Book-Auction Records Vol. 13: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Dublin Edinburgh Glasgow and American Book-Auctions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Book-Auction Records Vol. 13: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Dublin Edinburgh Glasgow and American Book-Auctions<br><br>Hailsham already mentioned when dealing with Eastbourne comes next in order George Breads establishing his press there in the early part Of the nineteenth century. The earliest date I have is 1828 when Breads printed Hake''s Something new on men and manners. At Easebourne near Midhurst a boy of fifteen Howard Dudley had a small press from which he issued in 1835 his Juvenile researches or a description of some of the principal towns in the west of Sussex and the borders Of Hants the whole being interspersed with pieces by a Sister. Easebourne printed and composed b H. Dudley aged Dudley was his own engraver compositor and pressman and this little volume is a remarkable production for a mere Child. Even his press was made according to his own instructions and he printed one page Only at a time. About 1836 a press was established by Mason co. at Arundel and in that year they printed The Report Of 3 Savings'' Bank case.'' I can glean but little information regarding Midhurst but James Chandler and Henry Goodner are given as printers in Kelly''s Directory for 1845; while in 1848 William Ranger had a press at Northiam in east Sussex and issued in that vear ''a Brief History and Descrip tion Of Bodiam Castle''<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.