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Federal Irrigation Projects, Bureau of Reclamation. The Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia Pennsylvania U.S.A., June 1 to December 1 1926

Federal Irrigation Projects, Bureau of Reclamation. The Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia Pennsylvania U.S.A., June 1 to December 1 1926

by Walter, R.F., chief engineer, Bureau of Reclamation

Washington DC: GPO / U.S. Department of the Interior, 1926. Pamphlet. ii, 50p., illustrated in b&w photography fuzzily reproduced, generally a photo on every page starting from p.10. Softbound, 9x6 inch pamphlet staple-fastened. A GPO item with both covers printed in colors, rather unusual, perhaps a boost for this little-known Exposition. Item has suffered damp-damage, to covers, not to text pages, staining not particularly severe however obvious. The staples, exposed where these protrude at the... Read more about this item
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A$31.60
[ART AND NEW MEDIA] Los ordenadores, el láser y el arte [Computers, laser, and art]

[ART AND NEW MEDIA] Los ordenadores, el láser y el arte [Computers, laser, and art]

by Laboratorio de Óptica de la Universidad de Alicante, Centro de Cálculo de la Universidad de Zaragoza (C.C.U.Z.), Manuel Aguado

Only edition of this small catalog of an exhibition dedicated to artistic holography, held in Zaragoza in December-January 1981-82. With the use of laser beams, it was now possible to depict three-dimensional bodies in space that change in shape and color. Artists saw holography as an opportunity to eliminate in one medium the antagonisms between painting and sculpture that had been discussed for centuries. Among other things, this catalog provides an introduction to the technique, which was... Read more about this item
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A$673.28
Anna Morrison Reed 1849 - 1921, edited by: John E. Keller

Anna Morrison Reed 1849 - 1921, edited by: John E. Keller

by [Reed, Anna Morrison]

Lafayette: the editor, 1978. xxvi, 285p., illustrated with period photos and documents and two modern line maps; first edition cloth boards in dj, copy as new. "The collated writings of a nineteenth century Butte County girl..[who] lived several places in California, especially in the gold mining area, and married a miner.. As a popular lecturer and writer on Temperance and Women's Sufferage, she traveled widely throughout northern California for several years. Her diary and writings reflect ..the... Read more about this item
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A$23.70
Treasures, splendid survivors of the Golden Gate International Exposition

Treasures, splendid survivors of the Golden Gate International Exposition

by Schnoebelen, Anne

Berkeley: GGIE Research Associates, 1991. Pamphlet. 15p., wraps slightly shelf worn with minor creasing, old price sticker on rear wrap else good condition, 7x8.5 inches, illustrated.
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A$31.60
Catalogo General - Grandes - establecimientos - horticolas. Arboles , plantas, semillas, bulbos. Los mas impiortantes de Espana, casa fundada en 1.877. Gran Premio en la Exposicien Ibero Americana Sevilla 1929-30. Diploma de Honor en la Exposicion Nacional de Horticultura - Madrid 1930

Catalogo General - Grandes - establecimientos - horticolas. Arboles , plantas, semillas, bulbos. Los mas impiortantes de Espana, casa fundada en 1.877. Gran Premio en la Exposicien Ibero Americana Sevilla 1929-30. Diploma de Honor en la Exposicion Nacional de Horticultura - Madrid 1930

by Leyva, Juan, La Quinta director propietario, sucesor de Pedro Giraud

Granada: Imp. Editorial Urania, 1930. Paperback. 207p., illustrated with drawings and blurry photography, softbound in an oblong stapled textblock, 6.5x9.5 inches. A deco master designed the wrapper, front and back, with lettering in red and silver on black and grey backgrounds. Front cover edgeworn with creasings, back cover worn and stained. First leaf (the half-title) and terminal leaf have pulled wasy from sstaples and exposed these, with ragged tears. A fair to good copy, with text itself very... Read more about this item
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A$55.30
Men at Work 1964-65 World's Fair Sketchbook [aka] Official Art Book of the World's Fair New York 1964-65

Men at Work 1964-65 World's Fair Sketchbook [aka] Official Art Book of the World's Fair New York 1964-65

by Guarnieri, Luciano

Florence Italy: Leo S. Olschki - Publisher, 1964. Hardcover. Unpaginated, perhaps thirty folio leaves printed both sides in b&w, sepia and in color-tints, ranging from fullpage plates to 3 or 4 vignettes per page, hardbound in 11x13.5 inch oblong decorated boards. Corner-tips and head & tail rims slightly blunted, covers have picked up mild dirt and scratches, but most seriously the binding threads are loose and there are several gaps in textblock gutters that reveal this problem. So far no losses. The... Read more about this item
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A$31.60
Golden Gate International Exposition 1939-1940 (3 ticket books)

