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190959318Seattle WA: Robert A. Reid Publisher 488 Arcade 1909. Oblong 4to. 12.5 x 9.5 in. 54 pp unpaginated. photo-illustrated title. With photographic illustrations throughout 1 large double-page panorama of Arctic Circle & Formal Garden 1 large map at rear of the Exposition. Gray-illustrated softcovers yapp fore-edges panoramic mounted photo cover art of Exposition decorative gilt & black lettering slight shelfwear very slight rubbing still NF copy. First edition of this very scarce photographic souvenir chronicling the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The photos encompass the Manufactures Building Forestry Building many of the States Buildings and courts. In addition there are views of the Japan Exhibit the Formosa Tea House sponsored by the Japanese Imperial government to justify controlling present-day Taiwan the Japanese Village the Pay Streak attractions which included a roller-coaster like scenic railway the Temple of Palmistry the Oriental Village the Igorrote Village wherein Philippine natives were on display as well as the decidedly racist “Dixieland†attraction putting a shiny gloss on the antebellum South and “festivities and pastimes of the negro in the Sunny South.†No copies in Worldcat. Robert A. Reid, Publisher, 488 Arcade, paperback
189531889St. Louis: C. B. Woodward 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong quarto. 48 leaves. Illustrated with photographs by C. D. Arnold. Dual colored cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on the front cover. Floral decorated end sheets. Cloth covers lightly soiled shelf worn and scratched. Interior contents have light foxing and or soil to a few of the photographs. Hinges are cracked but the text block is still secure. Contents include various buildings and exhibits including "Receiving the Liberty Bell"; "United States Infantry Camp"; various views of buildings around the lake "Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company"; "Shooting the Chutes"; "Indians on the Midway" and much more. The Cotton States Exposition was held on the grounds of current day Piedmont Park. A fair or better copy. C. B. Woodward hardcover
186256424London: Her Majesty's Commissioners 1862. First Edition. Folio 37cm. Green library buckram backed in green morocco stamped in gilt on spine and front board all edges sprinkled green top edge stained grey; plain endpapers; viii 18331-11916311-6 7 7 8-111 1 91 1 115 1pp; 3 inserted plates and numerous in-text wood engravings some large. Ex-library with discard stamp to front pastedown and pencil notes to endpapers. Straight and sturdy with minor shelfwear first two leaves repaired at the upper margin occasional scattered foxing and minor fingersoil but largely clean: Very Good. <br /> <br /> "A descriptive catalog of the industrial exhibits. Volumes 1 and 2 are devoted to the industries of Great Britain. . . At the beginning of volume 1 is 'A concise history of the International Exhibition of 1862' by John Hollingshead." With sections on mining and metallurgy; chemicals and pharmaceuticals; food products; "Animal and Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures"; railroads and trains; carriages; manufacturing machines; agricultural & horticultural technology; and general machinery. RYDELL 114. [Her Majesty's Commissioners] unknown
191560910San Francisco CA & Oakland CA: Panama-Pacific International Exposition The Wahlgreen Co. Official Publishers 1915. Three pieces. 1st two - 8vo. 11-132 pp. w/ clipped Exposition map backed in linen mounted onto title page photo & text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers covered in white linen manuscript annotation of J.F. Rodgers 853-36th St. Oakland CA on front cover minor edgewear creasing; with large 28 x 8 in. Map of the Exhibition grounds issued by the Southern Pacific backed in linen on verso w/ extensive ink manuscript notes of itinerary and visits on verso list of 17 dates neatly written in upper fore-edge of recto some dustsoiling at fold creases edgewear still G set; 2nd - 8vo. 160 pp. With 1 large folding 4-panel frontisp. map of Exposition on recto birds-eye of San Francisco Bay on verso w/ photo ads at margin illustrated ads at front & rear. