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The Penny Magazine - Vols. 1-5 1832-1836
183247730London: The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1832-1836. Edition not stated. Quarto 29cm; half brown calf with marbled paper sides gilt-stamped spine in six compartments w/ black labels; 389510511504516pp. Vol. 2 has a contemporary binding w/ large portion of missing surface material from front panel more prominent soiling abrasions and wear chipping and bumps to extremities. Vols. 1 and 3 to 5 were rebound and show only mild surface wear soiling and rubbing with sunning and scattered wormholes to spines. All interiors have dampstains and foxing creased pages and intermittent biopredation and tears some w/ repairs; generally sound and complete. Good or Better; Vol. 2 is just about Good. In March of 1832 Charles Knight published the first issue of The Penny Magazine. As a project of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge SDUK the magazine aligned with the organization's mission to distribute easily accessible non-radical educational materials to working class Londoners. A new Magazine was published every week and featured wholesome articles on history geography natural science and general trivia. Annuals like these compiled a year's worth of issues into one handsome volume and were available for 7s 6d about £25 today.<br /> <br /> The Penny Magazine's 1d about £0.25 today price plus copious wood-engraved illustrations initially made the publication very appealing to a broad audience. In a somewhat ironic twist this low-cost magazine had very high production costs due to the number of illustrations. Not even a modest price increase to 4d could salvage the budget and The Penny Magazine issued its last on October 31 1847. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge unknown
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