Golden Gate International Exposition 1939-1940 (3 ticket books)

San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939. Three season ticket books, two adult and one child (not related) approximately 2.25x5.25 inches (the 1939 is 2.5x5 inches) with photos of the the holders (a man, a woman and a young boy) each retaining quite a few admission tickets, all 3 in very good condition.
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A$71.10
New Zealand Invites You. New Zealand, The World's Scenic Wonderland-- The California of the Southern Seas. How to Get to New Zealand [San Francisco to Wellington, Vancouver to Auckland]

New Zealand Invites You. New Zealand, The World's Scenic Wonderland-- The California of the Southern Seas. How to Get to New Zealand [San Francisco to Wellington, Vancouver to Auckland]

[no city, NZ]: [published either by a NZ bureau or by US travel agentry], 1915. Pamphlet. Single leaf of reasonably alkaline coated paperstock, printed and folded to make a 9x4 inch upright handout with b&w photography, a line map, and a naively enthusiastic promotional text. Faintest toning, mild edgewear, a very good copy. Dated from this, that the NZ commissioner at the NZ Pavillion, PPIE, will be pleased to see you at his office and supply full information.. our text-writer was somewhat obsessed... Read more about this item
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A$23.70
Salici's Puppets - Official Souvenir Program - Hall of Westerrn States, 1940 Treasure Island, Golden Gate International Exposition

Salici's Puppets - Official Souvenir Program - Hall of Westerrn States, 1940 Treasure Island, Golden Gate International Exposition

by Salici family: six generations of puppeteering

San Francisco: GGIE, 1940. Staplebound Wraps. 8p,, self-wraps ergo 12p counting recto & verso of both covers. Stapled 11x8.5 inch color wraps with b&w guts. The colorwork offers wonderful cigaret and Coke ads and an amazing beer ad from San Francisco's Acme Breweries. A profusion of b&w backstage photos show the family working their sizeable pinocchios, which can smoke and sing opera as well as display the usual marionette skills. Sad to say, an enormous (3.5x2.5 inch) dampstain has rippled and tinted... Read more about this item
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A$39.50
World's Fair Gardens: "Ride Your Hobby on Treasure Island" by Lou Richardson [article in] Better Homes & Gardens, volume 17 number 6, February, 1939

World's Fair Gardens: "Ride Your Hobby on Treasure Island" by Lou Richardson [article in] Better Homes & Gardens, volume 17 number 6, February, 1939

by Golden Gate International Exposition

Des Moines: Meredith Publishing Company, 1939. Cover story (announced there; cover illustration per se simply an indoor flower-arranger at work) begins with a double-spread on pp20-21 with one half-page b&w photo and ten vignettes and a tiny map of central California, thereafter comprised of 4 or 5 full columns of text scattered in the back of the magazine. Complete issue, 88p with color wraps; front wrap is near fine, back is dampstained with offset blue (no bleed-through), staples are exposed front... Read more about this item
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A$23.70
Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris, Commissariat General: Madagascar et dépendances

Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris, Commissariat General: Madagascar et dépendances

by Delélée-Desloges, M., illustrations by Maurice le Scouezec

Paris: Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 1931. 240p., 9x11.25 inches, frontis-portrait, lexicon, bibliography, illustrated with maps and plates illustrated by le Scouzec in pen and ink, very good in worn original gray wraps printed with pictorial device and title in red and black inks, small blank label on spine, unopened pages.
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A$102.71
Portfolio of Views: Issued By the Department of Photography

Portfolio of Views: Issued By the Department of Photography

by Arnold, C.D.; H.D. Higinbotham

St. Louis: C.B. Woodward Co, 1893. Oblong Octavo. 35 images of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. An unusually bright copy bound in brown pictorial cloth accented in rose, black and gilt, ribbon bound.
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A$134.31
Pastels Francais Des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles

Pastels Francais Des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles

by Dacier, Emile; and P. Retoule De Limay

Paris et Bruxelles: Les Editions G. Van Oest, 1927. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 750 copies on Rives laid paper, large paper format. The present copy is #154. Portrait frontispiece, ix, 132 pages, 96 plates (including frontispiece and portraits). Dacier and Limay organized the Exposition in Paris (1927). Although several of the pastels still survive, some were lost both in World War II and others disappeared into the hands of collectors. This volume is one of the most extensive of the subjects. A... Read more about this item
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A$181.71
Golden Gate International Exposition, 35 souvenir postcards

