All-alive and merry; or, The London daily post.

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  • All-alive and merry; or, The London daily post.
  • All alive and merry Portion of title: London daily post London daily-post
People / Organizations
Imprint
[London, England]: Printed for A. Merryman, and sold by the hawkers.
Publication year
?
ESTC No.
P1564
Grub Street ID
55358
Description
v. ; 1/2⁰
Note
Imprint from colophon; imprints lack dates.

Printer's name: "A. Merryman" is probably a pseudonym; printer possibly Abraham Ilive (cf. Wiles).

Imprint addresses vary slightly; in 1740 some imprints read "for A. Merryman in Silver-Street near Golden Lane"; later imprints include "London".

Each issue consists of a folio half-sheet; first column headed: "Necessity has no Law."

Some numbers aparently issued twice with somewhat different text, possibly for a country edition. Cf. Wiles.

Printed in three columns. One of the unstamped 'farthing papers' of the period; typically they had a brief life ending in the arrest of the publisher, this one surviving longer than most (cf. Wiles).

Includes excerpts from current, popular books including: Robinson Crusoe, Joseph Andrews, The Turkish spy.

Description based on: Monday, September 1 [1740]; title from caption.

Numbering note: Issues unnumbered; chronological designation lacks year; year of issue supplied by cataloger.
Uncontrolled note
Reproduced on microfilm from originals in the Burney Collection of the British Library; imperfect, scattered issues only; some copies cropped, with print fade and print show-throuogh.

Cataloged from Harvard University copy; their holdings: [1740]:Sept.1-Dec.10. Copies tightly bound, some with print fade or slight tear. KU-S has one number: April 9 [1741]. MS. annotations on first issue in Burney collection: 'Tuesday' is crossed out and replaced with 'Monday'; October 21 [1741] date altered to read '12'.Citation/references NCBEL, II:1330 Times handlist, p. 41 Crane & Kaye, 1016 Wiles, R.M. Serial publication in Engand, p. 44-53.