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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31088, 17 June 1966, Page 26 (Supplement)

WHITCOMBE & TOMBS, Limited . | ■ JWI P -td- G) IK Christmas Presents & Hew dear’s Gifts < ® s -Jh J', r • This Company holds the largest and best selection of EmL Books suitable for presents of any house in the Colony: An inspection of their stock should be made before purchasing elsewhere. Table Books, beautifully bound in cloth extra, gilt, in one or more volumes. Illustrated . with full page photographs, steel engravings, or woodcuts. Handsomely Bound Books, in tree calf, morocco, calf extra, german calf, with hand-painted covers, on a variety of subjects. The Poets. Handsome red-line edition, beautifully bound in morocco or calf, wither without M hand paintings. Birthday Books of every kind imaginable, and in all styles of binding. H Bibles, Prayer Books, Church Services, Hymn Books of all denominations, and V every kind of binding. By far the largest stock in the Colony. Photographic Albums, with and without illuminated mounts, in morocco, smooth calf, JVW' trussia, german calf, padded; hand-painted fronts ; patent expanding clasps ;in every rirt rirt shape and size, at any price desired. Scrap Books and Albums all prices and sizes. These can also be made up to order and finished in the best style of blocking. This Company at the present time is the / only one in the Colony possessed of the requisite machinery for turning out this (\Jf description of work with any satisfaction. Specimens of which may be seen on application. Inkstands. A large selection in electro-plate, plush, polished mahogany, or cut glass. Purses, Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s, made of the finest calf, morocco, or sealskin. A very fine selection, with entirely new fastenings. Real Gold, Silver and Aluminium Pencil Cases and mounted Penholders. A large collection in every style conceivable. v Ladies’ & Gentlemen’s Dressing Cases, K .sBB 1 , Bpf 9X. completely fitted with every requisite, iML gvJFjlfc fcwjLA Ladies’ Hand Bags and Companions, ■ ’Tx Bffl . jMr in morocco, calf, russia or sealskin. A V f Workboxes, Desks, Japanese Goods, \ Music Holders. X&bU/*’' IX yA Alm ! alas I procrastinating fate! I Why did we linger at the lover’s gate ? Woe, woe indeed ’ for we have come too Xi&t—Johnwn. —2 ft Retail Department open till io p.m. on Christmas Eve Since the 1880's, when this advertisement appeared, WHITCOMBE AND TOMBS LTD. has developed from its Christchurch beginnings to become a national institution in the fields of printing, bookselling and stationery. WHITCOMBE & TOMBS LTD. CHRISTCHURCH : AUCKLAND : WELLINGTON : DUNEDIN : HAMILTON ROTORUA : HASTINGS : LOWER HUTT : TIMARU : INVERCARGILL LONDON : MELBOURNE : SYDNEY : GEELONG : PERTH.