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3685A lovely wooden game made for the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris containing a construction game illustrating six important buildings of the exhibition: Pavilion des Beaux-Arts; Palais de Trocadero; Ministére de la Guerre; Maison Égyptienne; Panorama Transatlantique and Fellah une Rue au Caire lacking one piece at top. A rare and wonderful 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle game with fifty-three of fifty-four original wooden blocks color chromo-lithographed on upper panels. All contained in the original red paper covered wooden box with the dark red cardboard box lid printed in gold and decoratively bordered in various colors. Near fine.<br/><br/>A very rare original game of the famous 1889 World's Exhibition in Paris which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille an event considered symbolic of the beginning of the French Revolution. The fair included a reconstruction of the Bastille and its surrounding neighborhood but with the interior courtyard covered with a blue ceiling decorated with fleur-de-lys and used as a ball room and gathering place.<br/><br/>The main symbol of the Fair was the Eiffel Tower which served as the entrance arch to the Fair. Since the lifts had not been completed when the Exposition opened the first visitors had to walk up to the second floor platform. Workers had worked through the night the day before the exhibition opened to complete the necessary construction needed to safely allow patrons to set foot upon the structure. When speaking of the dedicated workers M. Salles the son-in-law of Eiffel made the statement that "no soldier on the battle field deserved better mention than these humble toilers who will never go down in history. unknown books
39840EXPOSITION--LONDON--1862 THE ART JOURNAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1862. London: James S. Virtue 1862. Small folio. Contemporary quarter calf all edges gilt. xii 324 pages 10 lithographic plates. First edition. A profusely illustrated catalogue for the London 1862 exhibition the much enlarged successful followup to the original inaugural 1851 exhibition published by The Art Journal featuring articles on the fine and decorative ar such as "The International Exhibition" "The Mediaeval Court" "Notes on th Raw Materials used by Artists as seen in the Exhibition" "Machinery employe in Art-Manufactures" "Art in its Influence on Art-Manufacture" "Modern Sculpture of all nations in the Exhibition" among others. Every aspect of ar and manufactures is included and well illustrated: furniture jewellery iron steel and brass work porcelain terra-cotta etc. carpets tapestries glas silver stone and wood carving wall decoration works in sculpture etc. Ve good. unknown books
190053064Paris: Publisher not identified 1900. First edition. 4to. 28 cm. x 19 cm 102 pp. portrait frontispiece with tissue guard illustrations in text 10 plates with tissue guards 1 of these in color. Original printed wrappers. Neat ownership signature of a member of the jury of classe 5 on the blank reverse of the half-title page. Fine as new. A history of photography and processes which includes two chapters by Léon Vidal - one is a history of photogravure and the other on color photography. Details several other photomechanical processes and their inventors. Illustrations include those by Robert Demachy and by Puyo. <br/><br/>There are several issues of this report three of which vary only in size; a fourth a later issue has a slightly different wording to the title and is dated 1903. Étienne-Jules Marey was the president of the committee.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 3704. <br/><br/> Publisher not identified unknown books
185253659London: William Clowes & Sons 1852. First Edition. First printing. Stout octavo 26cm. Publisher's red cloth-covered boards decoratively stamped in gilt and blind; a.e.g.; cxx1-86716pp; 3 inserted leaves of chromolithographic color plates. Mild foxing to preliminary leaves with occasional spots of scattered foxing to text margins. Else a remarkably bright and well-preserved copy of this massive volume easily Near Fine. <br/><br/>Full transcript of expert jurors' verdicts on the thousands of entries of items in the Great Exhibition of 1851. Prefaced with an index to the divisions list of jurors and a complete list of the prizes awarded in subject areas ranging from raw materials first prize for "a process for washing and purifying coals" awarded to Bérard & Cie of France to decorative furnishings to the Gobelins-Beauvais Manufactory for "originality and beauty of design of the different specimens of tapestry exhibited". William Clowes & Sons unknown books
