Related Journals

• Typographical Protection Circular
  • Was originally called The Typographical Protection Circular (January 1849 through 1851 or 1853)
• Typographical Circular [London]
  • Became The Typographical Circular [London] in April 1854 and continued through September 1858

Start Date(s)

• 1858 (Shattock)

End Date(s)

• 1859 (Bigmore and Wyman)

Editor(s)

• Mantz, Edwin Shelley

City

• London, England (Bibliography of Printing)

Type of Content

• "Beside trade news, it gave tales and literary sketches, not always of a very high order" (Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, pp. 177)
• "Reports LSC meetings, trade news, provincial intelligence, correspondence, discussion on strikes, trade unions, 'free' press (i.e. unstamped)" (Harrison 563)

Notes

• "Having expressed, at some length, in our prospectus, what are our desires and purpose, we have thought we might more appropriately devote the little space at our disposal by diffusing as much general information into our first number, than if we were to lay before our readers a lengthened address, so common in commencing a new publication. . . . There is, however, one request which must be urged, because it is paramount of all others. . . . It is no other than to obtain ONE THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS, or names of persons to whom we can regularly send the Circular, or who will assure us that they intend to be its purchasers" (vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1849)--not on page 1, can't confirm
• “There is no copy of this periodical in the British Museum. The paper had a very brief existence, number 4, published January 21, 1859, the last issued” (Bigmore and Wyman 2:177)
• "The Typographical Protection Circular's first number in January 1849 likewise called working printers the 'bees of literature--the pioneers of social progress, and of ennobling improvement of mankind.' However, five years later their emphasis changed: instead of focusing on the superiority of the compositor among the labouring classes, they emphasised the importance of compositors uniting to safeguard the terms and conditions of the craft" (Score 277-78)

Subject Categories

• Printing Trade
• Trade Unions
• Typography

Sources that Discuss this Journal

• “The Bibliography” vol. 7, no. 76, p. 91
• Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 177
• COPAC
• Finkelstein p. 111, 124, 132
• Gillespie p. 27
• Harrison et al. p. 563
• Score p. 275, 277
• Shattock p. 51
• St. Bride Catalogue (online)
• The Waterloo Directory (online)

Works Cited

• “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.
• Gillespie, Sarah C. A Hundred Years of Progress: The Record of the Scottish Typographical Association, 1853 to 1952. Robert MacLehose and Co., 1953.
• Harrison, Royden, G. B. Woolven, and Robert Duncan. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check-List. Humanities P, 1977.
• Score, Melissa. “Pioneers of Social Progress?: Gender and Technology in British Printing Trade Union Journals, 1840–65.” Victorian Periodicals Review, vol. 47 no. 2, 2014, pp. 274-95. Project MUSE.
• Shattock, Joanne. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 4: 1800-1900. Edited by Frederick W. Bateson. 3rd ed. Cambridge UP. 1999.
• St. Bride Foundation Catalogue, St. Bride Library, 2022.
• The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900, edited by John S. North. North Waterloo Academic Press, 2009.