History of New Eras in Bookselling

Things you see in the archives that make you smile.  On September 15, 1849 the Toronto Globe ran this front-page ad  (well, the front page of a newspaper was mostly ads in those days, but still):

NEW ERA IN BOOKSELLING
The subscriber has received and is daily receiving at his
CHEAP BOOK DEPOT
45 Yonge Street, first door north of King St., Toronto
from Britain and the United States
STANDARD AND CHEAP BOOKS
in every department of Literature, Science, and Art

Plus ça change!