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1 M.F Cab 7; 64552 - Radical Times (The) A journal for advanced Liberals. Weekly newspaper. Vol. 1. Nos. 8 – 17 (November 18th 1876 – January 20th 1877) (Birmingham) 1876-7.
1; 12412 - Sandwell evening mail [microform]. - 1975-1989
1; 168346 - Midland Express. Birmingham daily newspaper. Nos. 1 – 713 (October 22, 1901 – January 30, 1904) 8 volumes. 1901-4 NOTE - Afterwards amalgamated with The Birmingham Gazette and Express. - 1901-1904
1; 168347 - Midland Express. Birmingham daily newspaper. Nos. 1 – 713 (October 22, 1901 – January 30, 1904) 8 volumes. 1901-4 NOTE - Afterwards amalgamated with The Birmingham Gazette and Express.
1; 367050 - Birmingham Gazette and Associated Birmingham Newspapers. Progress 1741 - 1929. 1929. Birmingham Gazette. - 1929
1; 488001 - Commemorative dinner to Sir Charles Hyde, Baronet, to mark his jubilee as sole proprietor of "The Birmingham Post", "The Birmingham Mail", "Birmingham Weekly Post", Journal Office. September 24th 1938. Menu card. Illus. 12pp. 1938. Birmingham Daily Post. - 1938
1; 598079 - These days : a selection of cartoons of 1948 from the Birmingham mail. - 1948
1; 660880 - The Birmingham Post 1857 - 1957: A Centenary Retrospect - 1957
1; 984141 - The circular. - 1980
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2, 339516 - Analyst (The), A monthly journal of science, literature and the fine arts. Volume 1 - Volume 10 (1834 - 1840) Illus. All published. 1834-40 NOTE :- From Volume 3 (1836) called The Analyst, a quarterly journal of science literature, natural history and the fine arts. Volumes 3 - 10 printed in Birmingham. Volume 8 imperfect. - 1834-1840
2; 6508 - The Birmingham Spectator. A miscellany of literature, and of dramatic criticism. Edited by W.H. Smith? Nos. 1 - 24 (May 29th - November 6th 1824) All published. 1824. SMITH (WILLIAM HAWKES) Works edited by. - 1824
2; 25468 - The Birmingham Magazine; or Literary, scientific, & theological repository. Numbers 1-9 (November 1827 – July 1828) 1828. HUTTON (HUGH) Work edited by. - 1828
2; 28040 - Birmingham Examiner (The) A magazine. Numbers 1 - 10. June 1876 - March 1877. - 1877
2; 53917 - The midland antiquary : [a magazine]. - 1882-1891
2; 57809 - Comet (The); or Literary Wanderer. Fortnightly magazine, Numbers 1 - 4, January 1 - February 16, 1820. - 1820
2; 57810 - Jones's Coventry, Warwick and Birmingham Magazine; or The Gentleman and Lady's Polite Amusement. January 13, 1764 Number 1 - July 25, 1764. Imperfect. 1764. - 1764
2; 57831 - Midland Counties' Standard, The (Monthly periodical) Vol. 1, Vol. 2, no. 1 (June – December 1842) 2 volumes. 1842. - 1842
2; 59768 - Fretton (W.G.) On the coach from Coventry to Birmingham. Signed Viator. In The Old Cross, August 1878. (Coventry) 1878. Coaching. - 1878
2; 59768 - On the coach from Coventry to Birmingham. Signed Viator. In The Old Cross. August 1878 (Coventry) 1878. FRETTON (WILLIAM GEORGE) (pseud. Viator). - 1878
2; 63089 - Mid-England. A monthly magazine of literature, science, art and archaeology. Vol. 1 (December 1879 – November 1880) All published. Ports. Illus. - 1881
2; 64492 - Midland Chronicle (The) Weekly newspaper. Vol. 1, No. 2 etc. (January 12, June 22, July 20, August 3, 1811; April 25, May 3, 23, 30, June 13, August 8, October 10, December 5, 26 1812, May 8, August 7, October 2, December 4 – 18 1813. 3 volumes. 1811-13.
2; 72698 - The Birminghams of Birmingham. In The Midland Antiquary. Volumes 2 and 3. 1883-5. *CARTER (WILLIAM FOWLER).
2; 78164 - The Midland Antiquary. Vol. 3. 1884. - 1884
2; 96586 - Birmingham Faces and Places. An illustrated local magazine. Volumes 1 - 6. May 1888 - April 1894. All published. 6 volumes. 1888-94. - 1888-1894
2; 98583 - Birmingham Magazine (The); or Lady's and Gentleman's Weekly Amusement. Volume 1. Number 1. October 1770. - 1770
2; 103577 - Sunrise. A boys' monthly, edited, printed and conducted by A.F. Baker of Birmingham, aged 14-15 years. Vols. 1, 2 (November 1889 - April 1891) 2 volumes. 1889-91.
