A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Curious Specimens and Biographical Notes |
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... published in Greece and Rome in reference to the gladiatorial exhibi- tions , so important a feature of the ancient days of those once great countries . That these advertisements took the form of what is now generally known as " billing ...
... published in Greece and Rome in reference to the gladiatorial exhibi- tions , so important a feature of the ancient days of those once great countries . That these advertisements took the form of what is now generally known as " billing ...
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... published during those momentous days when the Spanish Armada was hovering and waiting to pounce upon our southern shores , contains amongst its items of news three or four book advertisements , and these would undoubtedly have been the ...
... published during those momentous days when the Spanish Armada was hovering and waiting to pounce upon our southern shores , contains amongst its items of news three or four book advertisements , and these would undoubtedly have been the ...
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... published in 1724. This state of things continued with very little change during the reign of George I. , but publications of every kind increased abundantly during the reign of his successor . The number of newspapers annually sold in ...
... published in 1724. This state of things continued with very little change during the reign of George I. , but publications of every kind increased abundantly during the reign of his successor . The number of newspapers annually sold in ...
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... published in London , an economic way of doing business , which savours much of the proverbial thrift peculiar to the Land o ' Cakes . " 6 February 1699 the Edinburgh Gazette , the first original Scotch newspaper or periodical , was ...
... published in London , an economic way of doing business , which savours much of the proverbial thrift peculiar to the Land o ' Cakes . " 6 February 1699 the Edinburgh Gazette , the first original Scotch newspaper or periodical , was ...
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... published twice a week ; and in December 1718 the Town Council gave an exclusive privilege to James M'Ewen to publish three times a week the Edinburgh Evening Courant , upon condition , however , that before publication " the said James ...
... published twice a week ; and in December 1718 the Town Council gave an exclusive privilege to James M'Ewen to publish three times a week the Edinburgh Evening Courant , upon condition , however , that before publication " the said James ...
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