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AlmanacTHE LONDON KALENDAR, OR, COURT AND CITY REGISTER FOR ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, AND AMERICA, FOR THE YEAR 1783 ....
London: Printed for J. Stockdale [et al]. [1783]. [4],18 leaves, 284pp. 12mo. Contemporary unlettered sheep. Spine ends a bit chipped, small chip in spine middle, fore-margin of p. [12] creased, tariff stamp on one leaf, otherwise very good. Bookplate. Item #WRCLIT86950
First edition of this pocket almanac produced for sale by nine booksellers listed in the imprint. The collation in the ESTC record, based on the British Library copy, does not reflect the presence in that copy of the preliminary "Cardanus Rider's Sheet Almanack" bearing J. Wilkie's imprint that occupies the 18 preliminary leaves (printed on one side only) in this copy. ESTC locates a number of those imprints, all of them rare, but not one for 1783. In COPAC, the BL broken run of issues for some 20 years of this publication appears to be the sole record. ESTC T139273.
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