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192559293Reading PA: Metropolitan Edison Co. 1925. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.25 in. 57 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs nearly all w/ typed captions on versos linen hinges & stubs at gutter margin bound w/ two brass screw-posts at gutter margin recent flexible mylar cover as protection secured w/ screw-posts slight curling at fore-edges still all photos w/ bright strong contrast. This remarkable series of undocumented photographs visually produces the efforts of Metropolitan Edison to further expand their footprint in the Pennsylvania market after electrifying over 35000 customers by 1925. As they accelerated their push to introduce additional electrical appliances following World War I they sponsored trade shows and expositions to advertise the latest available products and even commissioned their employees to regularly make house calls after hours with electrical toasters and lamps with prizes awarded for the most sales. Met-Ed customers could pay for the latest appliances with installments on their monthly electric bills. These images reveal the nighttime lighting illuminating the Electrical Exposition Auditorium on South Fifth in Reading featuring over 30 display booths of local suppliers and contractors wired-in music as well as demonstrators of all the different gadgets showing off their features and uses. “Kill O’Watt†figures as symbols of electrical service were installed at the doorways and with all the different booths and the exhibition space featured a “Court of Illumination†dominated by a life-size nude of the Egyptian Goddess of Light surrounded by 12-foot columns and golden incense burners. Every night and afternoon electric waffle irons and coffee percolators were raffled off and one lucky visitor won the grand prize of a brand-new Frigidaire refrigerator when the Exposition ended. As shown by the photographs visitors to the Electrical Exposition could view huge lighted display maps for the Pennsylvania-New Jersey Super Power System; Frigidaire Refrigerators; miniature home architectural models with cutaways showing the electrification of homes; lighted advertising signs and generators for Exide batteries 1920’s Art Deco Lamps electric train sets and even the most “beautiful booth†from the Philadelphia Electric Co. Supply Dept. with a lavish display of electric vacuums lights lamps toasters percolators fans irons and sound equipment. The Met-Ed Co. filled the entire balcony with the latest insulators meters control devices power transformers and equipment for their system and also featured are salesman sample photo albums displays electric ranges washing machines and more. Of special interest is the photo from Pennsylvania Edison Co. showing “The Story Behind Your Lighting Switch†a motorized mechanical book featuring articulated brass arms turning pages as they slid along the leaves and powered by a small motor. These were produced by the Metropolitan Mechanical Display Co. of New York who were one of the earliest and most successful firms for animatronic and popular powered displays. Metropolitan Edison was originally formed in 1917 after merging Met-Ed with Edison Electric Illuminating Lebanon Valley Electric Light Co. with subsidiaries of Reading Electric Light & Power Neversink and Penn-Ed under W.S. Barstow & E.L. West. We could find no other contemporary surviving visual records of the Electrical Exposition trade literature programs or catalogues in institutional holdings or sales records. See: A History of Met-Ed’s Western Division Met-Ed Centennial 1983; Moody’s Manual of Investments: American and Foreign 1922 pp. 414-418; Reading Times Nov. 7-21 1925 multiple entries & advertisements -- no images. Metropolitan Edison Co., unknown
19292091202133201489Otsuka Kogeisha 1929. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 books in total Otsuka Kogeisha paperback
1961720-AAlberto GIACOMETTI DERRIERE LE MIROIR N° 127 (tirage de luxe signé). Paris, maeght Editeur, 1961. In-4° (385 x 288), en feuilles, sous couverture imprimée en lithographie sur les 2 plats, chemise cartonnée recouverte de vergé gris, étui de même nature, étiquette de titre collée sur le front. - 14 LITHOGRAPHIES ORIGINALES EN NOIR dont 3 en double page. - Textes de Olivier Larronde, Léna Leclercq et Isaku Yanaihara. Édition originale. Édition de tête limitée à 150, celui-ci n°116, signé au crayon par l'artiste sur l'achevé d'imprimer. L' ouvrage en parfait état, insolation d'usage à l'étui. Très rare. (Lust 148 à 161). -- ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: Alberto GIACOMETTI. Derriere le Miroir n° 127 (signed deluxe edition). Paris, maeght Publisher, 1961. In-4° (385 x 288), in sheets, under cover printed in lithography on both covers, cardboard folder covered with gray laid paper, slipcase of the same type, title label stuck on the front. - 14 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS IN BLACK including 3 in double page. - Texts by Olivier Larronde, Léna Leclercq and Isaku Yanaihara. Original edition. Deluxe edition limited to 150, this one n°116, signed in pencil by the artist on the justification page. The book in perfect condition, the case is insolated. Very rare. (Lust 148 to 161).