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of the City of Domes colour ad for Southern Pacific on back minor chipping head & foot of spine some creasing edgewear still VG- copy all from the library of John Francis Rodgers 1863-1932 and Prof. Marvin Nathan. First editions stated of these uncommon guidebooks to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition together with the well-used map and manuscript notes of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s “Lost Properties†department head who attended the Fair 17 times through the year. These offer an intimate historical portrait of the frequency and popularity of visits by many fairgoer’s during the run of the PPIE. The neat manuscript notes list all the band performances he managed to catch through the year of festivities including John Philip Sousa conducting his popular marching band; the Philippine Constabulary Band which had originally played in 1904 at the St. Louis World’s Fair and whose performances at the PPIE proved very popular including 1 conducted by Sousa; and the Marimba Band “of Honduras†which was actually the Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band the official Guatemalan Representatives at the PPIE who performed standing room only and wildly popular packed concerts; as well as the U.S. Marine Corps Band Arizona 1st Infantry Band St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum Band Oakland School Band and more. He was also actively interested in the aerial shows performed at the PPIE featuring flights by pioneering aviators four of whom would not see 1917 as Silas Christofferson 1890-1916 perhaps best remembered for his dramatic leap off of the roof of the Multnomah Hotel in downtown Portland; Lincoln Beachey 1887-1915 who drowned while performing loop aerial maneuvers in a test Beachey-Eaton Monoplane crashing into San Francisco Bay in front of the PPIE crowd; Art Smith 1890-1926 who replaced Beachey and pioneered sensational aerial displays with fireworks and magnesium flares over the night skies; Charles Niles 1868-1916 who performed with Petrossi only to die a year later in OshKosh WI; and finally the Paraguayan daredevil Silvio Petrossi 1887-1916 noted for his illuminated night flights as well and even survived a crash in San Francisco Bay only to die in 1916. Rodgers also attended the PPIE during Contra Costa Day March 3 Tuolumne Day April 14 an Oakland School concert in Festival Hall April 16 Japan Day August 31 Liberty Bell Day July 7 and even Illinois Day - held July 24 1915 in honor of the Chicago Limited SS Eastland disaster after the ship rolled over at the pier killing 844 passengers & crew. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The Wahlgreen Co., Official Publishers, paperback
18934247New York 1893. Fair. 3213840pp. plus two folding plates. Pagination a bit irregular. Illustrated. With dual text in English and Spanish. 12mo. Original blue publisher's cloth stamped in black; spine perished boards loose. Light toning to exterior leaves internally clean. A bilingual guide to the World's Fair in Chicago. The text is printed with English on the upper half of the page and Spanish below. Illustrated with scenes of the fabulous buildings on the grounds and obviously sponsored by "Knox the Hatter" with ads for the haberdasher throughout on the covers and at each end of the main text. A slightly sad copy and obviously used at the event. Still a rare and interesting survivor. unknown
190889233New York & London: Privately Published De Vinne Press 1908. First Limited Edition. No. 65 of 300 numbered copies. Quarto 29.5cm. Half-morocco by Stikeman; 21pp text plus 23 unnumbered leaves of plates photogravures mounted on heavy card stock each with tissue guard and a facing page of text description. Occasional faint foxing to plate margins; small puncture at center of one tissue-guard else a tight Near Fine copy in an attractive Stikeman binding slightly rubbed at joints and spine ends. Introduction signed by J. Taylor Ellyson; main text unattributed. This copy with the engraved bookplate of noted Virginia bibliophile John W. Hancock Sr.; laid in are 1 a 1925 note from Stikeman to Hancock noting that the book is ready to be shipped; 2 the original mailing label from Goodspeed's where the book was originally purchased; and 3 TNS from Hancock to Thomas F. Ryan dated October 26 1925 transmitting details regarding this copy. <br /> <br /> Attractive copy of this lavishly-produced volume published by Ryan ".for private circulation among his friends who may not have the privilege of seeing the originals.which he preserved as a reminder of one of the most historic of Expositions ever held in America." Doubtless Ryan was concerned as to how one of these freely distributed copies might have entered the trade in 1925 prompting the query to which Hancock's letter preserved here was in answer. [Privately Published] De Vinne Press unknown
1888AQ33282Glasgow: T. & A. Constable 1888. One of 370 large paper copies. 6 157pp 1. Unopened in original publisher's vellum-backed red cloth boards contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces A.E.G. A trifle rubbed spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. Letterpress presentation leaf completed in manuscript inscribed to Glaswegian art collector B. B. MacGeorge Esq. The generously margined official catalogue of the fine art collection presented at the International Exhibition of Science Art and Industry Kelvingrove Park Glasgow in 1888. The seven month long event - staged in order to raise fund for the construction of a permanent gallery and museum in the park - attracted in excess for 5.5 million visitors. . First edition. Quarto. T. & A. Constable hardcover
