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1901rif. 60904Buffalo NY: Wagner Typewriter Co. 241 Broadway 1901. One chromolithograph cabinet-sized card 4.25 x 6.25 in. printed photo on verso minor dustsoiling slight edgewear still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce promotional trade card from the Wagner Typewriter Co. which not only featured an elaborate display of their latest mechanical and electrical “Underwood” typewriters but also featured the prodigious competition by two Massachusetts women Mary Esther “Mae” Carrington 1878-1944 and Alice Mary Schreiner 1878-1961 renowned competitive speed typists earning $ 100.00 per week typing up to a 144 words per minute with accuracy. “Lady Betty” columnist of the Buffalo Evening Times wrote that the “exhibit of American typewriters at the Exposition was the most elaborate and comprehensive ever attempted at any exposition and that augmented by the presence of these two wizard-like operators.” No copies in Worldcat U of DE does hold a 4 pp. Underwood Typewriter Catalogue; See: Richard Polt The Classic Typewriter Page Underwood No. 5 2020; Buffalo Evening Times Women’s Realm May 18 1901; Robert Messenger ozTypewriter April 18 2019. [Wagner Typewriter Co.]., [241 Broadway], unknown
1915rif. 60860Jackson & Detroit MI: White Frost Refrigerator Co. The Franklin Press 1915. 12mo. 3.7 x 6.25 in. 24 pp. printed in yellow black & white throughout white thin borders numerous illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of stylish Progressive Era woman w/ Tower of Jewels in background and the exhibit of the Great White Frost Refrigerators on back cover NF. First edition of this very rare catalogue and giveaway sales brochure for the White Frost Refrigerator Co. exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. In 1915 most refrigerators if the home had one were large wooden cabinets fitted with a space for ice but the White Frost Refrigerator created a 47 inch tall 27 inch in diameter product with a curved enamel steel case wire rotating shelves able to hold up to 100 pounds of ice for cooling and also cool an exterior water cooler tank. Hugh Smith was the president of the company of this White Frost’s which were first patented in 1906 and were very popular at their PPIE debut. No copies in Worldcat. White Frost Refrigerator Co., The Franklin Press, paperback
1914rif. 60836San Francisco CA: The Architect and Engineer of California 617-619 Monadnock Building Dec. 1914. Tall 8vo. 7 x 10.25 in. 56 pp unpaginated. With over 100 text illustrations photos colour-illustrated insert pp. 25-32 decorative & illustrated borders. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art by Perham Wilhelm Nahl 1869-1935 of the famed “Thirteenth Labor of Hercules” forcing the giant cliffs apart with a hazy view of the PPIE in the background colour plate of the Exposition & the Tower of Jewels on back cover minor age toning slight shelfwear rubbing still VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Second edition of this fairly uncommon promotional souvenir for the famed 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition including a colour-insert series of pages and extensive photo-illustrated sections on the largely rebuilt San Francisco along with other California attractions including the Missions & Chinatown. The Architect and Engineer of California, 617-619 Monadnock Building, paperback
1915rif. 60798San Francisco: Robert. A. Reid 1915. Oblong 4to. 12.25 x 9.4 in. 84 pp unpaginated. Photo-illust. title 100s of photo illustrations. 2 large double-page colour panoramas of the Exposition. Original embossed illustrated gray-coloured thick softcovers elaborate cover art on front cover in raised embossed gilt of Palace of arts stapled as issued yapp fore-edges slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition of this uncommon and exceptional souvenir travel pamphlet of the historic Exposition in San Francisco. The interior is excellent in this piece giving views of almost all the pavilions fountains and courts and includes exterior & interior views of the foreign exhibit halls the “Zone” or midway and more. Robert. A. Reid, paperback
1893rif. 9662Detroit: 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
1897rif. 62151Philadelphia Boston & San Francisco: American Line International Navigation Company 1897. Oblong 16mo. 7.5 x 5.75 in. 47 1 pp. With photo & text illustrations throughout. Colour-printed yellow softcovers lettering & decoration in red & blue minor dustsoiling shelfwear still VG bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce excursion guide for travelers on the American Line enroute to enjoy the 1897 General Art & Industrial Exposition of Stockholm World’s Fair held in 1897 to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of King Oscar II’s reign. Visitors sailed on four different American Line twin-screw steamships including the SS New York SS Paris SS St. Paul and SS St. Louis. Featuring 3722 exhibitors from Sweden Finland Norway Denmark and Russia the exhibition was held on the island of Djurgarden and many of the structures still exist including the Djurgardsbron bridge Skansens Bergbana funicular railway now in the Skansen open-air museum and zoo and the Nordic Museum. Sadly Ferdinand Boberg’s famed 16820 square meter exposition hall with cupola and 4 minarets was demolished after the Exposition. No copies in Worldcat. American Line International Navigation Company, paperback
