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قراءة كتاب The History of the Catnach Press at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London
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The History of the Catnach Press at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London
class="note">“What hast here? ballads? I love a ballad in print, or a life; for then we are sure
they are true.”—Shakespeare.
“There’s nothing beats a stunning good murder, after all.”—Experiences of a Running Patterer.
LONDON:
REEVES AND TURNER
196, STRAND,
1871.
CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE.
Guaranteed only Four Hundred and Fifty Six Copies Printed,
| Namely,— | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| 250 | on Fine Toned Demy 4to | Published at | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 100 | on Large Post 4to, printed on one side of the paper only | " | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 100 | on Fine French Linear Writing Paper, printed on one side only, and in imitation of the Catnachian tea-like paper of old |
" | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 6 | on Yellow Demy 4to paper | " | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 456 | |||||
☞ EACH COPY OF EACH EDITION NUMBERED.
Our work on the Curiosities of Street Literature soon ran out of print. But we continued to gather from time to time fresh information on the subject of the “Two Catnachs—John and James,” and in the early part of 1876 we determined on publishing a work, to be entitled “The Life and Times of James Catnach—late of Seven Dials—Ballad Monger.” And for the purpose of obtaining the verification, amendment, or denial to the several scraps of information we had obtained, we wrote to our old friend, Mr. John Morgan, on the subject, and from him we received the letters that follow:—