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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
1993265945Windsor Ontario: Art Gallery of Windsor 1993. Paperback. 85p. wraps 8.75x11 inches profusly illus. very good condition. Text in English and French. Catalogue for an exhibition of works by the multimedia artist. Art Gallery of Windsor paperback books
28903EXHIBITION HOMMAGE A DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC. Paris: Chateau de Blois 1967. 4to. Wrappers. 151 pages. Exhibition catalogue. Wrappers rubbed else very good. 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
189050922NY: Radtke Lauckner & Co 1890. Single sheet 10 3/8 x8 inches with a copper etching of a rustic cabin on a lake with a sail boat in the background. In holograph on the lower margin is " At Brennan & Davis' Monday & Tuesday Apr 20th & 21st." Faint foxing else very good. The firm of Radtke Lauckner & Co. were publishers and importers of etchings engravings and photographs located at 6 East 18th Street New York during the 1890's. Apparently they arranged traveling exhibitions of their wares at various locations; this elaborate invitation was for a showing at Brennan & Davis' a jewelry stationary and book store in Bradford Pennsylvania. <br/><br/> Radtke, Lauckner & Co 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
194668548Tokyo 1946. Paperback. Very Good. Single long sheet folded to form a narrow 12-page brochure. 20cm. Also includes as a separate item: Printed invitation to attend the March 24th Pre-View. <br/><br/> paperback books
200070613St. Louis 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Folded six-page leaflet. 28cm. Exhibition curated by Marilyn E. Heldman and held Sept. 7 - Oct. 14 2000 in Gallery 210 at University of Missouri--St. Louis. The leaflet includes color photos of three works a black and white photo of the artist and a description written by Heldman of the author's life and work. It does not include a list of the works exhibited. <br/><br/> paperback books
44NewYork: Abbeville Press 1982. Quarto. A fine copy of the catalogue documenting the important exhibition of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on the Moderne Movement with its complex aesthetic and cultural implications. Bound in stiff printed wrappers this copy includes the checklist from the exhibition which is often lacking. paperback books
1970WB17383Paris: Grand Palais 1970. Paperback. Very Good. Two folders one orange the other green with small color-reproductions of 12 of Matisse paintings on laminate paper in each folder. <br/><br/> Grand Palais paperback books
194768530Tokyo 1947. Paperback. Very Good. Not illustrated. 20p. Wrapper. 19cm. Introductory essay by Muneshige Narasaki. 440 items listed. <br/><br/> paperback 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
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
195733202London: Leicester Galleries 1957. 1st edition. Cream paper wrappers with black drawing and lettering to front cover. VG faint wear light age-toning. 48 pp. 8 reproduction b/w plates. 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Leicester Galleries unknown books
196320999New York: The Grolier Club 1963. Limited to 800 copies printed by the Harbor Press. Blue printed wrappers. Good soiled front cover/ 2 small punctures at rear cover. 17 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 21cm x 14cm. <br/><br/> The Grolier Club unknown books
1935893301935. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE Asahi Shinbunsha. Shûkan Asahi Rinjisôkan NIKA GASHÛ. Ôsaka. Shôwa 10 1935. Folio color-printed paper wrappers 38.1 x 26.3cm. Profusely illustrated with bw photo illustrations of art exhibited in the 22nd annual Nikakai exhibition in 1935. Very slight edgewear very good overall. An interesting resource on this important group. unknown books
1981WRCLIT74707Innsbruck Frankfurt and Vienna: Galerie Krinzinger et al. 1981. 200pp. Oblong small quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Black & white reproductions. An exhibition catalogue prepared for a group show of contemporary artists of Switzerland with biographies of each artist accompanying examples of their work. Text in German. One- half inch chip from toe of spine else very good. Galerie Krinzinger, et al. unknown books
199635336Roskilde: Museet for Samtidskunst 1996. Paperback. Fine. Small octavo. Illustrated wrappers. 266 pp. Text in Danish German and English.<br/><br/>Introduction by Klaus Schöning. Edited by Marianne Bech and Jasna Radonijic.<br/><br/>Exhibition held at Museet for Samtidskunst Roskilde Denmark 6-25 August 1996. ISBN: 8798534378<br/><br/>Detailed information on 100 works created and presented at Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. Museet for Samtidskunst paperback books
195835337Cremona 1958. Paperback. Good. 172 pp.<br/><br/>Former owner's name in ink to front cover. Shelfwear to spine pages lightly browned. paperback books
197535324Basel: Kunstmuseum 1975. Paperback. SEEBASS Tilman ed. 99 pp. Kunstmuseum paperback books
198835308München; Cambridge: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Houghton Library Harvard University 1988. Paperback. HELL Hellmut; MOISY Sigrid von; WOLFF Barbara eds. 138 pp. In English and German. Catalog of a joint exhibition of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the Houghton Library issued by the Bavaria-Harvard Committee for 20th Century Music History. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Houghton Library, Harvard University paperback books
197727066Kassel: Gesamthochschule Kassel Fotoforum 1977. First edition. Oblong 8vo. 263 pp. numerous b&w photo-illustrations. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Bumped corner dusty wrappers else very good. Prepared for an exhibition which was made up into two main groups: "Reflection of the Media" and "From Documentation to Fiction." German and English text; includes artists' statements and short bios. Photos by Floris M. Neusüss Jochen Gerz George & Gilbert Annette Massager Urs Lüthi Jürgen Klauke Bettina Gruber Arnulf Rainer Christian Boltanski Rolf H. Krauss Jan Dibbets Heribert Burkert et al. Limited to 2000 copies. <br/><br/> Gesamthochschule Kassel, Fotoforum 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
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
35464EXPOSITION--NASHVILLE--1897 REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION NASHVILLE 1897. Washington: Government Printing Office 1901. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. 188 pages 58 plates. First edition. This exposition celebrated Tennesee's centennial. The report is the most comprehensive account of the fair. It is quite rare with only one copy cite in OCLC. Most of the plates show buildings constructed for the exposition m in classic styles. Included is the Negro Building celebrating the lives of Tennessee's former slaves. A fine bright copy. unknown books
