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WILDINGS 125 YEAR HISTORY 1874-1999

Written by Sheldon James, Terry Underwood
Published by The Newport Printing Co. in 1998
ISBN: 0907143210

WILDINGS 125 YEAR HISTORY 1874-1999
Written by Sheldon James, Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 2135845
1st. 1998. Hardback. Large format. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Wildings retail store in Newport's Commercial Street. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0907143210. SIGNED by Sheldon James, with a dedication to a previous owner to front endpaper. Wrapper has some edge-wear and small chip/nick to top edge of front panel.

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WILDINGS 125 YEAR HISTORY 1874-1999
Written by Sheldon James, Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1822012
1st. 1998. Hardback. Large format. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Wildings retail store in Newport's Commercial Street. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0907143210. Slight bumping and rubbing of board corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and a few minor marks.

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Front cover

Cover of WILDINGS 125 YEAR HISTORY 1874-1999 by Sheldon James; Terry Underwood

Contents

  • Foreword
  • Life and Times of Alfred Wilding
  • Early subscribers to Wildings (1911) Ltd
  • List of chairmen, Managers, Secretaries
  • Apprenticeship of C.A. Wilding
  • Frederick Wilding and Mabel Johnson-Owen
  • Wildings Properties and Braches
  • Advertising
  • Loyal Staff of Wildings
  • Wildings involved in Newport Life
  • London House and the Fire
  • The Centenary Celebrations
  • Fashion Shows
  • The Changing type face of Wildings
  • Wildings Display Staff and Windows
  • The Pease Family
  • The Newstead/Wigg/Clark Family
  • Felicity Clark
  • Sheldon James
  • Peter Richard James
  • The Future
  • Poem on Wildings, 125 Years
  • Acknowledgements and Contributors