WH Smith Famous Bookshops Salisbury
Original vintage advertising poster for Britain's Famous Bookshops WH Smith & Son's Shop Salisbury featuring a busy street scene with cars and trucks on the road, a group of children passing by the store on the corner and people looking into the windows, a Union Jack flag flying in the foreground and Salisbury Cathedral in the background with the title text on the border below. WH Smith was the world's first high street chain store company, founded in London in 1792 by husband and wife, Henry Walton and Anna Smith, selling newspapers, magazines, stationery, books etc. Issued by the Publicity Department of W.H. Smith & Son, Ltd. Printed by Ernest J. Day and Co., Ltd, London. Good condition, tears, creasing, staining, paper losses on edges.
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