1944013801Paris (Seghers), Editions Poésie 44 1944 In-4 Reliure Dédicacé par l'auteur
1994014432Paris Seuil 1994 In-4 Cartonnage toilé et jaquette éditeur Dédicacé par l'auteur
193653024London: New Burlington Galleries / Women's Printing Society Ltd 1936. First Edition. Slim octavo 24cm; pictorial wrappers saddle-stitched; 311pp. French gallerist and art dealer Pierre Loeb's copy with "Exemplaire de Pierre Loeb" in red ink on title page by E.L.T. Mesens along with his signature and those of the following individuals associated with the exhibition directly beneath: Shiela Legge André Breton Jacqueline B. Jacqueline Lamba Breton's wife Roland Penrose David Gascoyne Humphrey Jennings Hans Arp and George Reavey. Light external wear and dust-soil wrappers starting to pull away from staples with some scattered discoloration to rear wrapper; a few very light pencil marks in-text else contents quite fresh; Very Good. Housed in a custom clamshell case. Well-preserved catalog of the first Surrealist art exhibition in England organized by artist Roland Penrose and poet David Gascoyne and held at the New Burlington Galleries from June 11th - July 4th 1936. A ground-breaking event described alternately as chaotic indecent and inspiring the organizers assembled nearly 400 paintings and sculptures by 71 Surrealist artists including Hans Arp Jacqueline B. Hans Bellmer Constantin Brancusi Alexander Calder Salvador Dali Marcel Duchamp Alberto Giacometti René Magritte Joan Miró Paul Nash Pablo Picasso Man Ray Yves Tanguy and others. The three-week event was a true spectacle involving Dalí delivering a lecture and nearly passing out while wearing a full deep-sea diving suit Sheila Legge's performance as "The Phantom of Sex Appeal" in Trafalgar Square and poet Dylan Thomas circulating among the guests at the opening offering them cups of boiled string. In addition to listing all 392 works in the exhibit the catalog features a cover illustration by Max Ernst an English-language preface by André Breton translated by Gascoyne and an introduction by Herbert Read. A significant copy signed by several artists and presented to French gallerist Pierre Loeb one of the great champions of Surrealism. On its own a somewhat elusive catalog rarely seen with such a collection of signatures the auction record showing the last such copies for sale in 1976 George Hugnet's copy signed by nine and 1973 Suzanne Malherbe and Claude Cahun's copy signed by 11. 53024. New Burlington Galleries / Women's Printing Society, Ltd unknown
1937103525S.n.l. 1937 In-folio à l’italienne 26 x 34 cm. Album reliure demi-chagrin brun, dos à nerfs muet, report du titre doré sur le premier plat, non paginé [65] pp., 304 photographies 7 x 11,5 cm non légendées en noir & blanc, tirées sur papier argentique brillant, montées sur coins, non légendées. Reliure légèrement frottée, intérieur d’une grande fraîcheur.
