Patricia Phenix · 1st Edition, 1st Printing · McClelland & Stewart, 2002
Founded in Toronto by Timothy Eaton in 1869, Eaton's grew into Canada's largest department-store chain and a national institution before its collapse in 1999. Patricia Phenix tells its history from the inside, through the accounts of more than 250 former employees, the people who called themselves Eatonians. Drawing on archival research as well as interviews, the book follows the store's working life from the shop floor to the executive offices, including the war years and the company's union battles. The title comes from the phrase "Loyal Eatonians," coined during the first of the company's two union drives. The book is illustrated with more than 125 photographs.
This is a first edition, first printing, with the full number line on the copyright page, in the original pictorial dust jacket. It will interest collectors of Toronto and Canadian business history and anyone with a family connection to Eaton's.
Book Near Fine: navy boards clean, binding tight, pages clean. Dust jacket Near Fine, with light creasing at the head of the spine panel.
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