The T. Eaton Co. Ltd. 1901 Catalogue, 1992, softcover, REPRINT in Orleans, Ontario for sale

he T. Eaton Co. Ltd. 1901 Catalogue, 1992, softcover, published by Stoddart
This is a reprint of the T. Eaton Co. Spring-Summer catalogue, and the Fall-Winter catalogue, both from 1901, and both reprinted in this one book with a copyright of 1970.
This edition was published in 1992
From the Introduction -----
Through the pages of the 1901 Eaton's catalogues the rural and quiet life of Canada in that period comes vividly to life. Some will relive the days of their youth, others will remember the furnishings and equipment they saw stored in their grandmother's attic, and the young will smile and be amused at that very strange and different era.
Canada in 1901 was only 34 years old but already Timothy Eaton had become one of the world's outstanding retail merchants and the famous Eaton's catalogues in most Canadian homes held a position second only to the family bible.
When it was time for the new Eaton's catalogue to arrive young and old waited for their copy at the local post-office or looked down the road eagerly for the rural mail carrier to arrive by horse and buggy or sleigh with the great load of Eaton's catalogues.
All members of the family spent hours enjoying by oil or gas light the fascinating and interesting illustrations and descriptions of items including butter-churns, ostrich feathers, men's fur coats, brass and iron bedsteads, organs, shoo-fly rockers, graphophones, bibles, seal lined underwear, Ag­new's heart cure, wigs, ladies' automobile and sealette coats, medical batteries and, of course, Granny's Gift Box of Tom Smith's Toy Crackers.
Long after the new edition of Eaton's catalogue arrived the old one was not easily given up. If the pages were not used to light the wood stove, the complete catalogue was relegated to "the little house out the back".
How could one not buy from Eaton's catalogue when you knew their famous slogan "Money Refunded if Goods Not Satisfactory"? Eaton's introduced this landmark of merchandising and have now used it for more than 100 years.
This book is in a very good condition with edge wear, and with no writing or other marks in the book