"The Tatler" Vol. CXXXIV, No. 1745, December 5, 1934

Editorial collective - "The Tatler" Vol. CXXXIV, No. 1745, December 5, 1934 - London, Illustrated Newspapers Ltd., 1934 - 1st edition - The magazine is on the inside pages with the publicity supplement front and back - Continuous pagination 431>480p.(50p.)+18+14+ XXXVIIIp. (pub. supplement) - Softcover: stapled paper binding with 4 centerfold pages in color (a removable poster of F.C. Twort 'The Horse Fair" dimensions: 39.50x49cm) - 24.50x31.50cm - Very good copy: some signs of wear and use, pages, staples with rust spots on the outside pages, spine header and tail of the cover pages slightly torn -
'The Tatler' is also a true paradise for retro publicity enthusiasts (70 pages!)

•      Tatler was introduced on 3 July 1901, by Clement Shorter, publisher of The Sphere. It was named after the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709. Originally sold occasionally as "The Tatler" and for some time a weekly publication. It contained news and pictures of high society balls, charity events, race meetings, shooting parties, fashion and gossip, with cartoons by "The Tout" and H. M. Bateman.
•      Clement King Shorter (1857–1926) was a British journalist and literary critic. After editing the Illustrated London News, Shorter founded and edited Sketch, The Sphere, and Tatler.
•      Sir Richard Steele (1671-1729) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator.
•      Centerfold pages: Flora Caroline Twort (1893–1985) was an English painter who specialised in watercolours and pastels of the scenes and people of Petersfield, Hampshire.

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