2007rif. 64762Manchester England: RGG Publishing 2007. First edition. Leia Bell. 168 pp. Small square quarto 21 cm; pictorial wraps. Bit of rubbing to covers else Near Fine. Exhibition catalogue signed and dated by the artist Leia Bell on the title page in the year of the exhibition. Thoroughly illustrated in full color. Short interview with the artist followed by a broad showcase of her work in four sections: Paintings Drawings Posters Art Prints. "Features all the paintings and drawings from the show plus over 120 posters and art prints covering all her career including all of 2006 and 2007 so far Richard Goodall Gallery." A nice production. From the introduction: "Leia Bell is Salt Lake City's poster queen. She has been creating posters for her own club Kilby Court and other locations in the USA since 2000. She has also produced posters for venues in the UK and Ireland including Rock City Manchester Academy and Vicar Street in Dublin. Her work captures snapshots of everyday life that everyone can relate to re-told as small scale screenprints in very limited runs of around 100 of each print. RGG Publishing unknown
1893rif. 47874Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co 1893. First edition. Hardcover. 318pp. Octavo 22 cm Original brown cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine. Blind stamped decorative borders on front and rear covers. Decorative endsheets. Very good. Minor wear to edges surfaces corners. Large spot of fading on the top of front cover. The top edge of the rear board is subtly darkened. There is also a tiny stain on the rear board. A numerical paper label is mounted to the spine. Pages mildly age-toned. Black and white illustrations and photos. Includes: An epitome of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints compiled by Andrew Jenson. George Q. Cannon & Sons Co hardcover
1938rif. 66012Zurich:: Service de Propaganda Art Institut Orell Fussli Juillet 1938. publisher's portfolio. Slight bumping at corner; portfolio dust-soiled and tanned with short splits at folds. Folio. Panoranic view in color; folding plans and views in black and white; 10 views in black and white. Service de Propaganda, Art Institut Orell Fussli, unknown
1913rif. 191661Bruxelles and Paris: G. Van Oest & cie 1913. One set of 500 printed. Paperback. Good-Both volumes' wraps show heavy shelfwear and small tears here and there foxing soiling and age-toning but are intact; pages of both volumes are very clean and in great condition showing some light age toning as expected with age; pages are untrimmed all around and darkened with age; the spine of Volume I is split in three parts and the back cover and plates 105-118 have been pierced. Tan wraps with black and white lettering and illustration; Volume I is marked as #388 out of 500 copies; Volume II is unnumbered; Volume I has xxxi 317 pp. and 118 plates with some tissue guards. Volume II has 286 pp and 82 plates with some tissue guards. Text in French. The volumes are oversized. 14.5x10.5x5 inches. G. Van Oest & cie paperback
rif. 0841224773New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
rif. 63-6532Eureka CA: George A. Kellogg Humboldt Chamber Of Commerce 1914. Two Letter-Sized Pages Signed on Humboldt Chamber Of Commerce Letterhead Very Good. "Clippings From California Newspapers" printed on verso of Pacific Coast Development Bureau letterhead.Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917 to the author Ellis A. Davis regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest California Nevada Utah Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner Jr. the founder of Gale Research Detroit. Eureka, CA: George A. Kellogg, Humboldt Chamber Of Commerce, 1914. unknown
rif. dola2967San Francisco: Published exclusively for Aoki Taiseido Book Co. by Robert A.Reid Official Exposition View Book Publisher 1915. oblong 4to. pp. 48. title & text in English & Japanese. profusely illus. wrs. some marginal spotting. dola2967 San Francisco: Published exclusively for Aoki Taiseido Book Co. by Robert A.Reid, Official Exposition View Book Publisher, 1915 unknown
1985rif. 2110502150903160Doho-sha 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Doho-sha paperback
2005rif. Q-0971277230Long Beach Museum of Art 2005-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Long Beach Museum of Art hardcover
1986rif. 231773Heidelberg : Braus 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original color printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Heidelberger Bibliotheksschriften ; 24. Physical description; 2 Bde Textband and Bildband : vol.1: 552 p. vol. 2: 328 p.; col ill. facsims maps ; 29 cm. Subjects; Heidelberg University. Libraries - Germany - Heidelberg - History - 1400-1600 - Exhibitions. Illumination of books and manuscripts - Vatican City - Exhibitions. Rare books - Vatican City - Bibliography - Exhibitions. Bibliography - Early printed books - Exhibitions. Books - History - Exhibitions - Germany - Heidelberg. Library resources - Vatican City - Exhibitions. Bibliographical exhibitions - Germany - Heidelberg. Heidelberg Germany - Intellectual life - Exhibitions. Heidelberg : Braus hardcover
1931rif. 128588Paris : Societe D'Editions Geographiques Maritimes Et Coloniales 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers in a good dw; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong. ; 0 pages; Description; 72 70 29 62 p. : plates ; 29 cm. Subject: Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris 1931 . France - Colonies - Description and travel. Guadeloupe - French Guiana - Martinique - Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Paris : Societe D'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes Et Coloniales paperback