1994WRCLIT75713Toronto: Natural Heritage / Natural History 1994. 2782pp. Quarto. Full morocco details below original front wrapper bound in. Some tanning to binding extremities but a very good copy. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the authors on the half-title. This copy is in a special binding executed by Stanley M. Sherman commissioned by the recipient and completed by Sherman in May of 1985. The binding is full gray morocco with six horizontal colored morocco onlays creating a body of water with a backdrop of land and snow-covered mountains and smaller onlays of two people with equipment in a canoe rowing from left to right and with a printed paper onlay on the rear board of a caribou. The title and authors' names are stamped in blind on the upper board and a smaller blindstamped label is affixed to the spine. The marbled endsheets incorporate two pockets on each pastedown made to accommodate various documents including three t.ls.s. 3pp and one a.l.s. 2pp. from Hoyle to the recipient leading up to publication relating to information the recipient provided for the book and to the books completion and publication. Copies of two letters from the recipient to Hoyle are present as are several related items. Also present is the itemized descriptive invoice handwritten in ink by Sherman for the preparation and binding of the book $810. Sherman whose training as a binder overlapped his distinguished career as an architect and city planner is a member of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild and the British Guild of Book Workers. He trained with Tom Albro and began making commissioned bindings in 1986. He has had one-man shows at the Walters Art Museum 2006 and the District of Columbia Public Library 2012. Natural Heritage / Natural History unknown books
1915List1003Chicago: National Half Century Anniversary Exposition and Lincoln Jubilee 1915. Felt pennant measuring 38 x 15 inches. Lettering slightly faded very good condition overall. In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln's death the city of Chicago hosted the National Half Century Anniversary Exposition and Lincoln Jubilee to celebrate emancipation and the cultural achievements of African-Americans. The event was held at the Coliseum on August 23 - September 22 1915. The Illinois legislature appropriated $75000 for the month-long celebration. Seventeen states appointed African American delegates to attend the event as representatives. Delegates from other countries participated as well. Bishop Samuel Fallows the English-born clergyman and Union Army Colonel spent a decade promoting and organizing the event urging states such as New York to appoint representatives and encouraging Chicago's religious leaders to attend. Several hundred pastors from African-American churches did attend along with members of their congregations and most contemporary accounts of the jubilee advertise speeches by African-American religious leaders. Charles F. Gunther a local candy manufacturer and collector of Lincoln memorabilia lent his collection to the event it was later purchased by the Chicago Historical Society. The event's organizers anticipated close to half a million attendees. Though we find no record of actual attendance contemporary reports show crowds of tens of thousands attending at a time. <br /> The Colored Women's Civic League closed the exposition with a ceremony involving children. <br /> <br /> Despite the large undertaking and historical significance of the event few relics of the exhibition have survived. OCLC lists two copies of the official program for the event. The official report of the event History and Report of the Exhibition and Celebration to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Emancipation of the Negro has around 20 holdings. We find no other record of this commemorative pennant an unusual survival. Condition is very good with some light wear. National Half Century Anniversary Exposition and Lincoln Jubilee unknown books
190543816divers places: divers publishers 1905. Most white or buff cardstock illustrated to recto with printed address block to verso. Light general wear; occasional minor soiling; mix of used and unused cards. Many used cards posted and stamped 1905; some cards have writing to both sides. Many with old prices penciled thereon. Overall VG condition or better. 245 postcards 142 color 103 b/w including 25 duplicates. ~3-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>A large collection of used and unused postcards from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exhibition in Portland Oregon held June 1 - October 14 1905. The archive includes color and b/w photographic and lithographic images of the fair's exhibits and the surrounding scenery as well as humorous illustrations and eight combination portraits in which a fairgoer's head has been photographed and printed on a cartoon body. Several of the color postcards have been neatly embellished with glitter. Partial series contained within the collection include three half-tone b/w reproductions of Lee Moorhouse photographs of Native American chiefs; six cards illustrated by Murray Wade signed in the plate; five monotone cards from "Colfax Week" three of which are the same image but in different colors; three b/w cards for the "Great Baltimore Fire on the Trail"; 12 color and b/w cards advertising a specific product a product's association with an exhibit or simply promoting an area business designated via printed information or stamp; a color image of the