Grand Emporiums The Illustrated History of America's Great Department Stores by Robert Hendrickson ISBN 13: 9780812860924

Madison Books, 1981. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Madison Books, 1981. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Stein & Day Pub, 1981-01. Paperback. Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Stein & Day Publishers - A Scarborough Book, 1981. First Scarborough Books Edition . Trade Paperback. Good. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4. Kapolin, Ed - Design. 487 Pages Indexed. A 1980 Scarborough Editiion of the 1979 Robert Hendrickson copyright. Scattered throughout are lightly penciled (erasible) check marks and marignal brackets most of which are in the first half of the book. lightly frayed on all edges. Spine crease down middle with some spine ticks This book is as thick as a Sears catalogue and as comprehensive. Here is the enterprise, the honesty, the chicanery, the hokum and the hard work and ingenuity behind the rise of the American department store. It is total coverage with impresssive research. The black and white photographs carefully selected and the anecdotes tell some unusual tlhings about the kind of people Americans are. This is the illustrated story of the rise of the great department stores, the merchants who made them, the customers who patronized them, and the crooks who… Read More