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The universal provider; a study of William Whiteley and the rise of the London department store / by Richard S. Lambert.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating HF5349.G7 W55
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lambert, R. S. (Richard Stanton), 1894-1981.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whiteley, William, 1831-1907.
- Whiteley, William.
- Retail trade--England--London.
- Retail trade.
- England--London.
- Physical Description:
- 276 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, facsimile ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : G. G. Harrap & co. ltd., [1938]
- Notes:
- "First published 1938."
- "William Whiteley Limited was a large British retail company founded by William Whiteley in 1863. The business grew to include four department stores and a warehouse removals business, [but] started [with] a drapery shop at 31 Westbourne Grove in 1863. By 1867 it had expanded to a row of shops containing 17 separate departments."-- adapted from Wikipedia.
- Bibliography: page 269.
- OCLC:
- 4422195
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