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18513220148<p><em>Lithograph strip panorama consisting of four sheets conjoined measuring 12 x 230 cm overall some light dust-soiling in places; folding into publisher's original boards the upper cover with an illustration of a showman in military attire drumming up an audience for a show consisting of a Punch and Judy-style booth with what appear curiously to be marionettes rather than glove-puppets dancing on the stage spine expertly repaired covers slightly marked but nevertheless still a good example.</em></p><p>Rare panorama consisting of 75 captioned vignettes of the people of many nationalities idly wasting time or misbehaving themselves in mostly harmless ways: "A Highland Gentleman practising the Art of Boozing" "John Bull sleeping on the National Debt" "A Hindoo Gentleman enjoying Hookah" "Young Irish Lady doing penance by walking on sharp stones round a well" "A New Zealand Chief polishing the skull of one of his enemies" and so on. It concludes with 'A French Patriot playing Battledoor i.e. battledore & Shuttlecock' the character hitting two crowns and a bonnet-rouge into the air.</p><p>Although unsigned the artist for the work is clearly Benjamin Clayton 1809-1883 what little we know of him comes mainly from his daughter the writer and artist Ellen Creathorne 1834-1900. Benjamin was born in Dublin but moved his family to London in 1841 hoping to be a history painter however his gifts lay instead with illustration firstly producing his own periodicals gChatg and gPunchinello. A journal of wit wisdom and romanceg but later having to work for other publishers first with Ackermann & Co. and later for Dean and Son.</p><p>The publisher George Mann at 39 Cornhill together with Dean & Son issued several panoramas at the time of the Great Exhibition the partnership ending with Mann's death in 1852.</p> Dean & Son, Printers. [Published by] G. Mann, Cornhill [London].
189461007San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co. 215-219 Bush St. 1894. Fifteen parts in one vol. Oblong folio. 14.5 x 10.75 in. 240 pp unpaginated. 227 photo plates 13 double-page. Recent black cloth Portfolio No. 7 cover mounted on front cover as title endpapers renewed all fascicles were bound in adjustable slide post-binder as evidenced by discrete slits at gutter margin some occasional minor tears slight edgewear to textblock from thumbing still a VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this exceptional and complete photographic souvenir series capturing the California Midwinter International Exposition which was the first World’s Fair in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park prior to the Earthquake & Fire. Taber 1830-1912 was the official photographer of the Fair and he has captured with vividness the excitement and variety of the events in the Fair with night shots of the Electric Tower piercing the darkness the action in the Forty-Niner Mining Camp which featured “Monarch†the stuffed Grizzly Bear who was showcased in the venue along with logging scenes at Lake Tahoe Hopfields in Ukiah CA the bedraggled Apache confined to the “Arizona Indian Village†along with a portrait of a Chinese Opium Den in San Francisco’s Chinatown. H.S. Crocker Co., 215-219 Bush St., hardcover
189461008San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co. 215-219 Bush St. 1894. Fifteen parts in one vol. Oblong folio. 13.5 x 10.25 in. 240 pp unpaginated. 227 photo plates 13 double-page. Recent black cloth Portfolio No. 13 cover mounted on front cover as title endpapers renewed all fascicles were bound in adjustable slide post-binder as evidenced by discrete slits at gutter margin some occasional minor tears slight edgewear to textblock from thumbing textblock cropped poorly diagonally when originally bound still a VG- copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this exceptional and complete photographic souvenir series capturing the California Midwinter International Exposition which was the first World’s Fair in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park prior to the Earthquake & Fire. Taber 1830-1912 was the official photographer of the Fair and he has captured with vividness the excitement and variety of the events in the Fair with night shots of the Electric Tower piercing the darkness the action in the Forty-Niner Mining Camp which featured “Monarch†the stuffed Grizzly Bear who was showcased in the venue along with logging scenes at Lake Tahoe Hopfields in Ukiah CA the bedraggled Apache confined to the “Arizona Indian Village†along with a portrait of a Chinese Opium Den in San Francisco’s Chinatown. H.S. Crocker Co., 215-219 Bush St., hardcover
