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A Shopper's View of Canada's Past:  Pages from Eaton's Catalogues, 1886-1930

A Shopper's View of Canada's Past: Pages from Eaton's Catalogues, 1886-1930

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A Shopper's View of Canada's Past: Pages from Eaton's Catalogues, 1886-1930

by Introduction by G. P. deT. Glazebrook; Essays by Katharine Brett and Judith McErvel; The Timothy Eaton Company Limited

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ISBN 10
0802016545
ISBN 13
9780802016546
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1969. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, xviii + 286 pages including "---hundreds of [black-and-white] selections---"; book has just a hint of shelf wear to cover tips, front cover and spine gilt lettering very bright and clear, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ (of surprisingly poor quality paper for a U of T Press publication) has numerous tiny chips and tears, one short tear to front top flap hinge. PLEASE NOTE: the Stock Image provided by next to my listing is not an image of my copy but rather a book in poorer condition not reflective of my much better copy. For more of Eaton's, see also our listing for Canada's Greatest Store: Christmas Catalogue,1897, The T. Eaton Co. Limited, or for later Canadian retail shopping, see also our listings for Canadian Tire Corporation: VALUE GUIDE '89 [1989 Catalogue catalog], and for Our Store : 75 [Seventy-Five] Years of Canadians and Canadian Tire.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good -.

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Bookseller
Eric James CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
041144
Title
A Shopper's View of Canada's Past: Pages from Eaton's Catalogues, 1886-1930
Author
Introduction by G. P. deT. Glazebrook; Essays by Katharine Brett and Judith McErvel; The Timothy Eaton Company Limited
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good -
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0802016545
ISBN 13
9780802016546
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Place of Publication
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Published
1969
Keywords
PIONEER TRANSPORT HIGHWAYS HOME SOCIAL FRONTIER LIFE CUSTOMS SHOPPING CATALOG SETTLEMENT PIONEER SOCIETY CANADIAN CLOTHES CLOTHING HISTORICAL LOCAL HISTORY DRAMA COSTUME DESIGN UPPER CANADA THEATRE DRAMA COSTUME DESIGN THEATER BRITISH AMERIC
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Canadiana; Business; Local History;

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