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1936rif. 60871Dallas TX: Texas Centennial Central Exposition Alco Gravure Inc. 1936. 4to. 12 pp unpaginated. triptych which folds out to text & photos and then large pictorial map on verso of the Centennial Exposition sized 24 x 18 in. Self-printed softcovers featuring Art Deco cover art in sepia of the Exposition minor shelfwear slight creasing still VG copy. First edition of this uncommon souvenir map to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition held to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Texan Independence and after Dallas had won the right to host the Exposition over Houston & San Antonio because their leadership team was superior. The Exposition coordinated with the WPA to erect permanent buildings monuments statues and grave markers and the Hall of State was part of the funding. Billed as the first World’s Fair in the Southwest the Cavalcade of Texas and The Hall of Negro Life proved to be two of the most popular attractions. The unofficial Fort Worth Texas Centennial was a competing attraction produced by Billy Rose with nearly 1 million attendees while the Dallas Texas Centennial achieved nearly 6.4 million visitors. Worldcat locates 5 copies Baylor SMU Hardin-Simmons UT Austin Yale. Texas Centennial Central Exposition, Alco Gravure, Inc.], paperback
1904rif. 60923St. Louis MO: Official Photographic Company Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. Robert A. Reid 1904. 12mo. Die-cut heart-shaped sized 6 x 6.25 in. 49 leaves unnumbered. With 47 photo plates all w/ decorative borders. Colour-illustrated softcovers sewing hole at upper fore-edge punch-sewn w/ silk thread slight creasing to upper left fore-edge minor edgewear still a VG copy. First edition of this charming and inventive souvenir view book to the St. Louis Worlds Fair Louisiana Purchase Exposition offering a comprehensive illustrated tour to the famed event. The opening images reflect the contemporary fascination with the ethnological “Human Zoo” indigenous people’s exhibits on “The Pike” including photos of the Native Americans at the Indian Congress Philippine Igorrots dancing Singalese dancers geisha girls at the Japanese tea house the Chinese Pavilion and other exhibits. Also included are views of the Palaces of Mines & Liberal Arts Palace of Agriculture East Plaza with giant statues of Lewis & Clark the Louisiana Purchase Stock show featuring eleven prize steers the Ferris Wheel exhibit interiors and more. Worldcat loctes 7 copies CS Fresno History CO DLC U of DE Missouri Hist. Mus Bryn Mawr SMU. Official Photographic Company, Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., Robert A. Reid, paperback
1939rif. 61014San Francisco: Printed by Carlisle 1939. 4to. 4 pp unpaginated. Photo-illustrated in sepia throughout w/ map. Self-printed photo-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of the GGIE fold creases as issued very minor shelfwear slight rubbing still VG bright copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this uncommon promotional brochure to Treasure Island and the forthcoming Art Deco marvels of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Of particular interest are the photos showing the Exposition under construction as well as aerial shot of the entire Bay connected with the newly completed bridges. Worldcat locates 4 copies CSU Fresno Bancroft WI Hist. Soc. Lib. Wolfsonian. Printed by Carlisle, paperback
1939rif. 60959San Francisco CA: San Francisco Bay Exposition 1939. 8vo. 116 pp. With oblong folio. 19.25 x 16 in. colour pictorial map frontisp. detailed sections of island and exhibits in blue on verso fold creases numerous photo illustrations text maps diagrams stepped thumb tabs at outer fore-edge. Blue-cloth backed softcovers featuring the striking Art Deco cover art by Simon “Si” Vanderlaan 1904-1986 famed pin-up artist and illustrator who worked for Walt Disney studios during World War II minor scuffing very minor age toning shelfwear still VG bright copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Revised 1939 edition of this excellent guide to the first year in 1939 of the Golden Gate International Exposition including “Cartograph” revealing all of the Art Deco architectural wonders and surrounding areas of Treasure Island. The pictorial maps were issued separately as well as with the “Official Guide Books.” Ruth Taylor White’s 1902-1985 delightful pictographic maps or cartographs included depictions of the Territory of Hawaii in which she had driven or traveled to every corner of the Islands and the Grand Canyon for her for her brother’s book “Grand Canyon Country.” Later Little Brown requested an entire atlas which was published as the very scarce Our U.S.A. “A gay geography.” Her cartographs influenced the style of American cartographic illustration for decades afterwards. See: Griffin Mapping Wonderlands: Illustrated Cartography pp. 192-193; Field MapCarte 29/364: Our U.S.A. A Gay Geography 2014. San Francisco Bay Exposition, paperback