189360898Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & Co. 1893. Oblong 4to. 11.75 x 9.2 in. 100 pp unpaginated. with photo plates throughout. Cloth-backed publisher’s boards printed cyanotype lozenge illust. of the Columbian Exposition front cover decorative blue & white lettering minor soiling scuffing expertly rebacked rear flyleaf renewed faint tidemark to some leaves at fore-edges still G copy from library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this nicely illustrated photographic souvenir of the 1893 Columbian Exposition including many depicting the ethnic villages and groups which acted as curiosities on the Midway Plaisance including West Africans Syrians Inuit the Turkish bazaar tent Ceylon tea house and more. See: Dybwad & Bliss Annotated Bibliography: World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 1992 1723. Rand, McNally & Co., hardcover
189460987Chicago: Wabash Publishing House W.B. Conkey Co. 1894. Tall thick 8vo. 1196 pp. Photo frontisp. nearly 100 photos & text illusts. illust. initials. Pictorial green cloth gilt illustration & lettering front cover & spine minor scuffing edgewear couple minor bumped corners front inner hinge starting still VG- copy from library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this massive compilation of addresses and reports presented at the Colombian Exposition. Of particular interest is the amount devoted to eastern religions including Hinduism Buddhism Bramo-Somaj Shintoism Confucianism Zoroastrianism as well as Islam. The editor has included papers on the role of Buddhism in Siam and Japan the development of Confucianism extracts from the Koran and more. Of particular interest are the papers presented by African-Americans on the “American Negroe’s†role in Christianity including addresses by Bishop Arnett of the African Methodist Ethiopian Church as well as Fannie Barrier Williams on the “Religious Duty to the Negro†and “The Catholic Church and the Negro Race†by J.R. Slattery of Baltimore. Fannie Williams was a vociferous proponent of education for African-American women writing that in terms “of employment colored women bear a distressing burden of mean and unreasonable discrimination . . . colored women can find no employment in this free America.†As African-Americans were almost entirely excluded from the 1893 Columbian Exposition these papers and addresses offer just a few of the efforts by the Black community to engage with attendees. See: Dybwad & Bliss Annotated Bibliography: World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 1992 2256. Wabash Publishing House, [W.B. Conkey Co.], hardcover
185460414New York & London: G.P. Putnam and Co. Sampson Low Son & Co. John F. Trow Printer & Stereotyper 49 Ann Street 1854. Folio. xi 1 207 1 pp. Engraved frontisp. extra-illustrated engraved title 5 engraved plates 1 colour woodcut plate for tiles another engraved plate of Fresnel lenses integral to pagination with 500 woodcut-engraved text illustrations decorations. Elaborately decorated & gilt embossed cobalt-blue publisher’s cloth decorative gilt lettering front & back covers a.e.g. rebacked w/ upper portion of original spine laid-back down corners renewed resewn flyleaves expertly silked wear to lower fore-edges minor stain to a few leaves in rear of textblock upper fore-edge still a VG- copy. First edition possible first state including the colour plate & extra-illustrated title & frontispiece which are not present in some printings of this lavishly illustrated catalogue of America’s first exposition inspired and patterned after the 1851 Crystal Palace Great Exhibition in London. Mixed in with the familiar Arts & Crafts material which filled the early expositions including industrially produced glassware metalwork ceramics and more the 1853-54 Exposition served as a vital presentation of American invention and technology including Royal Earl House’s innovative printing telegraph with its piano-style keyboard a Henry Fitz refractor telescope John Whipple’s daguerreotypes shot of the Moon at Harvard College and even a publicity stunt featuring Elias Otis demonstrating his safety elevator by dramatically cutting the rope holding the cage preventing is descent when they deployed. The 1853-54 Exhibition was also vital to the development of iron construction in America including the striking octagonally planned domed structure by Castensen and Gildermeister as well as plans submitted by Paxton Downing & Vaux Bogardus and Hoppin all illustrated here. After the fair closed in November 1854 the New York Crystal Palace sporadically held tradefairs until 1858 when the iron and glass building burned to the ground in less than 30 minutes. See: Coleman The Exhibition in the Palace a Bibliographical Essay Bulletin of the New York Public Library Sept. 1960 pp. 459-477; William Ashworth Scientist of the Day -- New York Crystal Palace Linda Hall Library July 14 2022. G.P. Putnam and Co., Sampson Low, Son & Co., [John F. Trow, Printer & Stereotyper, 49 Ann Street], hardcover