Forestry Building cropped and affixed to a hand-soldered wooden backing with an address block to the verso; and of course the many numbered images particular to each exhibit; in several cases the same image seems to have been used by two different publishers. Publishers include B. B. Rich Official Stationer Lewis and Clark Official Photograph Company E. P. Charlton & Co. Lewis and Clark Exposition Co. D. M. Averill and Co. and J. K. Gill Co. all of Portland OR; Edward H. Mitchell Pub. and Britton & Rey Lithographers of San Francisco; Frank S. Thayer Pub. Denver; A. Selige Pub. St. Louis; Tom Jones Pub. Cincinnati; and others. In most cases duplicates here are markedly different from their counterparts e. g. decorated with glitter sent from two different people etc. (divers publishers) unknown books
39837PHILADELPHIA. INTERNATIONAL CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. Group of Six Medals commemorating the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia: Ornamental Wood Co. 1876. Hexagon shaped box 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches with six medals made of wood. A rare survival and an attractive piece of commemorative advertising. A fine set in its original display case of six medals commemorating a visit to the International Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. The set was als used to advertise the Ornamental Wood Company of Philadelphia which has manufactured the medals using a newly patented process. Two of the medals ha "Patented June 1 1875" stamped beneath the portraits. These medals could purchased separately or as a set in a fitted case in three different sizes. Ornamental Wood Company exhibited in the Machinery Hall where visitors bought these medals as souvenirs. The hexagon shaped box containing tray of blue cardboard with six holes rimm in gold holding the six medals the lid with a fine lithographed "Birds Eye View of the International Exhibition Buildings" published by Breuker and Cassler Philadelphia. The six die-pressed wood medals have a diameter of 2 3/4 inches for four of them and 3 1/3 inches for two of them. The medals are extremely fine the two larger ones show on the obverse the Memorial Hall and the Main Building while the smaller ones depict Independence Hall and portraits of George Washington General Joseph Hawley President of the Centennial Exhibition and Alfred Goshorn Director General and chief organiz of the Centennial Exhibition. All medals are rendered in high relief on the obverse while the reverse has around "The 100th Anniversary of the American Independence 1876" with "Great International Exhibition Fairmont Park Philadelphia 4th of July" in the field. In excellent condition the lithogra a little browned the box outside in plain dark green card board a few nicks but essentially sound. unknown books
179843772Paris: Imprimerie de la Republique 1798. <p>Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française. Catalogue des produits industriels qui ont été exposés au Champ-de-Mars pendant les trois derniers jours complémentaires de l'an VI . . . 25pp. Paris: Imprimerie de la République Vendémiaire an VII 1798. 199 x 129 mm. Original plain blue-gray wrappers lower corner of front wrapper lightly creased; boxed. Minor foxing but fine otherwise.</p> <p> First Edition of the catalogue of the First Official Public National Industrial Exposition the forerunner of all subsequent "World's Fairs" and international expositions. In 1797 the Marquis d'Avèze an official of the French Republican government visited the factories of Sèvres china Gobelins tapestries and Savonnerie carpets and was appalled to find the factory workshops deserted their artisans starving and their warehouses filled with luxury goods that had no commercial outlet. "It then occurred to the marquis that if these and other objects of industry of the national manufactures could be collected together in one large exhibition a stimulus might be given to the native industry and thus relief be afforded to the suffering workmen. The plan was approved by M. François de Neufchâteau the Minister of the Interior" Tomlinson p. ii. Due to political difficulties the exhibition was not held until the following year. After a highly successful preliminary showing at the Maison d'Orsay the French government built a "Temple of Industry" on the Champ de Mars surrounded by 60 arcades filled with useful and decorative objects by French manufacturers. "The Exhibition remained open only during the last three complimentary days of the year VI of the Republic; but it excited the greatest enthusiasm throughout the country. The merits of the several exhibitors were entrusted to the decision of a jury composed of nine men distinguished in science and in art; and this plan was found to work so well that it was continued in subsequent Expositions" Tomlinson p. iii. Rare—OCLC cites only three copies all in French libraries. A second issue of the catalogue expanded to 30 pages was issued at Grenoble in the same year. Tomlinson Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts 1852 I pp. ii-iii.</p> . Imprimerie de la Republique unknown books
