stapled, stiff paper wrappers
1920 · N.P. (Buenos Aires)
N.P. (Buenos Aires): n.p. (Gath & Chaves), 1920. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. Argentina. large 12mo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 174 pages. Catalogue of the book dept. of a Buenos Aires business called The South American Stores, Gath & Chaves Ltd. for 1,000's of current titles. Listings include: much art and literature (emphasizing classics); no children's category except for school and educational books; serious works on natural science, psychology etc., often of an introductory nature, and historical and some political works, but relatively little on current/controversial topics. Many titles in French and English. Some modern customers would find this all deplorably primitive: no cat calendars, celebrity bio's, swimsuit issues, pop-psych tomes, or messages from UFO's. And how did they dare offer all those foreign-language books without a proper, correct multicultural section? Wrappers soiled, rather loose. (Inventory #: 50226)