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The Commercial History of a Penny Magazine. A report on the latest technological progress in...

The Commercial History of a Penny Magazine. A report on the latest technological progress in 1833, and a history of printing. A facsimile reproduction (in 1979) of four issues of The Penny Magazine, 1833 regarding the printing arts. With a short one page introduction by Harold Berliner.

California: Harold Berliner, 1979. Softcover. Folio, softcover, 36 pages. Printed paper covers, stapled as issued. With a Harold Berliner compliment slip loosely inserted. Note; this is an original article separated from the annual volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Penny Magazine; Printing; New Arrivals;..... More

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Paper & Printing: The New Technology of the 1830s. From the Monthly Supplement of The Penny...

Paper & Printing: The New Technology of the 1830s. From the Monthly Supplement of The Penny Magazine, 1833. LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES. With an introductory historical essay on the Penny Magazine.

Oxford: The Plough Press, 1982. Hardcover. Folio, hardcover, 38 pages. Bound in quarter green cloth, with marbled paper boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Generally unblemished in any way, much as it came from the press in 1982. The slightest rubbing at the corners of the boards, and an attractive earlier..... More

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The Mechanical Turk : The Automaton Chess Player. A collection of six articles, published in 1837...

The Mechanical Turk : The Automaton Chess Player. A collection of six articles, published in 1837 & 1841 on this famous automata fraud.

London: The Turk was a mechanical illusion that allowed a human chess master hiding inside to operate the machine. With a skilled operator, the Turk won most of the games played during its demonstrations around Europe and the Americas for nearly 84 years, pl, 1837, 1841. First Edition. Disbound. Six..... More

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The Manchester and Liverpool Rail-Road: Moorish Arch, Olive Mount Excavation & Sankey Viaduct. A...

The Manchester and Liverpool Rail-Road: Moorish Arch, Olive Mount Excavation & Sankey Viaduct. A contemporary eight page illustrated report from an 1833 issue of The Penny Magazine devoted to the world's first inter-city railway, which only opened fully in 1830.

London: The Penny Magazine, 1833. First Edition. Disbound. The Manchester and Liverpool railway opened on 15 September 1830. It was the first railway to rely exclusively on locomotives driven by steam, with no horse-drawn traffic permitted at any time; the first to be entirely double track throughout its length; the..... More

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A Day at The Birmingham Elliott's Factories (stamping, punching & pressing buttons) TOGETHER WITH...

A Day at The Birmingham Elliott's Factories (stamping, punching & pressing buttons) TOGETHER WITH A Second Day at The Birmingham Elliott's Factories. Issue No. 813 & 818, 1844. Two complete rare weekly issues of the Penny Magazine, 1844.

London: Penny Magazine, SDUK, Charles Knight, 1844. First Edition. Disbound. 16 pages. Approximately A4 size, with woodcuts. Size: Small folio. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Penny Magazine; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 330927. More

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British Agriculture (January-December). Issue Nos. 502, 508, 513, 518, 524, 529, 534, 540, 545,...

British Agriculture (January-December). Issue Nos. 502, 508, 513, 518, 524, 529, 534, 540, 545, 551, 556, & 561. 12 complete rare weekly issues of the Penny Magazine, 1840.

London: Penny Magazine, SDUK, Charles Knight, 1840. First Edition. Disbound. 96 pages, some foxing. Approximately A4 size, woodcuts and illustrations. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Small folio. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Penny Magazine; New Arrivals; Collections. Inventory No: 319716..... More

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