190460900St. Louis MO: N.D. Thompson Publishing Co. 1904. Oblong folio. 13.75 x 11.25 in. 2 302 2 pp. Colour frontisp. over 300 photo plates. Burgundy-coloured cloth over beveled boards black lettering on front cover ruled embossed in blind on front cover minor rubbing edgewear expertly recased a few minor paper repairs gutter margin repair still VG bright copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First “Library edition†of this photographic guidebook to the St. Louis Worlds Fair Louisiana Purchase Exposition offering a comprehensive illustrated tour to the famed event. Exterior views the Midway the Ferris Wheel interiors of all the exhibits sporting events and more. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition spread over 1200 acres and incorporated education into all aspects of the exhibitors including blacksmiths at work Native Americans living in their villages transplanted Philippine Moro natives elephant trainers lion tamers and more. Visitors to The Pike -- the mile long midway -- could scale the Tyrolean Alps visit Blarney Castle a Parisian fashion show dive under the sea or ride a burro to Cliff Dwellings. The 1904 St. Louis Fair also featured the first Airship races contest which offered a prize if the competing airships could complete the course three times at a speed of 15 m.p.h. A photo of Hippolyte Francis’s airship Ville de St. Mande depicts the airship in flight with a 100 foot long gasbag and 35 feet in diameter. Workmen had to dig a trench to get the ship out of the aerodrome and it later crashed into the concourse fence and did not fly again. N.D. Thompson Publishing Co., hardcover
235455Paris 1900. Leporelloalbum 19 x 135 cm. med 18 oppklebete fotografier på kartong. Orig. noe plettet lysegrønt helsjirtingb. uten ryggtittel. Kapitélene med et par små rifter og hjørnene med et par små sår. Kortene med fotografiene løse separert med unntak av det første som er oppklebet på fremre forsats med noen litt støtte hjørner og et par med en svak knekk. . unknown
19922092902137503218Not Available 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 Number of books: 12 Not Available paperback
2001Q-0865280436Smithsonian Inst Traveling Service 2001. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Smithsonian Inst Traveling Service paperback
GT499London: Spicer Brothers W. Clowes and Sons. Second Corrected and Improved Edition . Hardback. Vg. Sq. Small 4to. 322pp 32pp pub ads. Second corrected and improved edition dated 1st July 1851. Original half calf binding with blue marbled boards. Gilt titles. A trifle handled and extremities rubbed but a scarce item and packed with the companies who exhibited and their products. The breadth and depth of British industry in the heyday of the Industrial era was amazing. <br/> <br/> Spicer Brothers, W. Clowes and Sons hardcover
190132177Buffalo: The Courier Co 1901. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Bound soft cover cut in the shape of a Buffalo head. Front and rear covers are a color lithograph illustration of a Buffalo head. Title in light blue on the front cover. Spine is backed by a thin piece of black linen tape. Light edge wear to the covers. A small scuff mark on the rear cover and a small chip to the tip of the Buffalo horn on the front cover. Small pin hole pierces the covers and text possibly once threaded. <br /> <br /> Souvenir autograph booklet contains 40 leaves of black and white photograph scenes of the Pan-Am Exhibition on the front sides. 62 inscriptions and autographs written on the blank versos of 37 of 40 leaves 80 pages. The original owner appears to be Emilie Hommel of Sandusky Ohio. Many of the inscriptions are signed to her. A later owner inscription in pencil written on the blank verso of the front cover: "Among my Collection John G. Knauer sp. 1412 Erie Blvd Sandusky O Nov. 11/1955" 62 counted autographs and inscriptions from vendors and attendees of the Exposition dated from late October to November 2 1901. Locations signed from contributors include the States of New York Connecticut Delaware Minnesota Nebraska Illinois Indiana Michigan Florida Georgia Virginia California New York Ohio and North Carolina. Other places signed include Washington D. C. Mexico City Ontario Toronto and Africa. The inscription from Africa is written in half English and half Arabic languages from "Fort National Algerie Africa". Another inscription is written in the Spanish language. A few of the vendors provided the number of their booth in their inscriptions. <br /> <br /> A sample of the inscriptions include:<br /> <br /> "Claude M. Nolan of Chantauqua Fruits Jacksonville Fla"; <br /> <br /> "R. P. Parker Colgate University"; <br /> <br /> "Kathrine