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1876303823Philadelphia Thomas Hunter 1876. 1876. Oblong small 4to 11 3/8" x 7 1/2". 6 color lithographs on 6 separate sheets. Very good few short tears. Views of Machinery Hall U.S. Government Building Horticultural Hall Agricultural Hall Judges Hall Main Building. No Binding. Very Good. Philadelphia, Thomas Hunter, 1876. unknown books
197637880Chicago: Gallery Black Swan 1976. 17 by 11 inches. Yellow stock printed in black. Some light handling wear else a fine example. Original poster for this musical performance that happened during the World Surrealist Exhibition with a group that consisted of three AACM members: George Lewis James Johnson and Douglas Ewart. <br/><br/> Gallery Black Swan unknown books
187653720Philadelphia: John R. Nagle 1876. Revised edition. Octavo 20cm. Publisher's decorated red cloth-covered boards titled in gilt on spine; 34611470102pp; illus; ads. A very nice copy straight and tight in the original binding just a trifle rubbed at extremities - Very Good. Stenciled ownership mark of an "Edward S. Whelen" to front free endpaper and title page. <br/><br/>Comprises the complete list of exhibits and exhibitors at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition arranged by subject: I. The Main Building; II: Department of Art; III: Department of Machinery; IV: Departments of Agriculture and Horticulture; the four sections together in one volume each with their own title page. An unusually well-preserved copy. John R. Nagle unknown books
189548150Portland: Leighton and Frey Souvenir View 1895. Hardcover. Very good. 9 by 5.75 inches 9 by 48 inches unfolded. Publisher's cloth back boards lettered in gilt. Lettering dulled with some minor spots of loss to the spine else a very good example with images in fine condition. <br/><br/>Containing nine 9 by 5 black and cards most with multiple images each labeled: "General View; Fine Arts Building; Agricultural Building Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building Machinery Hall; Transportation Building AuditoriumGovernment Building; Fire Building Women's Building Georgia State Building and Negro Building; Administration Building and Main Entrance Minerals and Forestry Building; Peachtree Street Henry W. Grady Monument Post Office & Custom House; Aragon Hotel Grand Opera House Marietta Street Kimball House; Ballard House W.H. Inman's Residence Equitable Building Residence of Major Mimms Grady Hospital. Leighton and Frey Souvenir View hardcover books
1937780411937. GROLIER CLUB - Exhibition Catalogue. A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF RENAISSANCE BOOKBINDINGS HELD AT THE GROLIER CLUB FROM DECEMBER 17 1936 TO JANUARY 17 1937. With an Address Delivered by Lucius Wilmerding. New York: The Grolier club 1937. This is one of an edition of 200 copies on rag paper printed in August 1937. 16 plates. Octavo. 68 pp. In a Renaissance-style binding of maroon morocco tooled in blind and gilt on upper board and spine with patterned endpapers and with the original stiff paper boards bound-in. Binding is slightly toned at spine and edges with occasional light soiling. Clean and fresh within and very good plus overall. unknown books
KC16056Ephemera. Good. 1 Die Deutsche Theater-Ausstellung Magdeburg 1927. Eine Schilderung ihrer Entstehung und ihres Verlaufes. Mitteldeutschen Ausstellungsgesellschaft M.B.H. Magdeburg 1928 8.25 x 11.75 German text folded once with heavy tape repair some covering two lines of the text block with toning and several light folds throughout. Text related to the history of the Magdeburg theatre and more including five black and white photographs: The Theatre of Dionysus an experimental building at the Bauhaus in Dessau a set design for August Strindbergs The Great Highway designed by Ludwig Sievert and more. Printed by: A. Wohlfeld Magdeburg. 2. Allemagne Exposition du Theatre Allemand Magdebourg MaySept. 1927 4 x 8.5 French text eight pages folded brochure lacking the staples with splits and wear and a light fold throughout. Illustrated in black and red including seven black and white illustrations explaining the history of the Magdebourg theatre. Theatre Exhibition logo designed by Karl Schulpig a pioneer of early corporate design frequently cited as one of the fathers of the modern logo design. <br/><br/> unknown books
191530734Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts 1915. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers. Spine darkened. Modest wear. A VG copy. 351 1 pp. Text in English. Illustrated with sepia plates. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts unknown books
