Selfridge

Author : Thomas Oliver Selfridge
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge, Attorney at Law, Before the Hon. Isaac Parker, Esquire written by Thomas Oliver Selfridge and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lindy Woodhead
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812985052
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge written by Lindy Woodhead and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you lived at Downton Abbey, you shopped at Selfridge’s. Harry Gordon Selfridge was a charismatic American who, in twenty-five years working at Marshall Field’s in Chicago, rose from lowly stockboy to a partner in the business which his visionary skills had helped to create. At the turn of the twentieth century he brought his own American dream to London’s Oxford Street where, in 1909, with a massive burst of publicity, Harry opened Selfridge’s, England’s first truly modern built-for-purpose department store. Designed to promote shopping as a sensual and pleasurable experience, six acres of floor space offered what he called “everything that enters into the affairs of daily life,” as well as thrilling new luxuries—from ice-cream soda to signature perfumes. This magical emporium also featured Otis elevators, a bank, a rooftop garden with an ice-skating rink, and a restaurant complete with orchestra—all catering to customers from Anna Pavlova to Noel Coward. The store was “a theatre, with the curtain going up at nine o’clock.” Yet the real drama happened off the shop floor, where Mr. Selfridge navigated an extravagant world of mistresses, opulent mansions, racehorses, and an insatiable addiction to gambling. While his gloriously iconic store still stands, the man himself would ultimately come crashing down. The true story that inspired the Masterpiece series on PBS • Mr. Selfridge is a co-production of ITV Studios and Masterpiece “Enthralling . . . [an] energetic and wonderfully detailed biography.”—London Evening Standard “Will change your view of shopping forever.”—Vogue (U.K.)

Author : Fergus Mason
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN 13 : 1629172928
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selfridge written by Fergus Mason and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just for a moment try to put every shopping trip you’ve ever made out of your head. Imagine a different world. Imagine that all the goods for sale are locked away in cabinets and to handle them, or even to examine them closely, you need to ask a shop assistant to open it up for you. Imagine that within seconds of entering a store a floorwalker approaches you and asks if you’re planning to buy something – then, when you say “I’m just looking,” rudely tells you to leave. Imagine any attempt to return faulty or unsuitable goods being met with ridicule, obstruction or a flat refusal to help you. Until the late 19th century people didn’t have to imagine that; it was reality. For anyone alive today a visit to the average store back then would convince you that they didn’t really want to sell you anything. The idea of customer service was an alien one. Stores sold things. If you wanted to buy them, fine. If you didn’t they weren’t really interested. Browsing was strongly discouraged and impulse buys were almost unheard of. Shopping was something you did when you had to. It certainly wasn’t something anyone enjoyed. Then, in the late 1880s, one man came along and changed all that. His name was Harry Gordon Selfridge and this is the story of his life.

Author : Deborah J. Larsen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738540238
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selfridge Field written by Deborah J. Larsen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to honor the memory of Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, the first fatality of powered flight, Selfridge Field has recorded many aviation milestones since its founding in 1917. As home of the famed First Pursuit Group, the airfield saw the feats of such notables as Charles Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, and Curtis LeMay. Scores of young aviators who passed through Selfridge's gates later achieved the rank of general officer, earning the base the nickname "Home of the Generals." Selfridge Field illustrates the history of the base, with many images drawn from the collections of the Selfridge Military Air Museum and Mount Clemens Public Library. The development of American airpower, from crude biplanes to the supersonic F-16 fighter, is depicted in the photographic record of this historic military airfield.

Author : Thomas Oliver SELFRIDGE (the Elder.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trial of T. O. Selfridge ... for killing Charles Austin, on the Public Exchange, in Boston, Aug. 4th, 1806 written by Thomas Oliver SELFRIDGE (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Oliver Selfridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Correct Statement of the Whole Preliminary Controversy Between Tho. O. Selfridge and Benj. Austin written by Thomas Oliver Selfridge and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gayle Soucek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625852657
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Selfridge in Chicago written by Gayle Soucek and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography recounts the rise of the American retail magnate who would go on to open London’s famous Selfridge’s department stores. In early 1909, a new retail emporium readied for business on the “wrong end of Oxford Street” in London. The man behind it was an odd little American with a waxed mustache and frenetic nature. Harry Gordon Selfridge had spent the previous twenty-five years in Chicago honing his skills at the venerable Marshall Field and Company before unleashing his concept of retail theater in the United Kingdom. In Mr. Selfridge in Chicago, biographer Gayle Soucek follows the young man’s astounding rise through the ranks of the Windy City's merchant princes. From working as Mr. Field’s stock boy to his failed attempt to best his former boss as master of Chicago retail, Soucek follows Selfridge on his tumultuous journey—one that ultimately proves triumphant as he brings the American department store to the United Kingdom.

Author : Thomas Oliver SELFRIDGE (the Elder.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Correct Statement of the ... controversy between T. O. Selfridge and Benjamin Austin; also a brief account of the catastrophe [resulting in the death of Charles Austin] in State Street, Boston, ... 4 Aug. 1806 ... Second edition written by Thomas Oliver SELFRIDGE (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harry Gordon Selfridge
Publisher : London : J. Lane ; New York : J. Lane Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
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Download or read book The Romance of Commerce written by Harry Gordon Selfridge and published by London : J. Lane ; New York : J. Lane Company. This book was released on 1918 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-08-11 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: