Bound Volume Containing Issues Walsall (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A bound volume containing 12 issues of The Walsall Whip and south Staffordshire Charivari May 1881 - April 1882. Issues from vol 1 are printed on coloured paper. Vol 2 is printed on white paper. The coloured paper has browned and is becoming brittle leading to tears at the edges of pages. Each issue has an illustration of a local worthy, sometimes included in the pagination, sometimes not. There is the bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown - T Kirby who was also the publisher. Ink owner's name to the front pastedown - Edward M. Elliott. His label to the rear pastedown - Edward M Elliott, The Croft, Gorway, Walsall. Old cloth covered boards which are stained and worn. Gilt lettered to the front board. Spine torn at head and foot. End papers spotted and browned. Vol 1 No 1 - May 1881 - 7, [1] pages + print of Sir Charles Forster Bart MP * Vol 1 No 2 - June 1881 - 7, [1] pages + print of Joseph Newman Esq, Mayor * Vol 1 No 3 - July 1881 - 7, [1] pages + print of Michael Arthur Bass Esq MP * Vol 1 No 4 - Aug 1881 - 7, [1] pages + print of Henry Wiggin Esq MP * Vol 1 No 5 - Sep 1881 - 12 pages, print included in pagination of Samuel Wilkinson Esq Town Clerk * Vol 1 No 6 - Oct 1881 - 12 pages, print included in pagination of Sir Arthur Douglas Bateman Scott Bart * Vol 1 No 7 - Nov 1881 - 12 pages, print included in pagination of Frank James Esq JP * Vol 1 No 8 - Dec 1881 - 12 pages, print included in pagination of E.T. Holden Esq JP * Vol 2 No 9 - Jan 1882 - 8 pages + print of Rev Alfred A. Cole * Vol 2 No 10 - Feb 1882 - 8 pages + print of Alderman John Brewer * Vol 2 No 11 - Mar 1882 - pages [3]-14 pagination includes print of Richard Tangye * Vol 2 No 12 - Apr 1882 - pages [3]-14 pagination includes print of George Cotterell. Issues 1-8 have adverts on the first and final pages, it would appear there may have been separate covers for later issues which have not been bound in, particularly for nos 11 and 12 where the pagination shows a missing leaf at the start.