Illustrated trade catalogue for the Parisian sports outfitters Williams & Co. With supplementary price list.

Author: 
Williams & Co, Sports & Jeux, Costumes de Sports, Paris [trade catalogue; French sports outfitters; lawn tennis; golf; ephemera]
Publication details: 
1923. 1 et 3, Rue Caumartin (Angle du Boulevard de la Madeleine), Paris.
£56.00
SKU: 9026

12mo, 72 pp. Stapled. In original printed brown wraps. Good, with mimeographed typed pricelist (4to, 2 pp) loosely inserted. With numerous illustrations. Initial note 'A Notre Clientele', stating that the development of athletic sports in France has added a new branch to French industry, and boasting that the major part of the firm's equipment is made there. Full-page engraving of the company's factory at Levallois-Perret (Seine), with two half-page photographs of staff at work there, and full-page photograph of the firm's Paris shop. Pages 5-21 cover lawn tennis equipment; golf equipment is on pp.27-32; other sports include archery, badminton, cricket, football. Pp.46-68 carry sports clothing.