199032366Osaka Japan: International Garden & Greenery Exposition. New. 1990. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - 188 pages; text in Japanese with some English translations. 189 works catalogued and pictured. Among the painters represented: Richet Pelouse Damoye Coignet and many others. Several of the photographers whose works are included are: Kunie Sugiura Adolphe Braun Oliver Wasow & others. -- with a bonus offer-- . International Garden & Greenery Exposition paperback
196158500Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. As New. 1961. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 28 pp. With 20 ills. 26 x 18 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service paperback
199228378New York New York U.S.A.: Universe Pub. New. 1992. Paperback. 0876636237 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Fine -- with a bonus offer-- . Universe Pub paperback
198460569Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. As New. 1984. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in English. 44 pp. With 42 ills. 22 x 25 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service paperback
198260353Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service. As New. 1982. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in German. 158 pp. With 125 ills. 32 col. . 28 x 21 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service paperback
196658960Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. As New. 1966. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 106 pp. With 75 ills. 5 col. . 23 x 22 cm. In English. -- with a bonus offer-- . Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service paperback
196111794Poughkeepsie NY: Vassar College. As New. 1961. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - -- 151 pages; clean and crisp tight pages with no writing or markings to the text. Includes many lovely images of works by among others Fra Bartolommeo de Vos Rembrandt Tiepolo Rembrandt & Lely. Also includes an essay entitled "The Flexibility of Drawing" by A. Hyatt Mayor. -- with a bonus offer--; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . Vassar College paperback
1914COL25-09<p><strong><em>Silver prints 7 and glass negatives 10</em></strong> <strong><em>Each about 6 x 8 inches</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Photos with Brown Brothers credit stamp verso</em></strong>. A rare and surreal suite of photographs and glass negatives documenting the objects shown at the "Exposition of Bad Taste" a 1914 satirical display of by-gone decorative sensibilities. It was given the humorous subtitle the "Casket of Domestic Fine Arts Comprising Articles of Home Adornment Chosen for Their Elegant and Genteel Quality" and it was held at Ruby Ross Wood's short-lived Modernist Gallery in New York City.<br /><br />From the objects on display to the sentiment behind it the exhibition was replete with a Duchampian impishness. According to a lengthy New York Times review it offered viewers a chance to behold and ridicule "marble-topped furniture seaweed wax flowers and other treasures under glass; samplers homemade paintings ornate chinaware of every description and countless articles such as were considered extremely genteel in the old days." Also on display was a set of coffee cups for the whole family labeled in gilt letters "Grandpa" "Father" Wife" and" Uncle."" Everywhere hung carefully worked mottos of the type of 'God Bless Our Home' 'No Cross No Crown' etc."<br /><br />Most of the visitors were of the opinion that the exhibits were "screamingly funny" but other older patrons were apoplectic that such cherished objects of the home were the subject of abject skewering. The Exposition of Bad Taste culminated with prizes awarded to the show's "worst horrors." One of top contenders was a daguerreotype from Brooklyn but it was taken out of the competition on account of the profound family associations connected with it.<br /><br />The Times review concludes by writing that those aged-attendees "who were shocked by this mockery of the sampler that sister Letitia worked with her own hands or the horsehair sofa on which Uncle Hiram breathed his last" vented their spleen on the perpetrators of the exhibition. And like an old soothsayer in a Greek tragedy they warned the smirking youngsters that "in the days that were to come the work of the Modernists would itself be made the subject of a similar 'Casket of the Domestic Arts.''<br /><br />The Exhibition of Bad Taste was organized by Ruby Ross Wood one of the 20th-century's eminent arbiters of the opposite. Wood a New York City interior designer and journalist was once dubbed by her protege Billy Badwin as "Quite simply the finest decorator who ever lived." Under the name Ruby Ross Goodnow she wrote fiction poetry and articles about interior design for "The Delineator" a popular women's magazine. She was also the ghostwriter for Elsie de Wolfe's decorating manual "The House in Good Taste" and other publications. After a stint at Wanamakers she opened her own design firm in the 1920s and found long-term success.<br /><br />The Modernist Gallery however did not share the same fate. Its offerings of Weiner Wertkstätte and the like were simply too cutting edge for "Grandpa" or "Wife" and Wood closed its doors later that year.</p>
19402082702114906915Nankoku Tosa Grand Exposition 1940. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 687 pages illustration table size: 22cm Nankoku Tosa Grand Exposition paperback
19232091502135501142Peace Memorial Tokyo Exposition 1923. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 2 Size: 26cm Number of books: 2 Peace Memorial Tokyo Exposition paperback
1915030333Peking (Beijing) 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (P.P.I.E.) Hardcover 1st Edition
191017612Paris, Librairie Aéronautique, 1910 (imprimerie Paul Dupont) ; 127 pp.