Golden Gate International Exposition, 35 souvenir postcards

by G.G.I.E. postcards

San Francisco: promotional office, 1940. Postcard. Very good exemplars enclosed in a small plastic presentation folder provided with twenty clear pockets of 6x4 inches, each to contain two back-to-back cards, of which three contain one card only and another none at all, the rest filled to capacity. There are 13 b&w cards, the rest (22) are in color or colorized. Good ones! especially the fancy color items. Spot-checking suggests that this was an active collection, not a group purchased en masse, as the... Read more about this item
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A$94.81
Official Pictures of a Century of Progress Exposition, by Kaufmann & Fabry Co., 1933 First Edition

Official Pictures of a Century of Progress Exposition, by Kaufmann & Fabry Co., 1933 First Edition

by Chicago World's Fair 1933

Official Pictures of a Century of Progress Exposition. Photographs by Kaufmann & Fabry Co. Official Photographers. c. 1933. The Reuben H Donnelley Corporation, Chicago.[The Chicago World's Fair was held from May 27, 1933 - November 12 1933. Due to its popularity, it was reopened in 1934 and ran from May to October]. These are the official photographs of the fair, published in 1933Condition: This original "Official Pictures" of the World's Fair in Chicago in 1933 has been bound into an attractive... Read more about this item
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A$241.36
The beginning of the International petroleum exposition and congress, reprinted from The chronicles of Oklahoma volume XXVI no. 4, Winter 1948-1949

The beginning of the International petroleum exposition and congress, reprinted from The chronicles of Oklahoma volume XXVI no. 4, Winter 1948-1949

by Clinton, Fred S., M.D., F.A.C.S

[Oklahoma]: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1949. Pamphlet. Staplebound offprint, coated paperstock throughout with b&w period photography and text, 9x6 inch titled decorated wraps, slight dust-soil and mild signs of handling, touch of rust to staples, good copy. First plate is an aerial view of the buildings and grounds in 1922, in Tulsa.
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A$18.96
Ayuntamiento de Tarragona, Grandes Fiestas del 24 de Junio al 9 de Julio 1911. Primer Centenario de la Guerra de la Independencia

Ayuntamiento de Tarragona, Grandes Fiestas del 24 de Junio al 9 de Julio 1911. Primer Centenario de la Guerra de la Independencia

Tarragona: Imprenta de F. Sugranes for the festival commission, 1911. Pamphlet. 21p., printed in blue and red inks throughout, on semi-coated alkaline paperstock; softbound in stapled upright color wraps (deco scene in two shades of red, and yellow, white and black on white stock --of the harbor, ruins, sea and a stout lady in mulberry gown foreground hoisting a ceremonial cloth). Staples rusted (no migration), cover margins are heavily foxed with a touch of dust-soil, clean and sound within, a good... Read more about this item
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A$39.50
Plaisir de France, (Images de France) Revue mensuelle; numero de l'exposition

Plaisir de France, (Images de France) Revue mensuelle; numero de l'exposition

by [Bruxelles 1958, l'Exposition de]

Paris: Plaisir de France, 1958. Magazine. 82p., lviii [ads], large slick magazine in 12x9.5 inch decorated wraps; p.21/2 is double-fold, opening out to a stylized plat of exposition grounds printed white on solid black (nice touch) with green onlaid color. Ad on p.xxi features a tipped-on swatch of weird wallpaper; find several wallpaper ads, oddly enough, and plusieurs des ads par parfum (no samples). Externally this exemplar is somewhat dirty and handled, while its interior is clean, sound and... Read more about this item
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A$31.60
Authentic Map of the World's Fair [Century of Progress] - 252 Buildings and Attractions Labeled and Keyed - All Points of Interest Easily and Quickly Located - Compliments of Bismarck Hotel, Randolph at La Salle. Telephone Central 0123, Roy Steffen, Mgr

Authentic Map of the World's Fair [Century of Progress] - 252 Buildings and Attractions Labeled and Keyed - All Points of Interest Easily and Quickly Located - Compliments of Bismarck Hotel, Randolph at La Salle. Telephone Central 0123, Roy Steffen, Mgr

Chicago: Fair Promotional / Bismarck Hotel, 1934. Map. Single leaf of reasonably alkaline paperstock, printed in two colors (black and dark blue), folded to make an upright pocket-fitting guide (folds out to 9x20 inches), namely a line map with "keys" shown in smallpoint, verso being the Bismarck Hotel ad plus blank panels. Outermost panels are slightly toned and dusty, but nicely square with foldlines undamaged.
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A$31.60
El Ferrocarril De Pennsylvania y La Exposicion Colombiana, Con Notas Descriptivas De Las Ciudades De New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago y Una Descripcion Completa De Los Terrenos y Edificios De Ls Exposicion, Con Mapas e Illustraciones

