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The Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition: A Pictorial Survey of the Aesthetic Features of the Panama California International Exposition
by Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor (Introduction); Winslow, Carleton Monroe; Stein, Clarence S.; Taylor, Harold A. (Illustrator)
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About This Item
San Francisco, California: Paul Elder and Company, 1916. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Taylor, Harold A.. A verbal & photographic chronicle of the Panama California Exposition, designed both as a World's Fair & as a way to highlight the beauty of the growing city of San Diego, the nearest Pacific port in the US to the newly opened Panama Canal. In 154 pages, with 68 duotone illustrations from photos + frontispiece tipped in, all by Harold A. Taylor, who was just making his way as a notable Western photographer. In his Introduction, architect Bertram Goodhue explains why some of the park's features were designed to be temporary ("essentially the fabric of a dream"), & should be razed after the fair, & some should become permanent fixtures in what endures today as Balboa Park. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1916 (the fair had opened the previous year & would close on 1 Jan 1917), this hardcover 8vo is bound in a nubby tan cloth & lettered in gilt to front & spine. Condition is Fine: completely clean & bright, binding straight & strong, deckle-edged pages tanned, but completely supple. Old gift inscription dated 1921 to half title page in lovely script, along with recipient's bookplate. pages white with a hint of tanning to edges. Clipping featuring a letter to the Editor of the local paper (the San Diego Union) tucked in rear, darkening pages there. Exterior is crisp & clean with a hint of bumping to head of spineOur photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Title
- The Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition: A Pictorial Survey of the Aesthetic Features of the Panama California International Exposition
- Author
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor (Introduction); Winslow, Carleton Monroe; Stein, Clarence S.; Taylor, Harold A. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Taylor, Harold A.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, California
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA BALBOA PARK PANAMA EXPOSITION PHOTOGRAPH BUILDINGS GARDENS ARCHITECTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture/Design/Home Decorating/Renovation; Californiana;
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