Army & Navy Stores Limited: General Price List 1939-40
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: repr., facsimile of the 1939 ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Heavy. Boards - good. Binding - tight. Pages - light foxing on book block, otherwise clean and bright copy.
A remarkable piece of commercial and social history, this wartime-era trade catalogue presents the full range of goods offered by the iconic Army & Navy Stores of London during the pivotal 1939–40 period, straddling the outbreak of the Second World War. The General Price List 1939-40 details thousands of products across departments spanning clothing, household goods, sporting equipment, food, and military supplies, offering an extraordinarily granular snapshot of British consumer life on the eve of wartime rationing. Its tone is strictly utilitarian — a no-nonsense compendium of prices, specifications, and product codes — yet it resonates today as an invaluable primary source for historians, collectors, and social researchers alike. The catalogue illustrates the breadth and ambition of one of Britain's most celebrated Victorian-era cooperative institutions, which served both civilian households and military personnel across the Empire. As a document of its time, it captures a world about to be irrevocably transformed, making it a fascinating artifact for anyone interested in retail history, material culture, or the domestic landscape of 1930s Britain.
Author: -
Format: Hardback
Published: 1999, Trident Press International
Genre: Antiques & collectibles
Edition: repr., facsimile of the 1939 ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Heavy. Boards - good. Binding - tight. Pages - light foxing on book block, otherwise clean and bright copy.
A remarkable piece of commercial and social history, this wartime-era trade catalogue presents the full range of goods offered by the iconic Army & Navy Stores of London during the pivotal 1939–40 period, straddling the outbreak of the Second World War. The General Price List 1939-40 details thousands of products across departments spanning clothing, household goods, sporting equipment, food, and military supplies, offering an extraordinarily granular snapshot of British consumer life on the eve of wartime rationing. Its tone is strictly utilitarian — a no-nonsense compendium of prices, specifications, and product codes — yet it resonates today as an invaluable primary source for historians, collectors, and social researchers alike. The catalogue illustrates the breadth and ambition of one of Britain's most celebrated Victorian-era cooperative institutions, which served both civilian households and military personnel across the Empire. As a document of its time, it captures a world about to be irrevocably transformed, making it a fascinating artifact for anyone interested in retail history, material culture, or the domestic landscape of 1930s Britain.