Related Journals

• Typographical Societies’ Monthly Circular
  • Was first called The Typographical Societies' Monthly Circular (October 1852 through June 1875; vols. 1-273)
• Typographical Circular [Manchester]
  • Became The Typographical Circular [Manchester] in July 1877 and ran through November/December 1963 (vols. 298-1132)

Start Date(s)

• 1875 (Harrison et al.)
• 1852 (Bateson)
• 1853 (“The Bibliography”)

End Date(s)

• 1877 (“The Bibliography”)

Editor(s)

• Slatter, Henry

City

• Manchester, England (journal itself)

Type of Content

• "Towards the end of the 19th Century contents were extended to include topics of general working-class interest, particularly Labour legislation, eight-hour day, workmen's compensation, housing, pensions, Labour representation" (Harrison p. 563)

Notes

• "Issued by the Provincial Typographical Association" (Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 187)
• "The Typographical Association amalgamated with the London Typographical Society in January 1964 to form the National Graphical Association, whose organ was the Graphical Journal" (Harrison p. 563)
• "Longer lasting were the trade union supported or union sympathetic journals such as . . . the Manchester-based Typographical Societies' Monthly Circular (1852-74), relaunched as The Provincial Typographical Society Circular and Monthly in 1875, then transformed into The Typographical Circular in 1877" (Finkelstein p. 111)

Subject Categories

• Printing Trade
• Trade Unions
• Typography

Sources that Discuss this Journal

• Bateson p. 88
• “The Bibliography” vol. 7, p. 117
• Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 187
• COPAC
• Finkelstein p. 111
• Harrison et al. p. 563
• Shattock p. 51
• Stewart vol. 4, p. 362
• Ulrich and Kup p. 200
• Willing’s 1875, p. 56

Works Cited

• Bateson, Frederick Wilse. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 3: 1800-1900. Series editor George Watson. Cambridge UP, 1969.
• “The Bibliography of Printing.” The Printing Times and Lithographer, vol. 7, nos. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, Jan.-June 1881. HathiTrust.
• Bigmore, E. C., and C. W. H. Wyman. A Bibliography of Printing. 1880. Oak Knoll P and the British Library, 2001.
• COPAC: Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues. Library Hub Discover, JISC.
• Finkelstein, David. Movable Types: Roving Creative Printers of the Victorian World. Oxford UP, 2018.
• Harrison, Royden, G. B. Woolven, and Robert Duncan. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check-List. Humanities P, 1977.
• Shattock, Joanne. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 4: 1800-1900. Edited by Frederick W. Bateson. 3rd ed. Cambridge UP. 1999.
• Stewart, James D., editor. British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals. 4 vols. Butterworths, 1968.
• Ulrich, Carolyn F., and Karl Kup. Books and Printing: A Selected List of Periodicals, 1800-1942. W. E. Rudge, 1943.
• Willing’s (Late May’s) British and Irish Press Guide, and Advertiser’s Directory and Handbook. Willing’s Press Service. HathiTrust.