El Ferrocarril De Pennsylvania y La Exposicion Colombiana, Con Notas Descriptivas De Las Ciudades De New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago y Una Descripcion Completa De Los Terrenos y Edificios De Ls Exposicion, Con Mapas e Illustraciones

by Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Philadelphia: Compania Del Ferrocarril De Pennsylvania, 1892. Octavo. 139p. 7 maps (as called for in most editions, some apparently have only 6). Spanish language. The Pennsylvania Railroad made an extraordinary effort in corporate image making to produce editions both in English and Spanish. Maps included are: Pennsylvania RR, New York to Chicago: (2) New York Harbor; (3) New York City; (4) Philadelphia (5) Washington (6) Chicago; and (7) Chicago, Business District. This copy was bound in Malaga, Spain... Read more about this item
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A$181.71
Cuba Before the World. At the Panama-Pacific Exposition. A Comprehensive and Descriptive Account of the Republic of Cuba From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Containing Unembellished Data for General Information of History, System of Government, Education, Sanitation, Commerce, Industry, Agriculture, Banking, Society, Touring, Sports and Notes of Interest. Superbly Illustrated with over 300 Original Photographs

Cuba Before the World. At the Panama-Pacific Exposition. A Comprehensive and Descriptive Account of the Republic of Cuba From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Containing Unembellished Data for General Information of History, System of Government, Education, Sanitation, Commerce, Industry, Agriculture, Banking, Society, Touring, Sports and Notes of Interest. Superbly Illustrated with over 300 Original Photographs

by Alfonso, Manuel F. and T. Valero Martinez, compilers and editors

Havana: The Souvenir Guide of Cuba Co, 1915. Hardcover. 223p., cloth-covered boards with map illustration on front, profusely illus., boards lightly edgeworn, a few small stains on both front endpapers, else very good condition.
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A$134.31
Exposición General Española 1929: Sevilla - Barcelona

Exposición General Española 1929: Sevilla - Barcelona

by Direccion Artistica, Baldrich - Confección Gráficas Reunidas, Madrid

Madrid: Editado por El Consejo De Enlace de Las Exposiciones de Sevilla y Barcelona. Gráficas Reunidas, S.A., 1929. 32p., 7x9.5 inches, text in Spanish, illustrated with b&w photos, mild wear and staining to covers otherwise good booklet/program for the exposition in stapled pictorial wraps; cover nicely litho'd in olive and tan on buff stock.
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A$39.50
Plat map of grounds, pavillions

Plat map of grounds, pavillions

by [Treasure Island]

no place: no publisher, 1939. 8.5 x 11 leaf, of almost cardstock weight, printed image is perhaps 6 x 9 inches. scale seems precise. Keyed with tiny numerals to a list of sites that has gone missing, major site indicators touched with mulberry watercolor. No sign that this is from a book (but it's likely). Folded in half inaccurately.
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A$23.70
Paper making in Massachusetts in the year of the Panama-Pacific exposition, 1915 by authority of Massachusetts board of Panama-Pacific managers

Paper making in Massachusetts in the year of the Panama-Pacific exposition, 1915 by authority of Massachusetts board of Panama-Pacific managers

Springfield MA: Springfield Homestead Newspaper Company, Publishers, 1915. Unpaginated, perhaps 32p., printed on various stocks: a heavy (50#?) textured sort, a slick yellowish, and a tissue-guard-type; ads fore, aft and betwixt. 15.5x11 inch plainish printed wraps fastened with four staples as issued, staples begun to rust, spinefold terribly abraded and torn but not quite detached, many leaves bear short tears, a poor to fair copy with no evidence of losses. As is; the historical content appears... Read more about this item
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A$47.40
Niels Bukh, founder and originator of the world-famous Bukh system of physical education. A brief Biographical Sketch of Niels Bukh and his Achievements as Leader of the Gymnastic High School at Ollerup, Denmark

Niels Bukh, founder and originator of the world-famous Bukh system of physical education. A brief Biographical Sketch of Niels Bukh and his Achievements as Leader of the Gymnastic High School at Ollerup, Denmark

[San Francisco?]: no publisher, 1939. Pamphlet. [12]p., illustrated with ten b&w photos, last leaf advertises the international expo in San Francisco Bay where two performances are scheduled. Printed on pressed cream paperstock, alkaline and untoned but cover leaf is a little dusty, edgeworn and crimped, with a few spots of silverfishing. Good (good-only) copy. Precision group back-flips and handstands and so forth. Terminal two pages give particulars of scheduled performances on "Denmark Day on... Read more about this item
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A$31.60
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