Pitcairn Miscellany - ca. 350 monthly newspapers (1969 -1984; 1990 - 1999)

Item Details

Pitcarn Island, South Pacific Ocean, Sponsored by the Pitcairn Island School, 1969 -1984; 1990 - 1999, Hardcover bound newspapers

1st editions, FINE

from vol 46, no. 11 (1999):

Pitcairn Miscellany is the monthly newspaper of Pitcairn Island. It has a worldwide circulation of approximately 1400.

Editor: The resident school teacher and government advisor

Sponsored by the Pitcairn Island School, South Pacific Is;lands,

Address: Pitcairn Miscellany, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific Ocean - via New Zealand

Posted: Quarterly

Profits: Given to the school for resources and gifts to the children'

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Most of the monthly newspapers have 4 pages, several more.

Four bound volumes of the Pitcairn Miscellany. (appears to be a combination of original newspapers and photo copies.) Comprising:

book one:  vol 11, No. 3, 1969 - vol 18, No. 12, 1976

book two:  vol 19, No 1 1977 - vol 26, No. 9 1984;

book 3 vol 32, No. 1, 1990 - vol 37, No 12, 1994;

book 4 vol 38, No 1, 1995 - vol 42, No 11 (Nov/Dec) 1999.

All are A4 sized, bound in cloth, and well preserved.

Includes a letter on 'The Pitcairn Miscellany' letterhead by Karen McDonald, dated Feb. 1st, 2000. Karen McDonald had just moved to Pitcairn with her husband Rob. He had just started a 2-year stint as the the resident school teacher and government advisor (and editor of the PM) and his wife was the co-editor. The school had 8 students that year. 

Also laid in is the invoice for the binding.