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1977réf. 170928San Francisco: Thackrey and Robertson 1977. Vintage catalog for the exhibition held from October 15 through November 31 1977 at Thackrey and Robertson in San Francisco. Illustrated in black-and-white. About Near Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers. Thackrey and Robertson unknown books
1976réf. 171568New York: Sidney Janis Gallery 1976. Vintage catalog for the 1976 exhibition held from February 7 through March 6 1976 at Sidney Janis. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers. Sidney Janis Gallery unknown books
1916réf. 92356San Francisco 1916. Paperback. Very Good. 68p. Softcover in original wrapper. 20 cm. Introduction by J. Nilsen Laurvik Commissioner of Fine Arts for Norway at the Panama-Pacific International Expositionin whic h he writes: "Retaining in part the works exhibited in the Netherlands Section in the Palace of Fine Arts at the P.P.I.E. 1915 the additions to this Post-Exposition Exhibition. comprises in the main works by younger men of pronounced modern tendencies. paperback books
1938réf. 222981San Francisco: The Monitor 1938. Magazine. Section Two" only evidently the expo-dedicated portion of this issue of the long-lived Roman Catholic periodical. Folio magazine softbound of course stapled 17x11 illustrated wraps sepia cover drawing joins TI tower and Ferry Building images 40p. coated alkaline paperstock throughout with plenty of b&w illustrations and ads. Be warned find minimal Expo material most pix are of old Franciscan churches over boilerplate text. Item is bent along top and bottom margins packing problems for tall vulnerable thingie with crimpings and some creasing there's a half-inch food lump on cover that goes thru to verso a basically as-is good-only copy that would flatten nicely under weight. Pious boosterism; for instance PG&E took out an ad bannered "Electrical Miracles In Store For Exposition Visitors" referring to anticipated gorgeous lighting effects has a so-so b&w illustration linking lit-up nighttime SF to the nearby lit-up island. The Monitor unknown books
1907réf. 92867Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Company 1907. Paperback. Very Good. 107p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Modest chippinmg at ends of narrow backstrip panel. "Presented by Hon Wm a. Murphy" inked at top of front cover. Mr. Murphy was Secretary of the Board of Jamestown Exposition Managers for Massachusetts. Wright and Potter Printing Company paperback books
1908réf. 89233New York & London: Privately Published De Vinne Press 1908. First Limited Edition. No. 65 of 300 numbered copies. Quarto 29.5cm. Half-morocco by Stikeman; 21pp text plus 23 unnumbered leaves of plates photogravures mounted on heavy card stock each with tissue guard and a facing page of text description. Occasional faint foxing to plate margins; small puncture at center of one tissue-guard else a tight Near Fine copy in an attractive Stikeman binding slightly rubbed at joints and spine ends. Introduction signed by J. Taylor Ellyson; main text unattributed. This copy with the engraved bookplate of noted Virginia bibliophile John W. Hancock Sr.; laid in are 1 a 1925 note from Stikeman to Hancock noting that the book is ready to be shipped; 2 the original mailing label from Goodspeed's where the book was originally purchased; and 3 TNS from Hancock to Thomas F. Ryan dated October 26 1925 transmitting details regarding this copy. Attractive copy of this lavishly-produced volume published by Ryan ".for private circulation among his friends who may not have the privilege of seeing the originals.which he preserved as a reminder of one of the most historic of Expositions ever held in America." Doubtless Ryan was concerned as to how one of these freely distributed copies might have entered the trade in 1925 prompting the query to which Hancock's letter preserved here was in answer. [Privately Published] De Vinne Press unknown books
1915réf. 008618NY: John Lane Co 1915. Soft cover. VG. 4to pictorial covers monthly issue of design/arts/architecture monthly this issue's most important features in our opinion illustrated articles on woodcut artist T. Stureg Moore wiith 2 fill page woodcuts and b&w images of more and the sculpture at the Panama Pacific Exposition illustrated w/ b&w photogrtaphs. Covers lightly soiled the rest near fine. John Lane Co unknown books
1849réf. 38909New York. 1849. 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. Minor creasing to edges. Near fine. unknown books
1862réf. 56424London: 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. "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 books
