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World Fairs/Expositions:

(automobiles) . MAKING OF A MOTOR CAR
1933. Souvenir guide book to the Chevrolet-Fisher Manufacturing exhibit, General Motors Building. A Century of Progress, International Exposition, Chicago 1933. Octavo, photo illustrated foldout brochure. Fine. (a12671)
$24.00Marti, Donald. HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL FAIRS
NY 1986 first edition. Greenwood. Hardcover octavo. Green cloth. Fine. no dj as issued. no owner marks. (a17475)
$25.00 Brinton, Christian . IMPRESSIONS OF THE ART AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION
NY 1916 1st John Lane. With a chapter on the San Diego Exposition and an Introductory Essay on The Modern Spirit in Contemporary Painting. 4to., 203pp., color frontis, monochrome illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, light wear especially on corners, some soiling on cover. (a31284)
$35.00 (world's fair) . ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1940.
NY 1940 The Pierpont Morgan Library. 4to., 41pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a41383)
$35.00 Hopkins, A. D. . CATALOGUE OF EXHIBITS OF INSECT ENEMIES OF FORESTS AND FOREST PRODUCTS AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION ST. LOUIS, MO. 1904
Washington 1904 U.S. Department of Agriculture. 8vo, 56pp., 22 plates, many photo illustrations, wraps. Owner signed on front. Good, a few small tears in backstrip. (a56504)
$35.00 (world's fair) . NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1940 ORGANIZATION CHARTS REPRODUCED FROM THE FILES OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.
NY 1959 Andersen. 4to., 40 leaves (rectos only), stiff wraps with black plastic spiral binding. VG. (a56580)
$85.00 (horticulture) . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HORTICULTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AGRICULTURAL BOARD OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE AT THEIR 18TH ANNUAL FAIR..OCTOBER 1845
NY 1845 T. Bridgeman. Includes interesting long list of all exhibitors and the vegetables and flowers they presented. Octavo, 16pp., original stringbound wraps. Good. Scarce. (a62118)
$65.00 Moses, John and Paul Selby . THE WHITE CITY THE HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHICAL AND PHILANTHROPICAL RECORD OF ILLINOIS...TO WHICH IS ADDED A SKETCH OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ILLINOIS AT THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
Chicago 1893 first edition Chicago World Book Co. Hardcover. 4to., 170pp., (Illinois), 132pp. (District of Columbia),166pp., (Columbian Exposition), photo illustrations and advertisement drawings, cloth. Near Good, some fading of lettering on front, front hinge just beginning to crack, light soiling on cover. Spine says Volume I but appears to be complete in one volume. (a63987)
$35.00 Gilkey, Gordon W. . OFFICIALLY APPROVED ETCHINGS NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR "BUILDING THE WORLD OF TOMORROW"
NY 1939 1st (A) Charles Scribner's Sons. Building the World of Tomorrow. Etchings and text by Gordon W. Gilkey, foreword by Grover A. Whalen, introduction by George McAneny. Views of the World's Fair and New York City. Hardcover. 4to., 54 plates (rectos only) (two blank pages after each etching connected by a fold on top end of page), each with adjacent descriptive text, original decorated hardcover. Cover Good, light soiling, 3 tiny pinholes in cloth and uneven fading of cloth, head and heel of spine repaired. Very faint paperclip impression at top margin of titlepage. Text and plates VG plus. Binding secure; no hinges cracked; no ownership marks. No Dust Jacket. Scarce. (a65084)
$195.00 (electricity) . L'HOMME L'ELECTRICITE LA VIE
Paris 1937 first edition Arts et Metiers Graphiques. Las classe 1917 bis de l'Exposition International de Paris. Preface by Charles Malegarie; Articles by Auguste Deteuf, Charles Francois, Raoul Dautry, Leon-Paul Fargue, Jean Selz, Louis Jouvet, Paul Recht, Maurice Raynal, Marcel Courtine and Andre Lejard (O Trop Heureux!). Much excitement about modern industrialized and electrified life. In French. Lg.4to., 63pp., monochrome photo illustrations, 17 pages of interesting photo illustrated advertisements (for heavy machinery, stoves, industrial lighting, electrical power, etc), blue and yellow wraps. Good, spine frayed and worn, cover lightly worn and soiled; spine chipped. Internally VG, clean and binding secure. (a68409)
$175.00Rogers, Howard (ed) ; Henri Poincare et al . CONGRESS OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, ST. LOUIS, 1904 - VOLUME I - HISTORY OF THE CONGRESS; SCIENTIFIC PLAN OF THE CONGRESS; PHILOSOPHY AND MATHEMATICS
Boston 1905 1st Houghton, Mifflin. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 626pp., maroon cloth. Includes Poincare "The Principlales of Mathematical Physics" pp. 604-622. no owner marks; VG, light cover wear. no dj. Volume 1 only. (a72013)
$45.00 Seymour, Morris W. et al . CONNECTICUT AT THE WORLD'S FAIR REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM CONNECTICUT OF THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION OF 1893 AT CHICAGO
Hartford 1898 1st Case Lockwood & Brainard. Hardcover. Large octavo, 367pp., photo illustrations, dark brown cloth with gilt lettering and floral end papers. VG, one inch long chip from edge of spine. (a76525)
$60.00Rogers, Howard.. CONGRESS OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, ST. LOUIS, 1904 VOLUME VI - MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY
Boston 1906 first edition Houghton, Mifflin. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 740pp., maroon cloth. VG. (Volume 6 only of an 8 volume series.) (ac289)
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