1895485401895. WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. THE CONGRESS OF WOMEN held in the woman's building World Columbian Exposition Chicago U.S.A. 1893. With portraits biographies and addresses. Edited by Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle Chairman of the Committee on Congresses of the Board of Lady Managers. Chicago: International Publishing Co. 1895. Official edition sold only by subscription. Small 4to. full-leather bevel-edged boards stamped in blind lettered in gilt spine in gilt a.e.g. A very good copy that shows some rubbing at the boards and extremities wear at the crown Binding shaken. unknown books
1894485391894. WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. THE CONGRESS OF WOMEN held in the woman's building World Columbian Exposition Chicago U.S.A. 1893. With portraits biographies and addresses. Edited by Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle Chairman of the Committee on Congresses of the Board of Lady Managers. Chicago: John E. Hoham 1894. Official edition sold only by subscription. Small 4to. green cloth covered bevel-edged boards. A very good copy that shows some light soiling at the cloth slight wear at the spine ends and extremities. Binding shaken. unknown books
305504San Francisco Hergert & Frey 1894. Oblong 8vo 9 5/8" x 6 1/4". 16 pages of plates from photographs accordion style panorama. Original elaborately gilt stamped red cloth text separated at one fold else very good. No signatures or bookplates. Numerous views of San Francisco Sausalito etc. Hardcover. Very Good. [San Francisco? Hergert & Frey?, 1894. hardcover books
29379EXPOSITION--VIENNA--1874 MASSACHUSETTS. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO TH EXPOSITION AT VIENNA. Boston: Wright & Potter 1874. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers. 91 pages. First edition. Among others Massachusetts won awards for chromolithography Prang firearm Smith and Wesson and printing for the blind Howe. There were also report on civil engineering and farm houses. Name in ink on front cover else very good. Vienna was the last major exhibition before Philadelphia 1876 and plan for the Centennial Exhibition are discussed. unknown books
1892232951New York: Brentano 1892. First. hardcover. good. 12 photogravure plates. 4pp. of text. Oblong folio 1/2 blue cloth boards soiled edges of boards worn front flyleaf with several tears light foxing to plates. New York: Brentano's 1892. First Edition<br/><br/> Brentano unknown books
195035807Montevideo: Asociacion de Impresores y Anexos del Uruguay 1950. First edition. Paper wrappers with spiral binding. A very good copy with faint soiling on wrappers plain cardboard slipcase lacking top edge and much worn. 29 pp. plates. Illus. with 22 color plates 3 folding and 5 b/w plates. 4to. No. 212 of 800 copies issued not for sale but for association members public libraries and public authorities with the card of Julio Speroni Vener Bibliotecario del Ministerio del Interior who wrote one of the articles entitled "Los precursores de la bibliografÃa uruguaya" tipped in. A second article "La Imprenta de la Patria Vieja 1815-1816" was by Juan E. Pivel Devoto. Many portraits advertisements some items printed on clear sheets overall an interesting item and somewhat unusual; in the U.S. only a partial copy the article by Speroni Vener is shown by OCLC at Texas. Also a copy is at Biblioteca de la AECI in Spain. Asociacion de Impresores y Anexos del Uruguay unknown books
1893486771893. WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. ART AND HANDICRAFT IN THE WOMAN'S BUILDING OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1893. Edited by Maude Howe Eliot. Paris and New York: Goupil and Co. 1893. 8vo. green decorated cloth a.e.g. Illustrated throughout. Includes articles by Julia Ward Howe Candace Wheeler and others. A very good copy that shows some soiling at the boards and slight rubbing at the spine ends and extermities. Binding shaken. unknown books
189320760Chicago: Metcalf Stationery Company 1893. First Edition. 16 pp in original stapled wrappers. Delicate condition with a 1/4 x 1.5 inch chip missing from all pages in the volume not affecting text and an additional chip to the front wrapper. A scarce and detailed guide to the many features of the Moorish Palace at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. These included a palm garden "enhanced by groups of Arabs" a replica of the Alhambra a harem a labyrinth a cave a "monster kaleidoscope" and an extensive wax museum. The guide describes 60 figures and scenes appearing in the museum among them the Lincoln assasintation the fountain of youth Christ and the Samartian Martin Luther Sleeping Beauty Shakespeare Mozart Queen Victoria Pope Leo XIII Napoleon and George Washington. A separate room contained a diorama of the execution of Marie Antoinette which used the actual scaffold and guillotine that did the deed. Metcalf Stationery Company unknown books