189360192Chicago IL: C.D. Arnold World’s Columbian Exposition Department of Photography 1893. Oblong 4to. Seventeen albumen photographs mounted sized from 7 x 8 up to 7 x 8.5 in. on 9.5 x 8 in. printed studio board photographer’s imprint w/in negative of image and lower corners of board titles imprinted at lower blank board of each image Columbian Exposition medal stamped on versos minor edgewear slight rubbing very minor over-exposure on a few images still a VG bright set of original images. A group of very scarce mounted souvenir albumen photographs shot at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 when patrons carrying small Kodak cameras were required to pay $ 2.00 license fee to bring a camera onto the grounds and no cameras or tripods able to shoot larger than 4 x 5 in. images were allowed. Most visitors bought the printed photo album versions wealthier ones would buy entire souvenir photo albums filled with Arnold images and yet others could buy them as individual mounted shots depicting their favorite or preferred venues. The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair ran almost six months featured grounds and gardens laid out by Fredrick Olmsted covering 630 acres and a Midway skyline dominated by the 250-foot Ferris wheel designed by George Ferris which could carry 2160 patrons when fully loaded. The “On the Midway†photo shows the Ferris wheel still under construction which much of the structure still clad in scaffolding. Others depict throngs of visitors individual exhibits and some Buildings just newly finished such as the U.S. Government Building featuring scaffolding off to the side for future installation to be completed. Arnold 1844-1927 was prior to the Fair an obscure Buffalo NY photographer who had been initially contracted to photograph the construction of the 1893 World’s Fair but proved to be an excellent architectural photographer so so became the Chief of the Fair’s Dept. of Photography. See; Thomas Yanul Charles Dudley Arnold Photographer 1844-1927 Official Photographer Chicago Columbian & Pan-American Expositions 2001. C.D. Arnold, [World’s Columbian Exposition, Department of Photography], unknown
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
187562481Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie 1875. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 29cm in three volumes. In original brown half-leather brown cloth-covered boards stamped in gold on fronts titles and pictorial stamps on spines in gilt all edges marbled; marbled endpapers; vol. I: xii 366pp; vol. II: x 521pp; vol. III: clxxxvi ii 375pp; with engraved frontispiece title page and 43 plates on inserted leaves in vol. I engraved frontispieces in vols. II and III and extensive in-text wood engravings throughout. Unfaded sound and clean with minor rubbing and a few insignificant marks and bumps to boards: around Near Fine. <br /> <br /> A beautiful set of this lavish catalogue of the "arts and industries exhibited" at the 1876 Centennial Exposition the first world's fair to be held in the United States. Nearly 10 million visitors attended this demonstration of American industrial prowess. The catalogue also includes extensive essays on the history of international exhibitions and on the preparation of the fair. Vol. I: Fine Art including photography. Vol. II: Industrial Art i.e. decorative arts. Vol. III: History Mechanics Science. RYDELL 370. 62481. Gebbie & Barrie unknown
1849WRCAM38909New York 1849. 4pp. Minor creasing to edges. Near fine. Promoting "the taste for the Fine Arts" this small pamphlet outlines the General Plan of the International Art-Union. In exchange for an annual fee of five dollars the subscriber received an engraving equal to the value of the subscription as well as the opportunity for an American student to study in Europe for two years subsidized by the Union. The final two pages advertise the engravings held by the Art-Union. Among those listed under the "Committee of Reference" are Washington Irving and N.P. Ellis. unknown books
188136186Philadelphia: Nagle & Ryckman 1881. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Folio sized wraps approximately 14" x 10." 24 pages. Illustrated. Two page illustration in the middle. Original illustrated covers with contents printed on the front. Fragile condition. Fair condition. Very old tape repairs to the covers and pages 1 and 2 with old tape stains upper corners first 3 pages. Front cover chipped on the edge. Pages have some creasing and small edge tears. Contents generally clean. Atlanta businessman H. I. Kimball was the Director General of the International cotton Exposition. This exposition preceded the more famous Atlanta Cotton States exposition in 1895. From the New Georgia Encyclopedia:<br /> <br /> Atlanta held its first exposition named the International Cotton Exposition in Oglethorpe Park in 1881. The city then had fewer than 40000 residents and the primary sense in which the first