Watt Robert D Introduction (3 results)
Language: English
Published by J. J. Douglas, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1977
- Softcover
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. 4o. xix, facsimile catalogs paginated separately. Color pictorial soft covers; black & white illustrations. Light wear to extremities, some age-toning to covers, scattered small blemishes; interior unmarked. A very good copy.
- Softcover
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, CanadaCOOK AND BAKERS BOOKS
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** 8.5 X 11.25" 175 pages (1977) Cover vignette from Woodward's Spring and Summer 1917 Catalogue, No. 41. A very nice soft cover copy, uncreased spine, pages clean and well bound, without flaw. Beginning in 1898, Woodward's, Western Canada's largest department store…chain, published mail order catalogues to provide all the necessities and some of the luxuries of western life to the loggers, farmers, miners, clerks, tradesmen, professional men - and their families - in the camps, villages and cities of British Columbia and Alberta. Reproduced in facsimile: two complete catalogues - 1912 and 1929 -.
Language: English
Published by J. J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, 1977
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Fair
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. "For more than fifty years after its beginnings in 1898, Western Canada's largest department store chain, Woodward's, published mail order catalogues. The drawings, photos and advertising copy in these catalogues provide a fascinating and nostalgic record of the changes that have taken…place in fashions, furniture, tools, toys, pharmaceuticals, books, music - all the necessities and some of the luxuries of western lfe. Through their pages are glimpses of the ways of the loggers, farmers, miners, clerks, tradesmen, professional men - and their families - in the camps, villages and cities of British Columbia and Alberta. A light-hearted text by Robert Watt, Head of the Vancouver Centennial Museum, borrows from the whole range of catalogue drawings and copy to illustrate the changes taking place over the years. Two complete catalogues - 1912 and 1929 are reproduced in facsimile." - back cover. xxviii, [4], 160, [7], 171, [4] pp. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average external wear with several short tape repairs to front cover. A worthy copy of this delightful trip down memory lane!; Cover Design; 4to. Illustrated by Legue, Nancy (illustrator).
