre / J. Gabalda / Francois Ferrari 1897-2000. 91 volumes of the series. 25x16.5 cm. - first 38 volumes worn browned few pages loose rest very good in firm modern library bindings stamps tickets 19411942 and 1945 have title 'Vivre et penser' 1943 & 1944 not published See pictures more pictures on request Victor Lecoffre / J. Gabalda / Francois Ferrari unknown
186241733Turnwold Putnam County Ga. 1862. Each issue a folio sheet folded to 8 pp. Each page 9-1/4" x12." Each number printed in three columns per page. No. 1 is browned. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Crandall does not record Numbers 4 and 5; but AAS which says The Countryman was "suspended intermittently" evidently owns them. Its first printing was March 18 1862. With the opening issue of this volume III Turner trumpets the "remarkable" success of The Countryman which has received a "universal acclaim of approbation" and has been financially successful. The articles cover an array of subjects including of course much on the War: Why the Hessians Enlist; the "worst provincialisms of the Yankees;" John Adams; observations on the War; the printing of The Countryman; poetry "The Old Plantation"; advertisements; President and leaders of the Confederate States; Iron; "Teaching Negroes to Read." <br /> This interesting Confederate weekly was printed at Turnwold Turner's Putnam County plantation probably the only wartime newspaper so printed. "Joel Chandler Harris was an apprentice for Joseph Addison Turner. In 1862 Turner decided to produce a newspaper from his home at Turnwold Plantation. In fact in a more-than-semi-autobiographical book Harris wrote called On the Plantation he explains that the printing office for The Countryman was established 'in an outhouse.'. . . As was the typical arrangement for the time Harris worked for Turner in exchange for clothing and boarding at the Turnwold Plantation for the four plus years he apprenticed there. As a printer's devil Harris was responsible for setting and inking the type for the paper on the hand-press individually placing the letters so they were spaced appropriately for printing" "Joel Chandler Harris and The Wren's Nest" December 3 2020 Blog site of American Writers Museum accessed May 01 2026. <br /> Crandall 5152. Not in Parrish & Willingham. Lomazow 687. unknown