2009rif. 271379New Haven London : Lewis Walpole Library Yale University : Yale Center for British Art ; Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Yale University Press 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv 368 p. : col. ill. ports. facsims. ; 31 cm. Notes; Accompanies an exhibition organised by the Lewis Walpole Library Yale Center for British Art and Victoria and Albert Museum and held at Yale Center for British Art New Haven Connecticut 15 Oct. 2009-3 Jan. 2010 ; and the Victoria and Albert Museum London 6 March-4 July 2010. Includes bibliographical references p. 351-352 and index. Subjects; Walpole Horace 1717-1797 — Art collections. Twickenham London England. Victoria and Albert Museum London England — Exhibitions. Yale Center for British Art New Haven Conn. — Exhibitions. Strawberry Hill London England. Strawberry Hill Twickenham London England — Exhibitions. Strawberry Hill Twickenham England. Strawberry Hill Twickenham England — Exhibitions. Strawberry Hill Twickenham London England — Art collections — Exhibitions. Strawberry Hill House. Walpole Horace Collection. Strawberry Hill Press Twickenham London England. Art — Collectors and collecting — Great Britain — History. Gothic revival Architecture — England — London. Portrait miniatures — Collectors and collecting — Great Britain. Art — Collectors and collecting — England — London. Art — Private collections — England — London. Art — Collectors and collecting — England — London — History — Exhibitions. Art British — 18th century — Private collections — England — London — Exhibitions. Art — Collectors and collecting — England — London — Exhibitions. Country homes — England — London. Country homes — England — History — 18th century. Art — Private collections — England — London. Art — Collectors and collecting — England — LonYale Center for British Art.don. Art - Collectors and collecting. Twickenham London England — Buildings structures etc. — Exhibitions. eighteenth century English collector collection art rare book manuscript antiquities painting drawing print furniture armour. Historic buildings. Architectural heritage. Gothic architecture. Strawberry Hill Middlesex. Collectors and collecting - Great Britain - London - Twickenham. Exhibition catalogues and specific collections ; History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800. Art / Collections Catalogs Exhibitions / General. Walpole Horace - Art collections. Walpole Horace - Homes and haunts - England - London. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Conference publication. Illustrated. New Haven London : Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University : Yale Center for British Art ; Victoria and Albert Museum in associat hardcover
1976rif. 2080202102502042Green Life Co. Ltd. 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Green Life Co., Ltd. paperback
1995rif. Q-0876636172Universe Publishing 1995-01-15. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Universe Publishing hardcover
1935rif. 27450Toronto Canada: Canadian National Exhibition 1935. Paperback. Good. Illustrated In B/W. Cover Art By Thoreau Macdonald. Full Title Reads: Catalogue: British Painting And Sculpture Canadian Painting And Sculpture British And Canadian Watercolours British And Canadian Graphic And Applied Art International Photography." Some Surface Lost To Front Cover; Yapp Edges With Closed Tears As Usual; Faint Crease Throughout; A Nice Bright Copy Still. Rare. 8vo. Canadian National Exhibition paperback
rif. 97919The Curwen Studio. Cambridge. V & A. London. 2009. The Curwin Studio and The V. & A. 2009. LIMITED EDITION OF 300 this being number 54 with a print signed by Jones loosely inserted in open printed two fold envelope. The book is presented in a dove-grey watersilk folding binding printed in silver. All page edges silver and the whole fits into a matching clam shell box lined in red silk with red titles to upper panel. This is also in a protective white card box with the colophon and limitation label. The box has slight signs of wear but the book amd the clam shell casing is fine. unknown
1862rif. L1359London: Cassell Petter & Galpin 1862. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 4to. xvi frontispiece 272pp approx 300 woodcut text illustrationss. Original black half calf with raised bands.Corners a trifle bumpbed but a nice clean copy with little wear. Containing About Three Hundred Illustrations with Letter-Press Descriptions of All the Principle Objects in The International Exhibitions of 1862 Cassell, Petter & Galpin hardcover
1978rif. 018610Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Nigel Henderson : Photographs of Bethnal Green 1949-1952" held at at Midland Group Gallery Nottingham 28 October - 22 November 1978. 57 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Shelf wear to edges no inscriptions tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Midland Group paperback
1908rif. 013806London: Chatto & Windus 1908. Edition De Luxe. Book measures 32x26.5.cm. 308pp illustrated throughout including 19 full page adverts. Bound in original publishers cloth with gilt lettering gilt design on top boards top gilt edge. Cloth lightly rubbed minor wear private library number on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally private library stamp on free endpaper. Pages in very good clean condition. A nice copy. . De Luxe Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Large Quarto. Chatto & Windus Hardcover