[Drop-head title:] The Lantern of the Cam.
[Cambridge].
[Printed by F. Talbot... and Published for the Proprietors by G. J. Preston], [1871-73]
Quarto.
Vol. I, no. 1 (Jan. 32nd 1871) - Vol. I, no. 3 (April 1871); Special number (Dec. 1873). All published. 14, 4pp. With four photo-lithographed plates (two of which folding). Contemporary green cloth, original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper pasted to upper board. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Scattered spotting.
'When shall we have a local newspaper with readable articles? Not that we wish to say those in our present local prints are not readable, but, - well then, we never do read them.'
A rare complete run of a short-lived Cantabrigian periodical providing a wry commentary on life in the town and at the university; intended as a monthly publication, though apparently ceased following the death of the original editor (thus accounting for the two-year hiatus between the third number and the final, special issue).
OCLC and COPAC together record copies at just four locations (BL, Cambridge, Melbourne, and Oxford).
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref: 17699
A rare complete run of a short-lived Cantabrigian periodical providing a wry commentary on life in the town and at the university; intended as a monthly publication, though apparently ceased following the death of the original editor (thus accounting for the two-year hiatus between the third number and the final, special issue).
OCLC and COPAC together record copies at just four locations (BL, Cambridge, Melbourne, and Oxford).