2; 119067 - The Sin of our Cities. III - Birmingham and juvenile depravity. From The Modern Review. 17pp. 1893. Children. - 1893
2; 131877 - 1896. 2 volumes. 1895-6 NOTE :- Incorporated with "Our City" after September 1896. City Chimes. The Birmingham Magazine. Illustrated. October 1895 - September. - 1896
2; 134550 - Month by Month. A magazine. Vols. 1 – 3 (May, 1896 – November 1897) (Birmingham) 3 volumes. 1896-7 NOTE - Wants Vol. 3. No. 4 (April 1897).
2; 146405 - Erdington and its Old Halls, BEDFORD (WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK RILAND); Directory of Erdington. In The Warden. 1898. - 1898
2; 148155 - The County Magazine. 1892-3. - 1893
2; 159662 - West-End Magazine. Circulated in Edgbaston, Harborne, Moseley & King's Heath. Nos. 1 - 5 (November 1901 - April 1902) All published. Ports. Illus. 1901-2.
2; 168981 - South-East Suburban Magazine. Circulated in Small Heath, Spark Hill, Acocks Green, Stechford, and Solihull. Nos. 1 - 5 (September 1901 - February 1902) All published. Ports. Illus. 1901-2.
2; 174535 - Birmingham Register (The); or Entertaining Museum. Volume 1; Volume 2. Numbers 1 - 15. Imperfect. 2 volumes. 1764-5 NOTE - Volume 1 consists of titlepage (dated 1765); index; Numbers 1 - 25. pp. 372, including reprints from "The North Briton"; title pages to Numbers 1 - 25 dated May 10, 1764 to April 11 1765; Supplements "Historical Memoirs" unpaged. Volume 2 consists of Numbers 1 - 14 and one leaf of Number 15 (pp.110); reprints of "The North Briton", Numbers 146 - 164 (even numbers only and 174 etc. 122pp. undated.
2; 238740 - Searchlight of Greater Birmingham (The) A satirical, critical, and humorous weekly publication. November 14th 1912 (No. 1) - April 30th 1914. Last published. Ports. Illus. Cartoons. 3 volumes. 1912-14. - 1912-1914
2; 268744 - Midland Chronicle (The) Weekly newspaper. Printed in Birmingham. Vols. 1 – 4, Nos. 1 – 179 (January 5, 1811 – June 4, 1914) All published. 4 volumes. 1811-14
2; 339517 - The Analyst. Volume 2. 1835. - 1835
2; 339518 - The Analyst. Volumes 3 – 6. 4 volumes. 1836-7. - 1837
2; 339519 - The Analyst, Vol. 4. 1836. - 1836
2; 339521 - Ick (W) Remarkable plants found in the vicinity of Birmingham in 1836. From The Analyst. vol. 6. 1837. - 1837
2; 352901 - Birmingham Weekly Diary of social and sporting events. Published by D.P. Turner. Issues B2, B4-6, B8 (July 30th - September 10th 1928) All published. 1928. TURNER (DENIS P.). - 1928
2; 406763 - The Civil Service Courier : organ of the Birmingham Civil Service Association. Numbers 1-9, February 1932 - January 1934. Civil Service Association (Birmingham). - 1934
2; 428779 - Vol. 1 (December 1879 – November 1880) All published. Ports. Illus. 1881. Wants title page, index and covers. Portraits different from those in 316848. Mid-England. A monthly magazine of literature, science, art and archaeology..
2; 442193 - Vol. 1 (December 1879 – November 1880) All published. Ports. Illus. 1881. Mid-England. A monthly magazine of literature, science, art and archaeology.. - 1881
2; 457541 - 3 volumes. 1862-64 NOTE - All published. Hagley Parish Magazine. January 1862 - December 1864. (Birmingham).
2; 460658 - Mid-England. A monthly magazine of literature, science, art and archaeology. Vol. 1 (December 1879 – November 1880) All published. Ports. Illus. 1881. - 1881
2; 463326 - The Saturday Register. Fortnightly. Volume 1, Numbers 1 - 7, January 22 - April 15, 1820. EDMONDS (GEORGE) Works edited by. - 1820
2; 554368 - The Midland antiquary : [a magazine].
2; 565049 - The citizen of Birmingham : [organ of the Birmingham Unionist Association, issued for the Municipal Election, 1945] : (October, 1945). - 1945
2; 584963 - Community pie : [magazine of the West Heath Community Association]
2; 622442 - The Salopian monthly illustrated journal. - 1875-1880
3; 8410 - Abracadabra.The Only Magical Weekly in the world - 1946-1956
3; 36147 - . Midland-Metropolitan Magazine (The) and Monthly Review. Vol. 1 (1852-3).