exposition was “international†was the display of cotton plants from around the world. Nevertheless Atlantans were eager to host the 1881 exposition to promote investment and to help the city toward its goal of becoming an industrial center which was a primary component of Grady’s “New South†concept. Although attendance was lower than expected fewer than 200000 in paid attendance during its two-and-a-half-month run city leaders demonstrated that they could work together to host a major event and that Atlanta was serious about its role in textile production at a time when the North was beginning to grow dissatisfied with the efficiency of southern cotton processing. The exposition displayed new crop planters and cotton seed cleaners along with a model of Eli Whitney’s original cotton gin and speakers addressed the crowds about agricultural technology and political reforms. Nagle & Ryckman unknown
1851108971851 London : The Illustrated London news,1851,folio broché non rogné,12 numeros trés rare,sans le 3,pagination continue 208p.,bon etat texte,marges un peu effrangées,timbre rouge du Illustrated London news,bon état.
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
18762305160021John Filmer; Press of McCalla & Stavely 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Scarce 2 volumes in 1. Rebacked. 394 pages. 62 pages : illustrations portraits ; 31 x 24 cm. Illustrated plates. Numerous advertisements. Minor dampstaining. Historical sketches illustrations of Philadelphia and official programme of days religious services processions pageants exercises receptions and entertainments connected with the bi-centennial celebration of the founding of the commonwealth of Penn's on the days of October 22d 24th 25th 26th and 27th 1882 at Philadelphia. The first part describes the history of the planning and development of the exhibition. Note: This is only the first part of the exhibition catalogue. John Filmer; Press of McCalla & Stavely, hardcover
1851194442London : J. Cassell 1851 1851. First Edition. Hardback. Finely and period sympathetically bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. An exceptional copy; of presentation quality - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical description 30 v in 1. xliv 556 p. 10 leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. 8vo. Frontis lacking the first section; full Crystal Palace and caption remains. Notes; Originally issued weekly in 30 parts between June 7 and December 27 1851. No more published. Subjects; Industrial arts. London : J. Cassell, [1851] hardcover
1884394743London : William Clowes for the International Health Exhibition 1884. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original decorated title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: The Health Exhibition Literature. Physical description: 1 volume : 269 pages ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Public health; Civic Life; Health and well-being 19th century; Public Institutions 19th century; Health; Medicine. London : William Clowes for the International Health Exhibition hardcover
190067891900 Direction of the canadian commission for the exhibition 1900 brochure In8 40 pages 1 carte dépliante
186453725London: Day & Son 1864. First Edition. Large octavo 26cm. Publisher's embossed cloth-covered boards decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; xxiv447pp; 431 wood-engraved text-figures; 39 inserted leaves of engraved plates most folding. Neatly rebacked; some spotting and soiling to boards spine cloth slightly dulled. Endpapers soiled with faint marginal tidemark to preliminary leaves but in all a tight complete Very Good copy. Ownership signature on front endpaper of a William John Lafferty Belfast dated 1866. <br/><br/>A significant work infrequent in commerce. Especially valuable for its coverage of early railway technology an area in which the author was himself expert as he had served as a Consulting Engineer for the Great North of Scotland Railway as early as 1853. The book's four divisions - Railways; Textile Machinery; Metal and Wood Manufacturing Machinery; and "Machinery in General" are each profusely illustrated with both text figures and folding plates. The final plate at end of text is a "General Plan of the Western Annex" where mechanical exhibits were housed. Day & Son unknown books
