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1939rif. 61012Berkeley CA: Printed by The Professional Press 1939. 12mo. 40 pp. Illustrated blue softcovers minor shelfwear slight rubbing minor soiling still a VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this concise handbook detailing the iconography architecture and mystical meanings of the courts at the GGIE including the Portals of the Pacific with the Elephant Towers by Donald Mackay; the eighty-foot Pacifica created by Ralph Stackpole Court of the Pacific Murals created by Maynard Dixon; Court of the Seven Seas by George Gelham & J.H. Clark; the Court of Flowers anchored by the central Fountain of Life by O.C. Malmquist and many others. [Printed by The Professional Press], 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
1939rif. 62217San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition Independent Lithograph 1939. Two pieces. 1st -- 8vo. 4 x 9 in. which folds out into 16 pp unpaginated. 16 x 17 in. broadside poster in aqua & orange colour illustrations borders self-printed Art Deco cover art; 2nd - 8vo. 4 x 9 in. 8 pp unpaginated. in black & white which folds-out leporello accordion-style to 16 x 9 in. illustrated & map NF both. First editions of these nicely printed promotional brochures to the forthcoming Art Deco marvels of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco. The first features the famed birds-eye architectural rendering featuring Pan Am Clipper ships and sailing craft; the second features pictorial map birds-eye. Worldcat locates 2 copies of 1st Bancroft Wolfsonian; 3 copies of 2nd CS Fresno Bancroft U NTX. Golden Gate International Exposition, Independent Lithograph, unknown
rif. 1974Jean Pierre Faur Éditeur. 1994. Maquette de Mathieu Ming sur Power Macintosh 7100. Couverture cartonnée, impression des illustrations en bleu et blanc. Dim: 37,8 x 28,2 cm. Non paginé.
rif. 1974Jean Pierre Faur Éditeur. 1994. Maquette de Mathieu Ming sur Power Macintosh 7100. Couverture cartonnée, impression des illustrations en bleu et blanc. Dim: 37,8 x 28,2 cm. Non paginé.
rif. 1930Impression en sérigraphie.Galerie ATOMIUM, Toulouse.1989. Dim: 65 x 44 cm. Signé à la mine de plomb par l'artiste.
rif. 1930Impression en sérigraphie.Galerie ATOMIUM, Toulouse.1989. Dim: 65 x 44 cm. Signé à la mine de plomb par l'artiste.
1858rif. 27950London 1858. First printing. Ephemera. Very good overall. Handbill advertising the opening of the London Crystal Palace on December 1 1858 soliciting "Applications for the remaining Space are requested to be made forthwith." The handbill touts the fair is "the largest number of First-class Exhibitors of any Building in Europe. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT IS THE FINEST IN LONDON." For the Sale of all kinds of Useful and Fancy Articles." 5 1/2 x 8 5/8" black type on cream paper verso has ad for Slate Billiard Tables by Messrs. Thurston & Co. Right edge slt. chipped. unknown
1851rif. 3220040Engraved panoramic view measuring 460×235mm overall image 415×145 mm. 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
1851rif. 3220148Lithograph 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. 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. 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. 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. Dean & Son, Printers. [Published by] G. Mann, Cornhill [London].
1862rif. 61001Rochester NY: C.W. Woodward 1862. One albumen stereoview photograph sized 5.75 x 3.25 in. mounted on beige studio board sized 7 x 3.5 in. w/ photographer’s imprint and caption on the board VG exemplar from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. An unusually scarce original albumen stereoview photograph capturing the prize-winning stand of decorative art glass offered by the famed Victorian china and glass manufacturer’s W.P. & G. Phillips located on Oxford Street & New Bond Street. They catered to a well-to-do class of clients and their displays offered intricate and beautifully made designs. The Great London Exhibition of 1862 emulated the original 1851 Crystal Palace Great Exhibition featured over 28000 participating vendors and set on the present site of the Natural History Museum and Science Museum in London’s South Kensington. Woodward 1836-1894 first established himself as a photography dealer and decorative arts and glass dealer in Orange MA before locating his firm in Rochester in 1862 where continued operating under his own imprint before becoming director of the Union View Co. in 1882 producing landscapes and architectural views. C.W. Woodward, unknown
1864rif. 53725London: 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. 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
1864rif. 53725London: 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. 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
rif. 40550P., Musée de lHomme, sans date, in 8° carré, 104 pages ; nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs.
2007rif. 4185Paris Cercle d'Art 2007 In-4 (h. 32,5 cm.) 207 pp. couverture cartonnée, jaquette illustrée. Texte en français et en coréen.
1994rif. 53711994 In-4 (h. 28 cm.) 324 pp. couverture souple.
1994rif. 108455Jerusalem, The Israel Museum 1994 In-4 27 x 20,5 cm. Broché, report du titre en blanc et rouge sur le dos et la couverture illustrée en noir & blanc, 192-XVI pp., textes en hébreu et traduction anglaise à la fin de l'ouvrage, catalogue en hébreu seulement, abondamment illustré de photographies de John Heartfield
rif. 26674May 1851. One page 10w x 32l cms fold marks aged text apparently complete and clear small holes with loss of top of an "a" repaired on blank verso with tape. The Agenda comprises 6 items commencing with the usual Item 1 "To read the Minutes of the last Meeting" continuing with 2. "To resume consideration of Mr Alexander Redgrave's Memorandum" "the accommodation for the working classes visiting the Exhibition". "3. To consider a Report from Council of Chairman of the Juries. 4. To read letter address by Col. Reid to the Contractor on the subject of the fire in the Canadian department of the Exhibition .". Five concerns Foreign Jurors and Six "To approve corrected from "appoint" deputies selected by Dr Playfair to attend the Juries in the different Groups." See Image. [May 1851] unknown
1989rif. 4571Paris RMN - Archives Nationales 1989 In-4 (h. 23,5 cm.) 432 pp. couverture souple.
