A History of English Journalism to the Foundation of the Gazette

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1908. Very Good-. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; x,[2],292pp.; frontispiece and fives leaves of facsimiles. Moderate wear to cloth margins, corners nudged, smallish damp stain at bottom gutter margin of frontispiece (not affecting image), heavy scattered foxing throughout, mid-20th century ownership ex libris to front pastedown. Overall a Good to Very Good copy.

Quite an uncommon and detailed study of the birth of English journalism in the 17th century with a concluding chapter on the history of advertising to 1659.