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Antique Newspapers

These are genuine antique newspapers - printed at the dates specified.  They are not modern reproductions.
Listing is random - not by date or publication.


 To assist in visual clarity the photography of some of these pages have undergone brightness and contast processing.
All newspapers show some sign of age, use and handling.
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 Newspaper -  Bell's Weekly Messenger
London:   Printed by J. Bell, British Library, No 90, opposite Southampton Street, Strand
Price:  7½d
Each edition - 8 pages (4 sheets)    245 x 385 mm.
Usual content topics:  Foreign news, Home news,  Trials & Assizes, 
Finance, Court, Theatre,  Ships taken by pirates,  Weather, Sport,
Trade,  Fashion, Markets, Prices, Stocks,  Letters to the Editor, ....
 Makes fascinating reading and a good insight into daily life in the 1790s.
See detail illustrations below for typical content.
The illustrations here represent typical content taken from Bell's Weekly
of 1796 & 1801, and not necessarily content of specific editions listed below.   
Back Page  
Detail 1     Detail 2     Detail 3     Detail 4     Detail 5
Detail 6     Detail 7     Detail 8     Detail 9     Detail 10
Detail 11   Detail 12   Detail 13   Detail 14   Detail 15
Detail 16   Detail 17

 
Ref  KAE004        No 72    10 Sept 1796        £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KAE005        No 74    24 Sept 1796        £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KBE001        No 77    15 Oct 1796         £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KAE007        No 78    22 Oct 1796         £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KBE003        No 82    19 Nov 1796        £22.00 (+P&P)
 Ref  KBE004        No 84    3 Dec 1796           £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KBE005        No 281  30 Aug 1801        £22.00 (+P&P)

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 Newspaper -  The London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post
Price: Twopence Halfpenny    (  2½d  )
London:   Sold by J. Wilkie at the Bible in St Paul's Church Yard.
Each edition - 8 pages (4 sheets)    220 x 285 mm.
Each edition covers the news for 2, 3 or 4 days.
Usual content topics:  Foreign news, Home news,  New Publications, 
Bills & Law,  Shipping ,  Cargo & Port activity,  Trade, 
Speeches, Government,  Markets, Prices, Stocks,  Letters to the Editor, ....
 Makes fascinating reading and a good insight into daily life in the 1760s.
See detail illustrations below for typical content.
The illustrations here represent typical content taken from The London Chronicles of 1762
and not necessarily content of specific editions listed below.   

Detail 1     Detail 2     Detail 3     Detail 4     Detail 5
Detail 6     Detail 7     Detail 8     Detail 9     Detail 10


Ref  KBE010        No 831  20 April 1762       £22.00 (+P&P)


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 Newspaper -  Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle    No 1449   Mon July 16  1827
Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  400 x 530 mm,  signs of wear at fold.
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     US Navy List   American Navy    Quack Medicines   Trusses
Ref  KKE003              £24.00 (+P&P)
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 Newspaper -  Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle    No 747     Mon Jan 21  1814
Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  400 x 530 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Quack Medicines   Weather - Heavy Snow    Accidents   Grovelling advertisement
Ref  KKE004              £24.00 (+P&P)
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 Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2365     Fri March 18   1791
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Faversham Hairdresser   Gaol Calendar - Assizes at Maidstone    Duel in Scotland   Prison Breaking
Ref  KKE010              £26.00 (+P&P)
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 Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2366     Tues  March 22  1791
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Fox Hunting      Quack Medicine    Shipping News
Ref  KKE011              £26.00 (+P&P)
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 Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2367     Fri March 25   1791
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Riots in France   Remedy for Piles    Misc Advertisements   News from Paris
Ref  KKE012              £26.00 (+P&P)
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 Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2454   Tues  Jan 3   1792
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Female Transportation to Botany Bay    Cure for Agues and Fevers    Misc Advertisements 
Ref  KKE013              £26.00 (+P&P)
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 Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2455     Fri Jan 6   1792
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Quack Medicines and Ointments      Beauty Paste for Ladies
                  Convicts for Botany Bay struck by Small-Pox       Shipping News
Ref  KKE014              £26.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The St James's Chronical    or British Evening Post   1779 [Price: three pence ]
Broadsheet.   size:  300 x 470 mm  with single fold giving 4 printed pages. 
Main illustration shows top half of front page.


