1891 Souvenir; Bits of Old and New Dundee : William Kidd Dundee

Souvenir; Bits of Old and New Dundee

With William Kidd's Compliments, Christmas 1891.

Designed and printed by William Kidd, Dundee, 1891. (celebrating 100 years in the printing and bookselling industry). Oblong format, card covers and cloth spine, profusely illustrated with drawings of old buildings around Dundee in the 1890s.

WILLIAM KIDD
A bookselling, printing, and stationery business was set up in High Street by Thomas Donaldson in 1791, the first such shop in Dundee. Donaldson died in 1827, and in 1830 Frederick Shaw, a former apprentice, purchased the business from Thomas Donaldson's widow. In 1850 William Kidd was taken on as an apprentice, and in 1858 the shop moved to Reform Street. Kidd continued to work there until 1871, when he set up his own shop in Union Street. On his retirement in 1875, Frederick Shaw sold his business, to Kidd, who closed both shops, opening a new one in Nethergate. When, in 1883, Whitehall Street was built, William Kidd erected 'Palace Buildings' there, in which, in 1885, he opened a large new shop with warehouses and workshop.

CONDITION
A good first edition. The cloth spine is good and the card covers are in good condition. All contents present and pages clean throughout. Overall a very good copy of this scarce title.

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