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151960870San Francisco: The Womans Board Press of the Blair-Murdock Co. under the direction of John Henry Nash 1915 1916. Thick 8vo. xvii 1 191 1 pp w/ 108 pp of tipped-in portrait photos. Frontisp. photo numerous tipped-in photo plates. Quarter-beige cloth over brown boards printed paper spine-label minor rubbing & scuffing minor wear to corners still VG- copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this informative and well illustrated report issued by the Woman’s Board detailing their efforts to coordinate efforts with the Red Cross assorted Woman’s Auxiliary organizations and created a California Chapter of the Travelers’ Aid Society. The Woman’s Board representatives all wore a uniform badge met every boat and train arriving into San Francisco and aided nearly 140000 visitors at a cost of nearly $ 30000. They were essential in not only organizing venues for entertainment but also aiding visitors in finding housing and amenities. The Womans Board, [Press of the Blair-Murdock Co., under the direction of John Henry Nash], hardcover
151960351Greenwich CT & New York: Conde Nast Publications Inc. Sept. 15 1932. Folio. 96 pp. With 100’s of text illustrations photo illustrations mostly in black & white some colour illustrations photos & plates. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art by Benito 1891-1981 on metallic silver background Art Deco lettering design Camel cigarette ad on back cover chipping head & foot of spine minor creasing edgewear still VG copy. First edition thus of this installment in the noted fashion magazine’s results of the Paris Autumn fashion lines featuring designs by Schiaparelli Patou Lelong Forstmann’s Elga and others. Benito who was a native of Valladolid Spain later became one of the most iconic Art Deco artists of the Jazz Age creating covers for Vogue and Vanity Fair and heavily influenced by Picasso Modigliani and others. Conde Nast Publications, Inc., paperback