Ref  QHE007    No 2838   May 20 1779   Detail1   Detail2       £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  QHE011    No 2841   May 27 1779   Detail1   Detail2       £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  QHE013    No 2839   May 22 1779   Detail1   Detail2       £22.00 (+P&P)


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print Newspaper -  Kent & Essex Mercury        Tuesday   June 1st 1830      Price 7d
Published by Matthias Gibbon, Fleet Street, London.
Several creases around the title.
Broadsheet.   size:  440 x 600 mm    4 pages  Illustration shows folded top half.
Detail 1       Right portion of front page
Detail 2       Explosions at the Gunpowder Mill at Tonbridge
Detail 3       Various trials and court cases - Bigamy, Horse theft, Murder, .......

Ref  QHE017       £25.00 (+P&P)
print Newspaper -  The Eastbourne Chronicle       Sat  Jan 25 1936      Price  2d
Published by Robert Brutnell
Broadsheet.   size:  330 x 500 mm    28 pages  Illustration shows folded top half.
"Death of The King - Emperor"   (King George V)
Much coverage of when the King last visited Eastbourne.
Contains local news and local advertisements.
Bungalows in Polegate (This Model Garden City) advertised from £399 - £550
Ref  QHE015      £22.00 (+P&P)
print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 8      Aug 18  1832
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  The Polar Regions - Wilberforce Falls
 Content (8 pages):  On the duties and advantages of society;  Ephemera, or day flies;  Natural magic;  Crops in England;  Infant education; The Otter.

Ref  OHE001       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 25      Nov 24  1832
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  The Puri Indians of Brazil
 Content (8 pages):  William Collins the poet; Egypt in connection with sacred history and prophecy; On Fishes; Vegetable fly traps.

Ref  OHE002       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 27      Dec 1  1832
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  The General Post Office, London
 Content (8 pages):  Happiness, On Rain;  The kangaroo beetle;  Commercial expedition to Africa;  Hodnet Church;  Scripture Difficulties.

Ref  OHE003       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 34      Jan 12  1833
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  The History of Cultivation, Manufature, and Use of Tea
 Content (8 pages):  William Collins the poet; Egypt in connection with sacred history and prophecy; On Fishes; Vegetable fly traps.

Ref  OHE005       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 38     March 2   1833
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  View of the York Column, as seen from St James's Park. London
 Content (8 pages):  The York Column;  Hindoo Superstitions;  Camel and Dromedary;  Epitaths;  The India rubber tree; 
Ref  OHE007       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 43      Nov 24  1832
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  The Microscope
 Content (8 pages):  The Microscope;  Newgate;  The Bird spider;  History of the effects of spirituous liquors;  Sunday Trading.

Ref  OHE008       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 46      March 23   1833
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  The Opening of the Monument of London
 Content (8 pages):  The Monument;  The Olive Tree;  Biishop Heber;   Capital:  Migratory Birds - Nightingale.

Ref  OHE010       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 49      April 6   1833
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  The Rock of Gibraltar
 Content (8 pages):  Gibraltar;  St Katharine's Hospital;  The Passover;
Ref  OHE011       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 82      Oct 13   1833
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  Statue of King James II at Whitehall.
 Content (8 pages):  National Statues;  The castle of Heidelburg;  Overflowing of the Nile;  Emigration to the Canadas;

Ref  OHE013       £18.00 (+P&P)
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print Newspaper -  The Saturday Magazine  No 88      Nov 16   1833
Published in Weekly numbers, Price One Penny by
John William Parker, West Strand.
Front Cover:  Scenes in India - Crocodile and dead elephant
 Content (8 pages):  Life in India;  Weaving;  Religion in the United States of America.

Ref  OHE014       £18.00 (+P&P)
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