The Modern Grocer and Provision Dealer

Published by Caxton Publishing Company Limited c1919-1921, London, 1919

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A comprehensive 4 volume set on the intricacies on grocery and food retailing, with an abundance of plates, in unclipped dust wrappers. A comprehensive 4 volume set on grocery and food retailing.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding. In unclipped dust wrappers.Each volume includes an abundance of plates: Volume one contains a frontispiece and 13 further plates, one of which being a folding diagram. Collated, complete.Volume two contains a frontispiece and 12 further plates, bound out of sequence, and lacking pages 162, 163, 166, 167, 170, 171, 174, 175.Volume three contains a frontispiece and 12 further plates. Collated, complete.Volume four contains 10 plates throughout. Collated, complete.These volumes provide a substantial guide to retail and merchandising practices, the writing having been assisted by specialist writers that are experts in their own departments. They cover the industry's history, the distributions of groceries and provisions, the divisions of the trade, acquiring a business and shop fronts, fittings and sundry equipment. In publisher's original red cloth bindings. In unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart. Slight bumping to the heads and tails of spines. Age toning to endpapers. Dust wrappers are good. Significant chipping and occasional loss with some closed tears. Light age toning and spotting with the odd mark to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting to fore edges. Very Good Indeed.…

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Title
The Modern Grocer and Provision Dealer
Author
C.L.T. Beeching, F.G.I.
Publisher
Caxton Publishing Company Limited c1919-1921, London
Publication year
1919
Condition
Very Good Indeed
Dust jacket
Good Only
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Not Stated
Item weight
3 kilograms
Dimensions
9.5" by 6.5"

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