1932réf. 173409Los Angeles: Los Angeles Museum 1932. Vintage catalog for the 1932 exhibition of classical art at the Los Angeles Museum. Illustrated in black-and-white. Very Good or better in perfect-bound wrappers with offsetting to the wrappers. Los Angeles Museum unknown books
1864réf. 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
1964réf. 171576New York: Sidney Janis Gallery 1964. Vintage catalog for the 1964 exhibition held from February 4-29 1964 at Sidney Janis. Illustrated in black-and-white. Very Good in saddle-stapled wrappers with moderate creasing and rubbing to the extremities. Sidney Janis Gallery unknown books
réf. 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 arts such as "The International Exhibition" "The Mediaeval Court" "Notes on the Raw Materials used by Artists as seen in the Exhibition" "Machinery employed in Art-Manufactures" "Art in its Influence on Art-Manufacture" "Modern Sculpture of all nations in the Exhibition" among others. Every aspect of arts and manufactures is included and well illustrated: furniture jewellery iron steel and brass work porcelain terra-cotta etc. carpets tapestries glass silver stone and wood carving wall decoration works in sculpture etc. Very good. unknown books
1893réf. 4247New York 1893. Fair. 3213840pp. plus two folding plates. Pagination a bit irregular. Illustrated. With dual text in English and Spanish. 12mo. Original blue publisher's cloth stamped in black; spine perished boards loose. Light toning to exterior leaves internally clean. A bilingual guide to the World's Fair in Chicago. The text is printed with English on the upper half of the page and Spanish below. Illustrated with scenes of the fabulous buildings on the grounds and obviously sponsored by "Knox the Hatter" with ads for the haberdasher throughout on the covers and at each end of the main text. A slightly sad copy and obviously used at the event. Still a rare and interesting survivor. unknown books
1989réf. 173347La Jolla: Tasende Gallery 1989. Vintage catalog for an exhibition held to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Tasenda Gallery in La Jolla. Features work by Mark di Suvero Jose Luis Cuevas Henry Moore Isamu Noguchi and others. Gallery's "With Compliments" card laid in. Very Good in perfect-bound wrappers moderately rubbed to the extremities. Tasende Gallery unknown books
1907réf. 10665315" x 9 ¾" color illustration from a 1907 newspaper. Attached at the bottom margin with tape to cardboard sheet slight margin creasing a couple of margin nicks and normal aging; otherwise very good. Colorful illustration of the Jamestown Exposition celebrating the 300-year anniversary of the town. It shows the Sea End of Godspeed Pier and the east side of Raleigh Square. You can see a dirigible anchored near the center of town. J.W. Pratt, books
1894réf. 008457San Francisco: H. S. Crocker 1894. Hardcover. Fine. MIDWINTER FAIR. Oblong quarto. 10x13 inches. Three parts bound together. Illustrated with 8 full-page lithographed color plates by Dickman-Jones Co. of San Francisco plus the full set of 24 full-page lithographed color plates by H. S. Crocker Co. plus over 213 full-page black & white photographs with extensive descriptive text including 13 of 14 double-page panoramas. Publisher's binding of three-quarter brown morocco darker cloth sides gilt lettering and pictorial element on cloth cover gilt-lettered spine. Outer hinges and spine ends rubbed 3 corners show light wear. A fine clean copy. First edition. With the bookplate of Thomas Wayne Norris and included in the famous Norris Catalogue. An incredibly scarce tile with the full complement of 24 full-page color lithographs Series I & II of scenes and buildings at the Midwinter Fair also issued by H. S. Crocker Co. and the addition of the souvenir grouping Glimpses of the Midwinter Fair issued by Dickman-Jones Co. to their customers with 8 full-page color lithographs of the Fair bound in with its original wrappers. Sunset City and Sunset Scenes is usually found only with the Taber black & white reproductions. We have never had a copy bound with the full series of color lithographs although over the years we've seen a few odd plates. The large number of black and white photographic reproductions include a number of views of the buildings and grounds of the Midwinter Fair held in Golden Gate Park; they are interspersed with select views of the natural wonders of the State. Nearly all the photographs are by Isaiah W. Taber official photographer of the Fair. The text for the non-Fair images was written by J. M. Hutchings; the twenty-four lithographs issued by Crocker were drawn by the famous western artist H. W. Hansen. Norris Norris Catalogue this copy: 3493; Rocq Glimpses of the Midwinter Fair: 11355; Rocq Sunset City: 11359; no Auction Records that include the color plates. H. S. Crocker hardcover books
