HARRODS ILLUSTRATED [Full Catalogue, c.1911] by [Harrods]

HARRODS ILLUSTRATED [Full Catalogue, c.1911]

London: Harrods Limited, 1911. 4to., pp.lxviii,(iv) self-measurement forms,525, pictorial cloth, gilt, world colour map to front endpapers, b/w pictorial advertisements to rear endpapers, pictorial woodcuts and engravings illustrate goods for sale throughout, pictorial adverts; rebacked with original spine laid down, preserving the original endpapers, crease to upper corner of front board, gilt depleted, cloth worn away along edges of boards, clean within, a very good copy of this stunning compendium, which offered goods for sale internationally, and for collection at any local railway station. Included is an Army & Navy Stores Auxiliary Supplementary Catalogue, dated 1892, large 8vo., pp.28, in stapled wrappers. Dating the catalogue: Includes the first available Jemima Puddleduck soft toy, which was patented by Beatrix Potter and first produced in 1910, as well as the most current titles by the author, up to The Tale of Timmy-Tiptoes, published in 1911, but not including The Tale of Mr. Tod, which was to be published the following year. The Managing Director of Harrods is listed as Burbridge, who was awarded the position in 1889, and was succeeded by his son in 1917.

Book ID: 38700
Categories: MISCELLANEOUS
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