Mott, Frank Luther (Editor); Jonson, Ben; Ames, Fisher; Liang Chi-Chao; Twain, Mark; Wilmer, Lambert A.; Hudson, Frederic; Franklin, Benjamin; & Sweet, Alan (Contributors)

Oldtime Comments on Journalism Volume One (7 of 8 issues): (1) Ben Jonson's 625 Satire on News; (2) An Essay on Sensationalism in the Press; (4) Liang Chi-Chao's Comments on Journalism; (5) Mark Twain's "Journalism in Tennessee"; (6) A Whip for the News-Writers: Excerpts from 18th-Century English Periodicals; (7) Ben Franklin on Newspapers; (8) Alex Sweet on Texas Journalism

Columbia, Missouri: Press of the Crippled Turtle, 1953-1958.
Limited Editions. Paperback.

7 of 8 issues from the Limited Edition Series Oldtime Comments on Journalism Volume One: 

• Number One (1) – Ben Jonson’s 1625 Satire on News: Excerpts from The Staple of News. January, 1953. No. 00077 of a Limited Edition of 250 copies. 7-3/8 x 10-1/2”, 12pp.
• Number Two (2) – An Essay on Sensationalism in the Press, by “Hercules” (Fisher Ames). February, 1953. No. 112 of a Limited Edition of 240 copies. 7-3/8 x 10-1/2”, 4pp with introduction.
• Number Four (4) – Liang Chi-Chao’s Comments on Journalism, translated by James Y. C. Shen. July, 1953. From a Limited Edition of 240 copies, numbered in Chinese characters. 7-3/8 x 10-1/2”, ii, with 7 comments.
• Number Five (5) – Mark Twain’s “Journalism in Tennessee,” with Sundry Accounts by Lambert A. Wilmer and Frederic Hudson of Bellicose Editors, &c. September, 1955. No. 87 of a Limited Edition of 240 copies, with two illustrations by FLM with a bow to Thomas Nast. 7-3/8 x 10-3/4”, 14pp with introduction.
• Number Six (6) – A Whip for the News-Writers: Excerpts from Eighteenth-Century English Periodicals. July, 1956. Limited Edition of 245 copies, unnumbered. 7-3/8 x 10-1/2”, 17pp. 7 attacks on newsgathering of the times from 18^th= century essay periodicals (The True Patriot, The Tatler, The Spectator, The Idler and The British Mercury).
• Number Seven (7; misnumbered as Number 6 on publication) – Benjamin Franklin on Newspapers: Anthology of Franklin’s Comments on Journalism. December, 1956. No. 180 of a Limited Edition of 240 copies. 7-3/8 x 10-1/2”, ii, 35pp. With decorative folded sheet laid in “With best wishes for a pleasant holiday season and a happy New Year” from Frank Luther Mott and Paul Fisher.
• Number Eight (8) – Alex Sweet on Texas Journalism: A Chapter of Sweet and Knox’s On a Mexican Mustang Through Texas. April, 1958. No. 68 of a Limited Edition of 245 copies.  7-3/8 x 10-1/2”, unpaginated (12pp).

Item #902208

Large octavos, printed wrappers, limited editions (each issue limited to 240-245 copies), 7 of 8 total issues (missing Number Three), with separate folded sheet listing the issues in the series, folded Christmas greeting laid into Mark Twain's "Journalism in Tennessee" (issued in December 1956).

Separate folder listing issues in the series is creased with tears to top-edge, general toning, clean of owner's marks and generally crisp, a very good set.

Price: $125.00