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"THE LARGEST STOCK IN SCOTLAND OF LEATHER TRAVELLING DESKS, DESPATCH BOXES, DRESSING CASES, AND POCKET BOOKS, ALL MANUFACTURED IN GLASGOW AT S. WOOLFIELD'S OWN WORKSHOPS. GREAT attention is paid to the Substantial Quality of the Workmanship and Materials used, especially to those all important requisites the Locks, which are from the most Celebrated Patentees, HOBBS, CHUBB, BRAMAH, &c. Those who prefer having a Desk made to contain any particular Book, &c, or of a different size or shape to those generally made, can be accom- modated, S. "Woolfield having recently enlarged his Manufacturing capabilities, and is now enabled to produce these Goods much lower than formerly. TO SHIPPERS. S. W. would impress upon Shippers the great advantage of seeing this class of Goods before ordering. S. W. is certain he can offer, from a thirty years' experience, greater advantages to Wholesale Houses than is generally to be met with. His make of Goods is well known in all our Colonies, and, with his name upon them, always command the best prices and a ready sale. His famed Bagatelle Boards with Adjusting Stands, have repeatedly been Shipped to America, the West Indies, Calcutta, Australia, &c, and have always given unqualified satisfaction, besides yielding a remunerative profit. They are all made of good, sound, well-seasoned materials, and can be war- ranted to stand any Climate."

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