186453725London: Day & Son 1864. First Edition. Large octavo 26cm. Publisher's embossed cloth-covered boards decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; xxiv447pp; 431 wood-engraved text-figures; 39 inserted leaves of engraved plates most folding. Neatly rebacked; some spotting and soiling to boards spine cloth slightly dulled. Endpapers soiled with faint marginal tidemark to preliminary leaves but in all a tight complete Very Good copy. Ownership signature on front endpaper of a William John Lafferty Belfast dated 1866. <br /> <br /> A significant work infrequent in commerce. Especially valuable for its coverage of early railway technology an area in which the author was himself expert as he had served as a Consulting Engineer for the Great North of Scotland Railway as early as 1853. The book's four divisions - Railways; Textile Machinery; Metal and Wood Manufacturing Machinery; and "Machinery in General" are each profusely illustrated with both text figures and folding plates. The final plate at end of text is a "General Plan of the Western Annex" where mechanical exhibits were housed. Day & Son unknown
1854199423London: Printed by W. Clownes and Sons 1854. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in later library bound gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges with scattered foxing and discolouration to some internal leaves. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Ex-library - Blackburn Public Library Reference Department. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Physical desc. : 7 vols in one edition with dates ranging from 1854 to 1860. 23 cm. Subject: Art -- History - 19th century - Great Britain - Exhibitions -- Sculptures -- East Room. Notes: editions run from the The Eighty-Sixth to The Ninety-Second. London: Printed by W. Clownes and Sons hardcover
18939662Detroit: The American Engraving Company Publishers & Printers 1893. First Printing. Saddle-stapled wrappers. Good-. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Saddle-stapled wraps with printed illustrated front cover. Both covers detached and with age-toning to edges. Interior quite sound. A remarkable exhibition-in-print of the variety of world ethnicities arrayed at the Chicago World's Fair. This aspect of the midway was an exploitative carnie-like objectification of human beings featuring a Kurd a female Turkish dancer swordsmen from Damascus a "donkey boy" from Cairo et al. Scarce: OCLC locates only two cataloged institutional copies at the University of Michigan and the Michigan State Library. Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing. The American Engraving Company Publishers & Printers unknown
18513220040<i>Engraved panoramic view measuring 460×235mm overall image 415×145 mm. </i><br /><br /><br />Steel-engraved panoramic view published by Boyd & Cannavan London Wall & J. H. Woodley in the City. Text beneath the image provides statistics for the building such as length 1848 feet and cost for use & maintenance £79800. the commity decided to add three feet of steps at on end to make the leanght up to a more satisfying 1851 feet Boyd & Cannavan
189360955Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & Co. 1893. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 9 in. 226 pp unpaginated. with photo plates throughout. Publisher’s maroon-coloured cloth over beveled boards decorative gilt lettering & illustration on front cover minor soiling light bumping to corners minor spotting & very light stain spot on back cover still VG- copy from library of Prof. Marvin Nathan w/original purchase invoice dated Jan. 30 1996 from the inimitable Charles B. Wood III bookseller. First edition of this nicely illustrated photographic souvenir of the 1893 Columbian Exposition including many depicting the ethnic villages and groups which acted as curiosities on the Midway Plaisance including West Africans Samoan singers Syrians Inuit the Turkish bazaar tent Ceylon tea house and more. Rand McNally issued this in several formats although this 226 pp. version was the most expansive. See: Dybwad & Bliss Annotated Bibliography: World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 1992 1596. Rand, McNally & Co., hardcover
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
1894003PARThe Bancroft Company Chicago and San Francisco: 1893-1894. 1894 Issued by subscription. Twenty-three of 25 original parts. Lacks parts 1 & 25. Folio. 310 x 415 mm. Forty pages in each part. Numerous photo illustrations. A very well preserved set. Books in parts are works which were published piecemeal mainly in the 19th century over a period of months or years. Each unit usually having a separate magazine-like cover. This method of publishing benefited the publisher as it was thought that the price of a weekly or monthly part at one shilling or a quarter was affordable to a wider readership than the price of pound sterling or $ 5.00 for a bound volume. Though this particular set was very costly at $ 1.00 for each part! Since they were meant to be bound by the purchaser very few have survived into our present era. This set is extremely scarce in parts format. A wonderful artifact of the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago: 1893. This edition apparently not in Arents 1957. RARE. PRICE JUST REDUCED! PARTS 2 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good. The Bancroft Company, Chicago and San Francisco: 1893-1894. paperback