1900rif. _201900821Paris, Librairie Illustrée, Montgrédien & Cie, Éditeurs, 1900 ; in-folio (280 x 378 mm), 4-324 + 38 pl. hors-texte, 4-324 + 40 pl. hors-texte, 4-324 + 37 pl. hors-texte, relié demi-cuir, colorie vermillon, dos orné de filets et de fleurons dorés, à 5 nerfs, tranches jaspées. Les 3 volumes. Encyclopédie du Siècle, présentée par M. Alfred Picard, commissaire général de l'Exposition de 1900, avec la collaboration d'écrivains spéciaux et des meilleurs artistes. Ouvrage vendu sous forme de parution périodique. Sommaire: Tome 1. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités; Organisateurs et Visiteurs; les Champs Élysées; les Quais de la Seine: ponts et passerelles; le Champ de Mars; l'Esplanade des Invalides; le Trocadéro; les Travailleurs de l'Exposition; Autour de l'Exposition; Encyclopédie du Siècle et Musées centennaux. Tome 2. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités; Organisateurs et Visiteurs; les Champs Élysées; les Quais de la Seine: ponts et passerelles; le Champ de Mars; l'Esplanade des Invalides; le Trocadéro; le Bois de Vincennes; Colonies; les Nations étrangères; les Grandes attractions; Variétés; Visiteurs; les Musées et les Manufactures nationales; Encyclopédie du Siècle et Musées centennaux. Tome 3. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités; les Champs Élysées; le Cours-la-Reine; les Rives de la Seine: ponts et passerelles; le Champ de Mars; l'Esplanade des Invalides; le Trocadéro; l'Annexe de Vincennes; Colonies; les Nations étrangères; les Grandes attractions; Variétés; Organisateurs et Visiteurs; les Musées et les Manufactures nationales. Très nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc in et hors-texte doubles, dépliantes ou pas et quelques-unes en couleurs hors-texte doubles, dépliantes ou pas.
1990rif. _202000428Paris, Délégation à l'Action artistique de la Ville de Paris, 1990 ; in-4 (250 x 283 mm), 270 pp., cartonnage d'éditeur, coloris bleu foncé, sous jaquette illustrée. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc et quelques-unes en couleurs.
1987rif. 40101987 In-8 (h. 22 cm.) 195 pp. couverture souple.
1976Paris, Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1976; in-4 carré, XXXVIII-2-348 pp., broché. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, et quelqu'unes en couleurs. Très bon état.
1896Paris, Ludovic Baschet Éditeur, 1896; in-folio oblong, 140 pp., reliure d'éditeur pleine toile bleue, 1er plat imprimé. Nombreuses photographies. Bon état.
1900Paris, Librairie Illustrée, Montgrédien & Cie, Éditeurs, 1900; in-folio (280 x 378 mm), 4-324 + 38 pl. hors-texte, 4-324 + 40 pl. hors-texte, 4-324 + 37 pl. hors-texte, relié demi-cuir, colorie vermillon, dos orné de filets et de fleurons dorés, à 5 nerfs, tranches jaspées. Les 3 volumes. Encyclopédie du Siècle, présentée par M. Alfred Picard, commissaire général de l'Exposition de 1900, avec la collaboration d'écrivains spéciaux et des meilleurs artistes. Ouvrage vendu sous forme de parution périodique. Sommaire : Tome 1. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités ; Organisateurs et Visiteurs ; les Champs Élysées ; les Quais de la Seine : ponts et passerelles ; le Champ de Mars ; l'Esplanade des Invalides ; le Trocadéro ; les Travailleurs de l'Exposition ; Autour de l'Exposition ; Encyclopédie du Siècle et Musées centennaux. Tome 2. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités ; Organisateurs et Visiteurs ; les Champs Élysées ; les Quais de la Seine : ponts et passerelles ; le Champ de Mars ; l'Esplanade des Invalides ; le Trocadéro ; le Bois de Vincennes ; Colonies ; les Nations étrangères ; les Grandes attractions ; Variétés ; Visiteurs ; les Musées et les Manufactures nationales ; Encyclopédie du Siècle et Musées centennaux. Tome 3. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités ; les Champs Élysées ; le Cours-la-Reine ; les Rives de la Seine : ponts et passerelles ; le Champ de Mars ; l'Esplanade des Invalides ; le Trocadéro ; l'Annexe de Vincennes ; Colonies ; les Nations étrangères ; les Grandes attractions ; Variétés ; Organisateurs et Visiteurs ; les Musées et les Manufactures nationales. Très nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc in et hors-texte doubles, dépliantes ou pas et quelques-unes en couleurs hors-texte doubles, dépliantes ou pas.
