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Title: The Owl - a Wednesday Journal of Politics and Society 5 Volumes - 115 Issues.
Description: , . Hardcover. 5 finely bound volumes of this Victorian parliamentary periodocal which ran from 1864 for 5-6 years. ?Almost complete set of 115 issues from No.1,001 (the series started here) to 1,116 (July 28th 1869). No.10 not bound in. Described in Wikipedia - The Owl - a Wednesday journal of politics and society was a satirical society newspaper published in London from 1864 to 1870. Irregularly published, but sometimes fortnightly, it cost 6d., was Tory in politics and consisted of a mix of satire and London society gossip. The Owl was founded by Morning Post editor Algernon Borthwick, together with Evelyn Ashley, Lord Wharncliffe (1827-99) and James Archibald Stuart-Wortley. The Conservative MP Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington was joint editor of the paper from 1864 to 1868. Contributors included the architect Arthur Ashpitel (1807-69), Disraeli's private secretary Montagu Corry, Laurence Oliphant, and Henry Drummond Wolff. They also included Mortimer Collins, Lord Houghton, Ralph Bernal Osborne, George Otto Trevelyan, and Thomas Gibson Bowles. Each issue runs to 4 pages initially (latterly 8 pages) - publication was periodic and suspended during the parliamentary recession. The binding in brown cloth is embellished with an engraving of a gilt owl in 4 of the 5 volumes. From the Fasque (Gladstone) library with the bookplate of Thomas Gladstone on the pastedown of each volume. Probably a unique set. Scans available. Volumes are in pristine condition - though some issues show horizontal light folding from the time of their publication/issue. See scans and email for many more. . Near Fine

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