The Whitby spy.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoWhitby [England] : printed by C. Webster on the Crag, M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]
Description27 volumes ; 19 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental ContentFull text online
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FrequencySemiweekly
General noteA general title page and prefatory material was issued to subscribers at the end of publication.
General noteImprint from collected issue title page; individual issues lack imprints.
General noteTitle and issue number repeated as running title.
General noteAdvertisement to the reader at end of no. 26 reads in part: "four suceeding numbers ... necessary to complete this volume, will be published together on Saturday the 11th of December; and a title page, index, and preface, will be ready ... the Saturday after."
General noteLast page of preface includes printer's advertisement.
General noteUnsigned, but with continuous pagination; turned chain lines, in 4s.
General noteEssays on the conduct of life, based on anecdotes, classical allusions and selections of fiction; some issues in verse.
General noteDescription based on: No. 2. (Saturday, September 4th. 1784.); title from caption.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1367
References Times handlist, p. 220
References English Short Title Catalog, P3148.
Special numberingCollected issue title page lacks designation.
Special numberingLast four numbers (no. 27-30) published as one unit, 11 Dec. 1784, but individually dated and numbered as if published in normal order.
Special numberingNo more published.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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