Sells Ltd
| Founded | London, England, (1869) |
|---|---|
| Founder | Henry Sell |
| Headquarters | England |
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Sells Ltd, an advertising agency, was founded in 1869 in London[3] by Henry Sell (1851–1910). By 1900, it was the largest agency in the world with offices in London, Paris, Edinburgh and Montreal.
History
In the 1950s, it made advertising history when it appointed the first woman to be a managing director in the business. Olive Hirst (1912–1994) had joined Sells in 1931 as a typist and then worked across a number of departments. In January 1950, she was the first women to be appointed to the Board and in 1954 she took over the managing directors role.[4]
The agency won the Layton Trophy in 1959.[4]
The agency was merged with another in the 1960s.[3]
Selected publications
- Sell's Dictionary of the World's Press. London: Sell's Advertising Agency, Ltd. (Henry Sell). 167 Fleet Street. LCCN ca12-801; OCLC 10833798 (all editions).
- Vol. 1. 1882. The Philosophy of Advertising: And Newspaper Register. OCLC 733352911 (all editions).
- Vol. 2. 1883. Sell's Dictionary of the World's Press.
- Vol. 6. 1886. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Google Books (NYPL).
- Vol. 7. 1887. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Google Books (NYPL).
Sell's World's Press.
- Vol. 7. 1887. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Internet Archive (NYPL).
Sell's World's Press.
- Vol. 33. 1914. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via HathiTrust (NYPL).
- Vol. 34. 1915. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via HathiTrust (Michigan).
- Vol. 35. 1919. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Google Books (NYPL). [5]
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The Philosophy of Advertising: Matters Worth Reading, and Vitally Concerning Every Present and Future Advertiser. OCLC 181763076 (all editions).
- Leading Editors of Magazinedom (with portraits): and Complete List of Magazines, &c. Vol. 2. London: Sell's Advertising Agency, Ltd. (Henry Sell). 167 Fleet Street. 1892. pp. 708–812. Retrieved August 4, 2025 – via Internet Archive State Library of Pennsylvania. OCLC 898887164 (all editions).
- Sell's Directory of Registered Telegraphic Addresses, and Telegraphic Code (established 1885). OCLC 30395484 (all editions), OCLC 220827667 (all editions), 857599489.
- Sell's Telegraphic Code. OCLC 57643707 (all editions).
- Via Google Books (Bodleian Library). 1885. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- Sell's British Exporters' Register & National Directory [Sell's National Directory and British Explorers' Register and Aviation Supplement]. OCLC 8023682 (all editions), OCLC 265768904 (all editions).
Bibliography
Notes
- ^ Western Daily Press, Feb. 18, 1936, p. 6.
- ^ Advertiser's Weekly, Oct. 28, 1955, p. 76.
- ^ a b Sells.
- ^ a b Olive Hirst, Mar. 4, 1994, p. 21.
- ^ Turner, Winter 2015, pp. 607–624.
References
- Advertiser's Weekly "More News About People" – "Charles Henry Sell". Vol. 170, no. 2209. London. October 28, 1955. p. 76 (column 4). Retrieved August 5, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) LCCN 46-37085, LCCN sv89-91566. - "Olive Hirst". The Times (obituary). No. 64893. London. 4 March 1994. p. 21. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Gale IF0500654804.
- "Sells Ltd". History of Advertising Trust. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013.
- Turner, Mark W. (Winter 2015). "Sell's Dictionary of the World's Press: Chronicler and Promoter of the Media Industry". Victorian Periodicals Review. Special Issue: Waterloo and Its Afterlife in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical and Newspaper Press. 48 (4): 607–624. Retrieved August 3, 2025. doi:10.1353/vpr.2015.0059; JSTOR 24642978; OCLC 5978499876 (article).
- Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror (February 18, 1936). "Death of Advertising Pioneer" (obituary of Alfred Sell). Vol. 154, no. 25981. p. 6 (column 2, bottom). Retrieved August 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. LCCN sn88-63170.
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