Format: Letterpress pamphlet, date in text lower right, 16 x 8.5cm (folded).
Text includes “Each and every price quoted offers convincing evidence of the virtue there is in Anthony Hordern’s famous low prices. Anthony Hordern & Sons, only universal providers, Palace Emporium, Sydney. 7/4/06. Blankets. Both for camping in and camping out. Friends of the family, and friends of the bushman.” Shows all variety of blankets with prices, including “white blankets, Australian made blankets, colored blankets” and “reversible down quilts.”
Anthony Hordern & Sons was a major department store in Sydney, NSW. The Palace Emporium opened in 1905 with 52 acres of retail space. “The historic building, which was located on a block bounded by George Street, Liverpool, Pitt and Goulburn Streets, on what was a small hill called Brickfield Hill in the Sydney central business district, was controversially demolished in 1986, to make way for the World Square development.” Ref: Wiki.
An early sales catalogue from Hordern & Sons, a giant of retailing in Australia.
Slight foxing, discolouration to upper edge, minor tears.