1916réf. 19270Albany: J.B. Lyon 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt with New York seal in glit front cover. Fine. 488 pages. 27 x 20 cm Almost as new copy. Approx. 75 illustrations two large fold-out plates at rear cover. Index. Owner stamp in lower margin of title page. J.B. Lyon hardcover books
1867réf. List01217Boston Paris: J.P. Whitney 1867. First Edition Thus. . 8vo publisher’s green cloth 107 pp. Some tearing and fraying to boards particularly at head of spine text block excellent very good minus overall. Very Good. The scarce Paris Universal Exposition edition of J.P. Whitney’s early title on the silver mines of Colorado. Whitney a wealthy sportsman from Boston with investments in Colorado traveled as the sole commissioner from Colorado to the Paris Universal Exposition in an effort to entice foreign investment in the mining industry which was suffering from a poor reputation as the costs of extraction grew higher. Whitney had published this title in pamphlet form a year earlier. Whitney shipped his own collection of Colorado minerals to France where it was the most extensive of any of the North American regions to be displayed receiving a gold medal from Napoleon III. A new title on Colorado minerals Colorado in the United States of America: Schedule of Ores Contributed by Sundry Persons to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867 With Some Information about the Region and its Resources. Whitney also brought with him copies of his pamphlet in a special hardcover edition which we offer here. This is the second example we find on the market. Whitney would gain great popularity in Colorado for his efforts which did much to improve its standing. J.P. Whitney unknown books
1876réf. 303823Philadelphia Thomas Hunter 1876. 1876. Oblong small 4to 11 3/8" x 7 1/2". 6 color lithographs on 6 separate sheets. Very good few short tears. Views of Machinery Hall U.S. Government Building Horticultural Hall Agricultural Hall Judges Hall Main Building. No Binding. Very Good. Philadelphia, Thomas Hunter, 1876. unknown books
1969réf. 171581New York: Sidney Janis Gallery 1969. Vintage catalog for the 1969 exhibition held from January 8 through February 1 1969 at Sidney Janis. Illustrated in black-and-white. Very Good or better in moderately rubbed saddle-stapled wrappers. Sidney Janis Gallery unknown books
1950réf. 35807Montevideo: 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 bibliografía 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
1990réf. 159588San Francisco: Art Lick Gallery 1990. Vintage flyer advertising San Francisco-based Art Lick Gallery circa 1990. The Art Lick Gallery was opened by artists David Seibold and Luiz da Rosa in 1989 and was at that time the only art gallery located in the Castro District. Founded just as the catastrophic impact of the AIDS crisis was beginning to be fully appreciated in the national media and during an unprecedented attempt at censoring art particularly queer art the gallery served as a safe haven for the LGBTQ art community as well as a bulwark against attacks to the community. In Seibold's own words the gallery was "an alternative to 'downtown' gallery spaces places that sometimes present art work as being so precious and intimidating that it's really unapproachable." Notable among the exhibitions held at Art Lick were Christopher Enzi's "Inferno & Other Scenes" Jerome Caja's "Compact" and the group exhibition "Eros." The shows held at the gallery which included both group and one- and two-person shows proved essential not only to the Castro community but also to the queer community at large during a period often described by many without hyperbole as a time at war. The gallery closed after Seibold's death in 1992. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine with some light edgewear. Art Lick Gallery unknown books
1957réf. 1009701957. Great Britain: The Arts Council of Great Britain 1957. Small 8vo 36pp. 4 tipped-in plates. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Very light soiling. A very good copy. § In addition to 62 works by Palmer pieces by Blake Calvert Finch Linnell Richmond Sherman and Walter were also included in what must have been an amazing exhibition. unknown books
1971réf. 173395Warsaw: The Poster Museum in Wilanów 1971. Vintage catalog for a 1971 exhibition held at the Muzeum Plakatu w Wilanowie in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art. Text in Polish and English. Illustrated in black-and-white. Wrapper extremities rubbed overall Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers. The Poster Museum in Wilanów unknown books