1519rif. 60870San Francisco: The Womans Board Press of the Blair-Murdock Co. under the direction of John Henry Nash 1915 1916. Thick 8vo. xvii 1 191 1 pp w/ 108 pp of tipped-in portrait photos. Frontisp. photo numerous tipped-in photo plates. Quarter-beige cloth over brown boards printed paper spine-label minor rubbing & scuffing minor wear to corners still VG- copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this informative and well illustrated report issued by the Woman’s Board detailing their efforts to coordinate efforts with the Red Cross assorted Woman’s Auxiliary organizations and created a California Chapter of the Travelers’ Aid Society. The Woman’s Board representatives all wore a uniform badge met every boat and train arriving into San Francisco and aided nearly 140000 visitors at a cost of nearly $ 30000. They were essential in not only organizing venues for entertainment but also aiding visitors in finding housing and amenities. The Womans Board, [Press of the Blair-Murdock Co., under the direction of John Henry Nash], hardcover
1939rif. 60828San Francisco CA: San Francisco Bay Exposition Co. H.S. Crocker Co. Inc. Schwabacher-Frey Co. Publishers 1939. Tall 8vo. 7.5 x 10 in. 16 pp unpaginated. photo illustrated throughout. Self-printed softcovers photo cover art of George Washington by Stuart purple lettering slight shelfwear NF copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this surprisingly uncommon catalogue detailing the historic paintings on display at the Golden Gate International Exposition including George Bellows’s “Anne in White” Mary Cassat’s “Fillete au grand chapeau” Winslow Homer’s “The Herring Net” and 21 others. San Francisco Bay Exposition Co., H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., Schwabacher-Frey Co. Publishers, paperback
1940rif. 60958San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition 1940. 4to. 4 pp upaginated. printed on gold-coloured paper in red & black. Self-printed softcovers GGIE logo on banner minor shelfwear slight creasing at corner still VG copy. First edition of this scarce daily program printed on Treasure Island announcing the days’ events which in this case was Women’s Day. Dedicated to the Women of Western America the special events included Flower Arrangements Quilt Exhibit Art in Action Home Economics Hour Wine demonstration by Marjorie Glass as well as honoring with Tea & Reception many of the Bay Area Women’s organizations. Worldcat locates only 2 runs Cal State Fresno & City College of San Francisco. Golden Gate International Exposition, paperback
1955rif. 60790Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1955. 8vo. 11 1 pp. With 1 double-page map map on rear cover. Self-printed softcovers minor age toning light creasing to fore-edges still VG. Reprint edition of this very popular and concise account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition which continued to be in demand by secondary school educators through the 20th Century. The originals in 1905 had been handed out at the Exhibit of the Department of the Interior General Land Office during the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition. U.S. Government Printing Office, paperback
1915rif. 60797San Francisco CA: Robert A. Reid Publisher of Official View Banks 1915. Oblong 8vo. 12.5 x 9.75 in. 40 pp unpaginated. Photo-illustrated title and photo-illustrated throughout. Tan-illustrated softcovers cover art of the Exposition grounds and tower of Jewels yapp fore-edges NF copy. First edition of this nicely illustrated souvenir for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Robert A. Reid, Publisher of Official View Banks, paperback
1894rif. 61008San 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
