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- 1 2 Timperley 1839
- ↑ Picton 1879. Timperley 1839, however, reports the magazine as initially priced at 3d.
- ↑ Anonymous 1859 , p. 327
- ↑ Picton 1879
- ↑ Anonymous 1859 , p. 328
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- Picton, J. A. (1879). "The"Kaleidoscope," a liverpool magazine". Notes and Queries (289): 32. doi:10.1093/nq/s5-XII.289.32a.
- Timperley, Charles Henry (1839). A Dictionary of Printers and Printing. p. 868.