3; 57799 - Life ; or, Religion and politics. By Leo Ironface. Weekly periodical. Nos. 1 – 16 (April 3 – July 17, 1834) (Birmingham) All published. 1834. - 1834
3; 57811 - . Repository (The) ; or, Weekly General Entertainer. Vol. 1. (Birmingham) 1770. - 1770
3; 152977 - Stamp Collector (The) Monthly magazine. Vol. 4, No. 37 (January 1900. New series, No. 1) - Vol. 30 (1926) 25 volumes. 1900-26 NOTE - Not published from December 1920 to October 1923 inclusive. The volume numbering, however, was continued as though the periodical had been published. Publication discontinued after Vol. 30.
3; 157183 - Universal Magazine (The) Edited by A.M. de Beck. Vol. 1. No. 4 (June 1900) 1900. NOTE - This is believed to be the only number that was printed in Birmingham.
3; 170862 - Trawl (The) An occasional miscellany from a monthly budget. Poems, stories, etc. Nos. 1 - 3 (Midsummer 1902 - May 1903) All published. 1902-3.
3; 233165 - The Factory Girl (afterwards The Factory Herald) A weekly magazine. Vols. 1 – 5 (August 9, 1877 – December 25, 1879) 5 volumes. 1877-9. LEACH (Rev. CHARLES) M.P. Works edited by.
3; 245567 - Piano-player Review (The) A monthly musical journal for users of piano-players, edited by E. Newman. Numbers 1 – 22 (September 1912 – July 1914) (Birmingham) Illus. 1912-14.
3; 247137 - The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record. A monthly magazine and price list. Volume 1, numbers 1 – 7 (December 1889 – June 1890) All published. (Birmingham) 1889-90. PHILLIPS (CHARLES J.) Work edited by. - 1889-1890
3; 289328 - Baxter Society. Quarterly Journal. Volumes 1 - 17 (Birmingham) 1921 - 1938. NOTE - 1. From Volumes 5 - 9, called Baxter Society Members' Journal and Volumes 14 - 17 called Baxter Society Members' Circular. 17 volumes 2. Volume 15 Number 4 wanting 3. All published.
3; 300829 - . Midland Phonetic Herald. Printed in shorthand. Vol. 1. All published. (Birmingham).
3; 311090 - The Forum of Education. A journal of enquiry and research in the psycology, philosophy and method of education. Issued by the Training College Association. New Series. Vol. 1 etc. (Birmingham) 1923 etc. NOTE - Preceded by The Journal of Experimental Pedagogy and Training College Record, which was not published in Birmingham. VALENTINE (CHARLES WILFRED) Work edited by.
3; 327332 - Torchbearer (The) A review of education and the other arts. Vols. 1 - 2 (1924 - 1926) All published. (Birmingham) 2 volumes. 1924-26.
3; 352210 - Book Window (The) A guide to book buying and book reading. Issued quarterly by W.H. Smith & Son, Corporation Street, Birmingham. Vol.1. No. 1 (July 1927) Illus 44pp. 1927. SMITH (W.H.) and Son, booksellers. - 1927
3; 423803 - Testimony (The) A magazine for the study and defence of the Holy Scripture. Birmingham etc. 28 volumes. 1931-58. Christadelphians.
3; 441959 - White Ribbon (The) A monthly journal of the National British Women's Temperance Association, Birmingham, Warwickshire and District Union. January 1923 -- NOTE - 1. Covers only for January, March, April, May 1923 2. No issues for 1926-27 3. Local covers only from 1935 --. - 1923-1935
3; 471511 - The shirlean ... : the journal of the Shirley Social and Literary Circle. - 1837-1839
3; 983967 - Searchlight. - 1975-2016
06; 387151 - Annual report, 1924 - 1926; year book 1930--. With annual report 1929-- NOTE :- Wants annual reports 1927-9. Journalists (Institute of) Birmingham and Midland Counties District.
19; 597966 - Nathan the verger : teller of country tales. - 1949
81 shelved; 9695 - Worcester herald [microform].
82; 191242 - Worcester and Birmingham Diocesan Magazine, March - December 1905 NOTE :- For continuation of Birmingham portion, see Birmingham Diocesan Magazine, above. Diocese of Birmingham. - 1905
82; 324578 - Worcester Diocesan Magazine. Volume 1, Number 5 February 1894 --. Diocese of Worcester.
91 shelved; 9691 - Stafford mercury, pottery gazette and Newcastle express ... [microform].
91 shelved; 9694 - Staffordshire county herald [microform].
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