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1893rif. 60194Chicago: W.B. Conkey Co. Publishers to the Exposition 1893. Two vols. 8vo. 506; 506 pp. Frontisp. both vols. With maps photo plates. 1st vol. -- Full dark brown morocco over beveled boards gilt ornamented borders gilt lettering & ownership stamp on front cover gilt lettering on spine gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers t.e.g. minor rubbing edgewear front hinge tender rear hinge just starting very slight uniform interior toning as usual still VG- copy w/ presentation ALS on Conkey private letterhead presenting to Charles M. Kurtz dated Oct. 28th 1893; 2nd vol. -- Full flexible Bible calf dark purple silk moire endpapers gilt lettering stamped front cover & spine a.e.g. w/ dark maroon cloth d.j. backed in dark purple silk moire a F/F presentation copy from Conkey to Kurtz w/ inscription on half-title preserved in open-backed slipcase. First editions thus presentation copies and the second copy with publisher’s note indicating this was No. 91 of 275 Editor’s Deluxe copies signed & presented to Charles McMeen Kurtz 1855-1909 at the time one of Halsey Ives’s Assistants in the Fine Arts Department of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition Art Director of the 1894 St. Louis Exposition and later Museum Director at the Buffalo Museum of Art 1905-1909. Conkey writes in the letter for the first volume to Charles Kurtz “I send you herewith a copy of the Catalogue which you may deem to file away as a reminder of many hours spent in order that others might see intelligently the grand work which you with others have done in the Art Department.” Walter Blakesley Conkey had founded the printing house in 1877 occupied many different job printers and in 1890 absorbed the Illinois Printing & Binding Co. and in Jan. 1893 signed the contracts awarding him exclusive rights for printing the myriad of catalogues and handbooks for the Columbian Exposition receiving a deposit of $ 10000. W.B. Conkey Co., Publishers to the Exposition, hardcover
1905rif. 60149Portland OR: Anderson & Duniway 1905. 8vo. 121 3 pp. Tan illustrated printed softcovers stapled as issued minor toning to fore-edges slight interior toning still NF copy. First edition of this relatively uncommon program and papers on education presented at the Educational Congress held during the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition against the fervor and backdrop of the Progressive Era. Papers included detail the impact of applying Western educational methods to East Asia populaces and school children the importance of education in developing a democracy adult education evolving rural schools from training students for only a couple months to a much longer school year as well as further pushing students into higher education. [Anderson & Duniway], paperback
1939rif. 60410Stanford & San Francisco CA: James Ladd Delkin Bret Harte Associates of California WPA 1939. 8vo. 127 1 pp. Text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers map on back cover of the GGIE held on Treasure Island slight dustsoiling still NF copy. First edition of this excellent travel guide produced by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration detailing events of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco and sights in the surrounding area. WPA & PWA New Deal program grants aided in funding the extravaganza. James Ladd Delkin, Bret Harte Associates of California, WPA, paperback
1905rif. 60417Portland OR: Official Photographic Co. Press of The German Publishing Co. 202 1/2 Second St. 1905. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9 in. 24 leaves unnumbered. glossy sized paper printed photo illustrations of Lewis & Clark Exposition throughout. Blue printed & decorated softcovers gilt & black lettering gilt decorative borders ad for Yellowstone Park Line Lewis & Clark Exposition with the Northern Pacific on back cover minor sunning darkening to fore-edges minor soiling pencil marks to blank recto back cover still VG- copy. First edition of this nicely-illustrated souvenir distributed at the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition marking the anniversary of the famed exploration over the Louisiana Purchase. These images illustrate the wonders of the Exposition including views of the Sunken Gardens European Forestry & California Buildings Agriculture Machinery & Mines Buildings the view of the Exposition lit up at night and more. Fred H. Kiser was an accomplished mountaineer and promoter who was one of the most successful and widely known landscape and commercial photographers in the American West during the opening decades of the 20th century. He and his brother Oscar operated the Lewis & Clark Official Photographic Company at the Exposition which gave them their start and he became well known for his images of National Parks and the picturesque Columbia River Gorge. Worldcat locates 4 copies Cal State Fresno Rutherford Hayes Presidential Centr RI School of Design Wash State Lib. [Official Photographic Co., Press of The German Publishing Co., 202 1/2 Second St.], paperback
