THE BLACK DWARF, London, Jan. 20, 1819  

* London's radical press 
* Post-Napoleonic movement

A satirical, radical newspaper that began in 1817. An eight page issue, never-trimmed margins, 8 3/4 by 11 inches, very nice condition. An interesting newspaper for the title alone.

background: The name The Black Dwarf represents two distinct eras of London’s radical press, both defined by their fierce opposition to the political establishment through satire and provocative reporting. The original iteration, founded by Thomas Jonathan Wooler in 1817, was a cornerstone of the post-Napoleonic movement for parliamentary reform; it utilized a fictional "outsider" persona to critique British corruption, famously surviving high-profile government attempts to suppress it via libel trials. This spirit was resurrected in May 1968 by a socialist collective including Tariq Ali, who deliberately continued the 19th-century volume numbering to link the student uprisings and anti-Vietnam War protests of the "New Left" to the earlier radical tradition. While the 1817 version fought for universal suffrage and the 1968 version championed global revolution, both publications served as vital, irreverent platforms for voices that the mainstream media sought to exclude, ultimately shaping the landscape of British political dissent.