1981216885Beijing. Circa1981. A complete set of 50 black and white photographs of the trial of the Gang of Four during 1980-81. Images clearly show the judges the courtroom and the accused. In excellent condition each photograph is loosely inserted within an A5 polypropylene sleeve all contained in an archival-grade cardboard box. All images measure approximately 20.5 x 15cm. A fascinating series of photos from the trial of the Gang of Four and the remnants of Lin Biao's Central Cultural Revolution Group including images of the court physical evidence and the accused themselves - including though not limited to Jiang Qing Zhang Chunqiao Wang Hongwen and Yao Wenyuan. <br> <br>Included are photos of the accused - in clearly poorer physical health compared to their peak in 1976 - after having reputedly given emotive vitriolic and stubborn statements to the court. Though Jiang Qing and Zhang Chunqiao appear openly hostile or contemptuous to the court - both in their own unique way - Wang Hongwen Yao Wenyuan and the other defendants appear more subdued and mournful in their demeanour seemingly having resigned themselves to their fate. <br> <br>Of particular note is the inclusion of a single page of images of what appears to be the badly charred and broken corpse of Lin Biao as well as the wreckage of his ill-fated flight. These images were presumably supplied to the court by the KGB who had very controversially handled the investigation at the time of the crash despite it having taken place over and within the territory of the Mongolian People's Republic not the Soviet Union. Perhaps to further affirm the position that the corpse was indeed Lin's a forensic-like comparison is made between an image of the body's skull and his distinctive forehead and brow ridge. . unknown
1926181547China: The Commercial Press c.1926. The Chinese typewriter comes to America A rare surviving example of the brochure issued by China's largest publisher and maker of scientific instruments to accompany its stand at the 1926 Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial Exposition. Alongside print publications and cutting-edge laboratory equipment the Commercial Press displayed Shu Zhendong's newly invented Chinese typewriter a major advance in the development of modern information technology. The typewriter advertised and pictured on page 56 promises to solve "a serious problem in office administration in China. It is the miraculous achievement of the inventor that although there are 3000 characters in the font yet a typist after the practice of one or two weeks will be able to locate any character instantly." Online records show copies in the City of Philadelphia archives and six other institutions all in the US Library of Congress the Smithsonian Peabody Essex Temple Californian State University Los Angeles and University of Delaware. Octavo. Folding organization chart illustrations some colour in text; text printed within red borders. Original brown silk wrappers purple xianzhuang stitching spine ends capped with blue silk front cover blocked in gilt. Spine ends rubbed couple of faint stains to covers chart creased where sometime incorrectly refolded: near-fine. unknown
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
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
1937238631937 Pastel signé en haut à gauche, (1937), 50 x 64.6 cm.
1992278401992 Une gouache originale en couleurs, Format : 62 centimètres de haut par 47,5 centimètres de large, sur papier canson crème, signée à la mine de plomb en bas à droite : JOEL DABIN et en haut à droite : JOEL DABIN 1992, affiche réalisée (pour un Concours organisé en 1992 par le C.I.E.R [Réfectoire et Cellier des Moines de labbaye de Tournus] et l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, 5 rue Fénelon) par Joel DABIN Peintre,