House Niagara Falls Centre Ontario Canada Ontario Fruit Exhibit 10/29/01"; <br /> <br /> "Never forget the Pan-American friends Especially those in Machinery Hall Katherine O. Huntley Dover Delaware"; <br /> <br /> "Miss Hommel When you have an opportunitie of fixing your beautiful eyes on this book please give a thought to your humble friend from Mexico that esteem's you and all your family very sincerely and wishes for all all happeniness and prosperity in the future. J. M. Nuncio Pan-American October 29th 1901"; <br /> <br /> "The best wishes of your friend G. W. Thompson Los Angeles Cal Oct. 29th 1901"; <br /> <br /> "Geo Stevenson Chicago formerly a schoolmate of Emilie in Sandusky."; <br /> <br /> "M. R. Gilmore Valley Nebraska. Exhibit of the American Beet Sugar Assoc'n P.A.E. Buffalo 1901;<br /> <br /> "Farewell Day Nov 2 When gliding down the stream of life In a birch canoe I wish to you a pleasant trip and room enough for two - Joseph F. Wagner 138 College St. Buffalo N.Y." <br /> <br /> The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held in Buffalo New York United States from May 1 through November 2 1901. The fair occupied 350 acres 1.4 km2 of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood Avenue and northward to Great Arrow Avenue.The exposition is most remembered because President William McKinley was shot by an anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Temple of Music on September 6 1901. The President died eight days later on September 14 from gangrene caused by the bullet wounds. Source: wikipedia. The Temple of Music photograph view is located on the 6th leave of this booklet. The Courier Co unknown
187761009New York: D. Appleton & Co. Publishers 1877. Folio. 10.25 x 13 in. iv 164 pp. plus 6 pp. illustrated publisher’s ads. With woodcut engraved illustrations throughout woodcuts in ads as well. Emerald green publisher’s cloth over beveled boards decorative gilt & black borders & lettering on front cover paper spine label w/ manuscript title a.e.g. minor edgewear minor bumping slightly shaken ex-lib markings on endpapers & title still VG- copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated depiction of the furnishings artworks silver American cut glass stained-glass windows and more all displayed at the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia. Following the lead of the 1851 & 1862 Exhibitions the 1853-54 New York Exhibition and others the Centennial served as a vast space for thousands of vendors and manufacturers to display their wares. Many American artists were featured and these World’s Fairs served as key influences on designers decorators artists architects and the arts. Copies of this are surprisingly uncommon with nearly all listed in Worldcat as electronic or microfilm versions rather than physical. D. Appleton & Co., Publishers, hardcover
1876757111876. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition. Volume I: Fine Art by Edward Strahan. Volume II: Industrial Art by Professor Walter Smith. Volume III: History Mechanics Science by Joseph M. Wilson. Phila.: Gebbie & Barrie 1876. 1st ed. 4to. Three vols. Profusely illus. with engraved plates and reproductions. 366; 521; 375pp. A very good set in cloth. unknown
189360965Chicago IL: C.D. Arnold 1893. Oblong 4to. Two albumen photographs sized 4.5 x 3.75 in. featuring upper scalloped corners mounted on 10 x 8 in. embossed studio board w/o photographer’s imprint beveled edges textured boards simulating framed in board slight overexposure still two VG images from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. These two scarce souvenir albumen photograph capture World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 with throngs of visitors strolling through the manicured grounds. Vernacular photography and personal cameras were strictly controlled at the 1893 White City with nearly all who had not paid the $ 2.00 camera fee forced to store them in lockers before entering the grounds. Arnold 1844-1927 was prior to the Fair an obscure Buffalo NY photographer who had shot the 1901 Pan-American Exposition and had been initially contracted to photograph the construction of the 1893 World’s Fair but proved to be such an excellent architectural photographer he became the Chief of the Fair’s Dept. of Photography. C.D. Arnold, hardcover
