The Warwick Bros. & Rutter Picture Postcard Handbook 1903–1912
The Warwick Bros. & Rutter Picture Postcard Handbook 1903–1912 – Second Edition
By Michael Smith
Edited by Roger Miller
The second edition of The Warwick Bros. & Rutter Picture Postcard Handbook 1903–1912 is now available — expanded, refined and more comprehensive than ever.
This deluxe edition offers collectors and researchers an authoritative guide to one of Canada’s most prolific and influential postcard publishers of the Golden Age.
Inside, readers will discover:
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A substantially expanded section on the business history of Warwick Bros. & Rutter, including rare images of William Warwick’s first book bindery in Woodstock, Ontario, and a detailed record of the firm’s successive Toronto addresses.
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Listings for more than 9,000 postcards — representing some of the most attractive and historically significant cards produced in Canada between 1900 and 1914.
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Over 1,100 postcard illustrations, each reproduced in the card’s original colour of issue, providing collectors with an invaluable visual reference.
Meticulously researched and thoughtfully organized, this second edition stands as the definitive reference for collectors of Warwick Bros. & Rutter postcards and an essential resource for students of Canada’s postcard Golden Age.
Whether used as a scholarly reference or a practical collecting guide, this handbook belongs on the shelf of every serious postcard enthusiast.