1893303812New York Home Insurance Company 1893. 1893. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece and over 50 b/w illustrations. Original stiff color pictorial wrappers. Very good. 32 pages. Notable for the description and illustrations of the Columbian Exposition as well as for the information on Columbus American history etc. plus facsimile signatures of Columbus and all the Presidents of the United States among others. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. New York, Home Insurance Company, 1893. paperback books
197547729n.p.: Imp. SERG/Ivry. Copyright by Centre National d'Arte et de Culture Georges-Pompidou. Bibliothéque publigue d'information 1975. 1st Printing. White thick paper leaves printed in black. Stapled. Text in French. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A Vg copy. Some light soiling and faint age toning. Edges rubbed corners bumped. Internallt clean and bright. 16 pp. Illustrated with black and white photgraphes. 12-1/2" x 9-1/4" <br/><br/>An exhibition catalog. Imp. SERG/Ivry. Copyright by Centre National d'Arte et de Culture Georges-Pompidou. Bibliothéque publigue d'info unknown books
195579616Habana 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. photos index 264p. Original boards. 28cm. Light cover browning and wear. Gift inscription by C. Zayas a Cuban publisher. No Jacket. Spanish text. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1948WB17380St. Louis: City Art Museum of St. Louis 1948. Paperback. Fair. Restrospective Exhibition by the City Art Museum of St. Louis. Unique copy - with typed transcript of lecture given by Beckmann at Stephens College "Letters to a Woman Painter" laid in. Front wrap detached. Sold as is. <br/><br/> City Art Museum of St. Louis paperback books
19005747Boston: Noyes Platt & Company 1900. Hardcover. VG. Red cloth. 110 48 pp. 48 bw plates. Includes biographical paragraphs on every American artist who was represented at the 1900 Exposition. Lists 255 paintings 160 drawings and illustrations 41 miniatures 69 works of sculpture 56 architecture entries and 3 mural decorations. Quite rare. Noyes, Platt & Company hardcover books
1894305505<p>Oblong octavo 9 5/8" x 6 1/4". 16 pages of plates from photographs accordion style panorama with captions in English German French and Spanish. Original elaborately gilt stamped red cloth later red cloth spine; corners and edges worn. Good. No signatures or bookplates. Numerous views of San Francisco Sausalito etc.</p> [San Francisco? Hergert & Frey?] hardcover books
191326706Tegicigalpa: Tipografia Nacional 1913. Wraps. Good. 26 pages. Printed yellow wrappers. 7 3/4 x 11 inches. Browned paper uncut and unopened. Dampstaining near spine in several places throughout. A scarce publication. Wraps. Rough english translation: "Regulation of the Honduras Section at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco California 1915: approved by supreme agreement of May 28 1913 . followed by the Regulations and Rules for Reporting and Guidance of Those Who Claim to Participate in she dictated by the President of The Expresada Exposicon And Corrected And Approved By The Same Tipografia Nacional unknown books
19261156.3Philadelphia PA: Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition Philadelphia 1926. Second Edition. Softcover. VG small cover label and bookplate from previous ownership of art museum library. Light cover smudges. Green wraps. 124 pp. 74 bw repros. The Sesqui-Centennial was a huge Exposition and this catalogue records almost 5000 works of art predominantly American. Repros after Redfield Metcalf Jonas Lie C. Hawthorne D. Garber Davies Bellows Paxton R. Spencer G. Harding Gustave Cimiotti Bohm H.A. and G. Oberteuffer R. Sloan Bredin P. Hale Sloan Luks John F. Carlson W.E. Schofield Tarbell Cassatt Bellows Luks J. Wenger etc. A very hard to find important catalogue. Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition, Philadelphia paperback books
19944828Lisbon: Associacao Portuguesa de Estudos Judaicos 1994. 4To. Stiff printed paper covers 329 pgs incl index chronology no 225. Exhibits most with photos or illustrations many in color. Maps. Regarding Jewish diaspora with text in English and Portuguese. A big heavy work almost 5 lbs - extra mailing cost required. A lavish exhibit. A fine copy - no markings. Associacao Portuguesa de Estudos Judaicos unknown books
198975803New York: Tweed Gallery at City Park 1989. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations 32p. Wrapper. 28cm. INSCRIBED by "J. B. Murray" and SIGNED by two of the dance masters Talley Beatty on page 10 and Honi Coles on page 14. An exhibition catalog. Invitation to the opening reception on January 30th laid in. <br/><br/> Tweed Gallery at City Park paperback books