190560931Portland OR; Littleton NH & Decatur IL:: B.W. Kilburn International Stereograph Co. & n.p. 1905. Five original stereoview photographs. Three sized 6 x 3 in. mounted on 7 x 3.5 in. beige-coloured tan studio boards Kilburn w/ imprints below size of images & verso 2 only w/ ink MS annotations; two 6 x 3 in. silver gelatin mounted on gray studio boards printed imprint & caption scalloped upper fore-edges minor dustsoiling shelfwear still a VG group from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Five original and scarce stereoview photographs of the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition & Oriental Fair which marked the anniversary of the famed exploration over the Louisiana Purchase. These stereoviews illustrate the Sunken Gardens the U.S. Government Building the Agricultural and Foreign Palaces interiors and the iconic Forestry Building. Benjamin Kilburn 1827-1909. and his brother Edward b. 1830 initially operated their business together until Edward retired in the 1870’s and by 1872 they had a large photographic stereoview card factory one block from the Littleton trains station. Young salesmen carried the stereoviews on the trains and by the early 20th-Century the company was the most extensive producer of stereoview photographs purchasing images from such photographers as William H. Rau the Kiser Bros. and others. Wasson fl. 1899-1939 originally founded the International Stereograph Co. in 1899 in Decator IL and produced a wide range of images often in the West maintaining studios in Idaho Arizona and Oregon as well. B.W. Kilburn, International Stereograph Co., & [n.p.], hardcover
1910216833東京. Tokyo.: 愛知縣協賛會. Aichiken Kyōsankai. Meiji 43 1910. Colour folding map text on reverse 39.3 x 54.5cm. A little light creasing and soiling but still a very attractive map. This guide map illustrates the venue for the 10th Allied Kyōshinkai Exposition of Kansai Prefectures held in Nagoya from March to June 1907. The exposition highlighted agricultural and industrial products with a notable section dedicated to silk. Numerous stalls offered local goods from each participating prefecture which extended beyond the Kansai region. <br><br>The map marks key areas including agricultural industrial machinery and patent pavilions surrounded by local produce stalls. A special exhibition on the Port Arthur sea battle is positioned near movie and charity halls. Beer halls and food stalls are also indicated. The reverse side contains detailed information about the event along with a chart listing the types of produce exhibited by each prefecture. . 愛知縣協賛會. [Aichiken Kyōsankai]. unknown
19302090502130300564Benri-do 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Benri-do paperback
20122111902160301735Bi International 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 256 pages Size: Large book 37 cm x 26 cm Bi International paperback
195114565Madrid: Fábrica de Moneda 1951.- Con 465 pags. en numeración contÃnua para los 17 fascÃculos: Ilustraciones; 4° menor 21 x 15 cm; Cartulina Ed.- Rara colección completa de la publicación conmemorativa de esta exposición que fue organizada en la Biblioteca Nacional.- RARA COLECCION COMPLETA. Al fascÃculo 1 de falta un retrato de Franco que iba sobrepuesto a modo de cromo en la hoja siguiente a la portada. Por lo demás en muy buen estado. CRISTAL FORJADOS ORFEBRERÃA NUMISMÃTICA CURTIDOS TEJIDOS ARTES INDUSTRIALES ETC. Libro en español Fábrica de Moneda paperback
193561830San Diego CA: Shell Building San Diego Exposition 1935. One oblong atlas folio map. 32 x 22 in. Double-sided colour lithograph pictorial map with inset colour illustrations on verso of History of San Diego fold creases as issued light age toning at fore-edges very minor edgewear w/ original mailing envelope from the “Shell Building†at the CPIE toning to envelope NF/VG- copy mailed to Miss Gladys Buckman 1920-2011 in Long Beach CA from her brother Loren M. Buckman 1913-1995 who at the time was stationed on the USS Northampton CL/CA 26 US Navy Cruiser sunk later in 1942 at the Battle of Tassafaronga repelling Japanese from reinforcing troops on Guadalcanal. First edition of this scarce and beautifully rendered pictorial map celebrating the very successful California Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego over two years at the depths of the Great Depression to revive the Southern California economy which featured a number of unusual concessions and exhibits such as the Gold Gulch Lost Continent of Mu the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony and the “One Ton Mechanical Man.†Several of the exhibits used at the recently closed Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago 1933-1934 were re-used for the CPIE. This map reminiscent of the work of Jo Mora looks Eastward from a high point above the Pacific Ocean depicting San Diego from La Jolla to Oneonta and inland up to Cuyamaca Dam. Many of the buildings developed the architect Requa’s 1881-1941 “Southern California Architecture†style drawing upon the historical architecture of the Colonial Mexico the Pueblos of the Southwest and the Moorish features from Spain and North Africa and preserved the popular buildings which are still evident in Balboa Park. Bloodgood 1896-1989 was an illustrator cartoonist and map maper who produced a substantial body of pictorial maps from 1935-1968 for Shell Oil and the Pic-Tour Guide Series with this one being distributed from the Shell Building exhibit at the CPIE. Worldcat locates 6 copies SFPL U of FL Osher Map Lib. Bancroft UC San Diego Harvard. Shell Building, San Diego Exposition, unknown