1915rif. 60629San Diego & Chicago: Published by I.L. Eno 958 5th St. Made by Curt Teich & Co. 1915. Oblong 8vo. 8 x 5.5 in. 64 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated and printed throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of the Exposition grounds in present-day Balboa Park yapp fore-edges minor dustsoiling & edgewear still VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this wonderful travel souvenir for the Panama-California Exposition held in San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and San Diego as the first port-of-call. This Exposition is famed for its Mission Revival Style Architecture which over a decade later would inspire the architect Richard Requa. Published by I.L. Eno, 958 5th St., [Made by Curt Teich & Co.], paperback
1854rif. 60414New 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
1935rif. 60627San Diego CA: America’s Exposition 1935. 8vo. 76 pp. With text illustrations photos illustrated ads 1 large folding map. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of two Californio’s dancing Junket Ice Cream ad on rear cover minor shelfwear minor rubbing still VG copy w/ ticket from the “Foot Relief Station” laid-in and former ownership markings; from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this guidebook to 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. Requa 1881-1941 famed San Diego architect was one of the founders of the very influential Requa & Jackson architectural firm and were the architects of choice in San Diego and Los Angeles during the booming 1920s who developed the “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 was the Master Architect for the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935-36 and preserved the buildings which are still evident in Balboa Park. America’s Exposition, paperback
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1889rif. 59410Paris: n.p. 1889. 4to. 10.5 x 10.75 in. Six individual puzzles individually postcard sized approx. 3.5 x 4.75 in. w/ colour chromolithograph image dissected onto nine wooden pieces each 1 small piece has been supplied in facsimile for upper corner of the Cairo street puzzle. All contained w/in the original deep red paper-covered wooden box raised bed w/in the box to hold the puzzles lid w/ decorative gilt title lettering minor shelfwear very minor rubbing still a VG nearly complete artifact. Very scarce original souvenir puzzle game issued for the fourth great Paris World’s Fair celebrating through pomp and events the Centennial of the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille. The Exposition was intended to pull France out of a ruinous recession and attracted over 61000 exhibitors as well as 32 million visitors many of whom came to view the iconic Eiffel Tower. This puzzle celebrates several of the pavilions at the Exposition including Palais des Beaux-Arts designed by Joseph Brouvard filled with painting and flanking the Eiffel Tower providing visitors; the Palais de Trocadero held over from the famed 1878 Exposition celebrating the renewal of Paris following the Franco-Prussian War; as well as the Ministere de la Guerre which featured an Arms & Armour exhibition as well as displays of knightly tournaments assorted uniforms and cannon. The Maison Egyptienne and Rue au Caire would fuel the Orientalist movement and fascination with the Middle East among artists writers and the industrial arts well into the 20th Century. These boxed puzzle games were quite popular souvenirs as well as educational tools in the Belle Epoque and have become remarkably scarce. No copies in Worldcat. n.p., unknown
1904rif. 59618Portland: Wonderland Souvenir Company F.H. Kiser 425 Abington Building June 1904. Oblong 4to. 12.5 x 9.5 in. 160 unpaginated pp. Photo-illustrated title page photo-illustrated throughout each with facing page of explanatory text. Original embossed dark-blue-green cloth white lettering on front cover very minor shelfwear slight rubbing minor bumping to couple corners a VG bright copy. First edition of this very scarce photographic souvenir intending to promote the Pacific Northwest for the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition marking the anniversary of the famed exploration across the North American continent after the Louisiana Purchase. The Kiser Brothers have included an excellent photographic