No matter how hard our staff at Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers tries not to, inevitably we occasionally miss gems buried within the collectible newspapers we offer. Dozens of issues of the New York Tribune left our premises with undiscovered (unsigned) articles by Karl Marx. A real heartbreak was missing one of the first […]
“History is never more fascinating than when it’s read from the day it was first reported.” (Timothy Hughes, 1975). Exploring events which have occurred in September as they appeared in rare & early newspapers are no exception. To view a selection of over 1000 such reports within the context of additional news of the day, […]
In some situations, the person from whom a newspaper is purchased adds a bit of flavor to the issue. Such is the case with the LIDOVA DEMOKRACIE newspaper of Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), dated Aug. 21, 1968. This issue is from this historic day of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.Warsaw Pact member countries, except […]
The Village Voice is known for many things, but articles which take a deep-dive into the history of the United States is not among them. So, when I came across a highlighted quote from Abraham Lincoln from his 1865 Inaugural Address within the issue dated July 12, 1976, my curiosity was piqued. Rather than describe […]
In simple terms, Constitutions are intended to be the framework which dictates how governments, institutions, and other various organizations are to function. They typically state both the rights of those whom they cover, along with the boundaries from which those in power must rule. They are not mere suggestions, and they nearly always make it […]
I remember when I first encountered this newspaper I thought it was in a foreign language. But it wasn’t in a language we typically encounter. Then I took a more careful look. The title of the newspaper is the: “AI ANGLO SACSUN” and is dated May 29, 1847. This is the volume 1, number 11 […]
A continuation of our ongoing series: This Month in History – October Edition… Not to be repetitive, however, we are often asked how we find newspaper reports covering such a wide variety of topics. Part of the answer is simply longevity. We’ve been collecting and offering issues for a half-century, and time itself as helped […]