188060949Montreal Canada: Imprime par J.B. Laplante 245 rue St. Jacques 1880. Two vols. 68 16; 15 1 pp. Blue-tinted printed softcovers for both vols. black lettering on front covers minor age toning slight chipping very minor creasing still both VG copies w/ presentation slip of Major. L.A. Huguet-Latour of the Prince of Wales Regiment of Rifles Montreal Canada noted bibliophile and manuscript collector ink inscription on 2nd piece at upper fore-edge. First editions of these uncommon original catalogue and the official list of contributing schools colleges and educational institutions to the 1880 Canada Dominion Exhibition held in Montreal for 10 days and also featured displays of industrial machinery farm products flowers along with horse racing lacrosse tournament and Highland games. The Dominion Exhibition was held annually in Canada from 1879-1913 and every year the location changed to assorted Provinces typically to coincide with local Fairs. It ceased at the outset of World War I. These catalogues detail all of the Catholic and Protestant schools convents monasteries colleges and universities appeared in Montreal often with samples of their student’s achievements in arithmetic geography literature history & art. Worldcat locates 7 copies of 1st Canada Archives U of Montreal Bibliotheque Nat. Strasbourg NYPL Cambridge Queens Univ. U of ONT IT; 4 copies of 2nd York U Lib. Leiden U of Torino Archives Nationales Quebec. Imprime par J.B. Laplante, 245 rue St. Jacques, paperback
1862100967AParis & London Mai 1862. 8vo. 182 x 120 cm. 31 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts including 2 full-page.<br /><br /><b>Published for the London World Fair 1862 </b>with map of the exibition halls on the inside front cover. The "Expositions Universelles" or World Fairs were intended to show the latest innovations and inventions. The earliest of these fairs were held in France but were national. The first one of 1798 was the start of eleven national fairs. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Callebaut shows different models and explains the technqiue of them. Both full page illustrations of the factory show us what factories looked like at the time. At the 1862 exhibition about 50 types of sewing machine were on show on over 20 stands. M. Callebaut from Paris showed 'several modifications of shuttle sewing machines of the Singer type.' Callebaut was the Singer licencee in France the only occasion on which the Singer Co granted a licence rather than manufacturing itself. Callebaut patented these modifications in France and Britain in his own name. Most of them apply to the Singer No. 2 machine and enabled it to have a reversible wheel feed for finishing seams and to produce a 'herring-bone stitch' zigzag by moving the top feed presser foot from side to side. Another machine had twin needles on the same needle bar for making two lines of stitches on the top side and a zigzag on the underneath with a single shuttle thread. Not content with all these variants M Callebaut exhibited some glove making machines of fearsome complexity using detached lengths of thread!
18621009671862. Paris & London Mai 1862. 8vo. 182 x 120 cm. 31 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts including 2 full-page. Published for the London World Fair 1862 with map of the exibition halls on the inside front cover. The "Expositions Universelles" or World Fairs were intended to show the latest innovations and inventions. The earliest of these fairs were held in France but were national. The first one of 1798 was the start of eleven national fairs. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Callebaut shows different models and explains the technqiue of them. Both full page illustrations of the factory show us what factories looked like at the time. At the 1862 exhibition about 50 types of sewing machine were on show on over 20 stands. M. Callebaut from Paris showed 'several modifications of shuttle sewing machines of the Singer type.' Callebaut was the Singer licencee in France the only occasion on which the Singer Co granted a licence rather than manufacturing itself. Callebaut patented these modifications in France and Britain in his own name. Most of them apply to the Singer No. 2 machine and enabled it to have a reversible wheel feed for finishing seams and to produce a 'herring-bone stitch' zigzag by moving the top feed presser foot from side to side. Another machine had twin needles on the same needle bar for making two lines of stitches on the top side and a zigzag on the underneath with a single shuttle thread. Not content with all these variants M Callebaut exhibited some glove making machines of fearsome complexity using detached lengths of thread! hardcover