tour from Mt. Shasta on the south to Mt. Baker on the north encompassing a number of images of the Columbia River Gorge. Also present are images of salmon fishing salmon cannery Northwest Coast Native Americans the Portland Hotel Seattle Waterfront Tacoma and shipping as well as views of the Dalles City sternwheeler sailing through the Cascade Locks Mount Rainier and more. Fred H. Kiser was an accomplished mountaineer and promoter who was one of the most successful and widely known landscape and commercial photographers in the American West during the opening decades of the 20th century. He and his brother Oscar operated the Lewis & Clark Official Photographic Company at the Exposition which gave them their start and he became well known for his images of National Parks and the picturesque Columbia River Gorge. Wonderland Souvenir Company, F.H. Kiser, 425 Abington Building, hardcover
1980rif. 59668San Francisco CA: Hibernia Bank originally Robert Reid 1980. Oblong 4to. 12.75 x 10.5 in. 23 leaves unnumbered. w/ 1 10.25 x 26.5 in. folding four-colour facsimile on thick cream-coloured paper-stock. Publisher’s light gray softcovers Arts & Crafts lettering & decoration front cover yapp edges punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ white silk braid NF copy. Facsimile edition of this beautifully souvenir photographic record of the Exposition originally published by Robert Reid in 1915. The colour plates encompass the Palace of Fine Arts at night; the Tower of Jewels by day & night; the Avenue of Progress and the Great South Gardens. Of particular interest is the large double-page Aeroplane View birds-eye photos in which all of the pavilions were originally coloured-in by Gabriel Moulin Studios in San Francisco. Hibernia Bank, (originally Robert Reid), paperback
1979rif. 59146Santa Barbara CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1979. 4to. 82 pp unpaginated. With over 100 printed photo illustrations multiple prints tipped-in and laid-in offset photograph by Don Worth on glossy stock embossed photographer’s signature at lower corner; signed print by Karen Truax screenprinted magazine page by Robert Heinecken signed screen print by Keith Smith signed print by Todd Walker signed print by Alex Sweetman and 20 colour transparency slides w/ printed frames inserted into mylar sleeve pockets. Colour-illustrated softcovers plastic-comb binding as issued minor shelfwear slight tear head of spine signed & numbered by Parker at end of forward. First edition No. 508 of 1000 copies printed numbered & signed of this exceptional catalogue documenting this groundbreaking photography exhibition as the decade of the 1970’s closed featuring some of the most significant 20th-Century photographer’s works. Walker Smith Sweetman Worth Truax and Heinecken all included their limited edition unique prints for this volume and most signed by the artist. Featured in the exhibition were such photographers as Robert Adams Diane Arbus Michael Bishop Ellen Brooks Jo Ann Callis Joyce Cohen Steven Cortright Robert Flick Nancy Gass Robert Mapplethorpe Jeffrey Silverthorne Mike Mandel Lew Thomas Brett Weston and many more. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, paperback
rif. 30970Christchurch NZ : s.n. July 1906. Small quarto 255 x 175 mm original thick grey paper covers the front with printed greeting in MÄori and English in silver lettering at head and foot with a shaped chromolithograph onlay 155 x 110 mm irregular at the centre depicting the welcoming figures of a MÄori woman and a European woman draped in the New Zealand flag standing before a MÄori carved gateway the rear with a printed silver fern and small shaped chromolithograph of the Exhibition seal onlaid; inside is the tipped-in lithograph printed invitation itself embellished with a MÄori motif at each corner and two bands of silver ribbon across the top and bottom with the name of the invitee in manuscript W. Lamb-Smith Esq. William Lamb Smith 1846-1910 Consul-General for Paraguay in Melbourne; a pristine example of this beautifully designed invitation. Other examples are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library and the Christchurch City Libraries. unknown
rif. 32958by direction of the Honorable Francis Abigail Minister for Mines Sydney. Sydney : Charles Potter Government Printer 1888. Octavo 245 x 155 mm publisher's printed salmon-coloured wrappers upper wrapper with edge and corner wear and annotations in pencil at top corner; spine ends with paper loss pp 115; internally very clean a good all-original copy. unknown
