The Great Exhibitions
London: Studio Vista, 1977. Many Illustrations, some in color. 192 pages, 4to, green cloth, d.w. price-clipped and with some light wear. London: Studio Vista, (1977). A very good copy ina very good dust wrapper. More
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Columbus and Columbia; A Pictorial History of the Man and the Nation
New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1892. Chromolithographs, one folding. Over 500 b/w Illus. Folding street map of Chicago. 832pp. 4to, original decorated blue cloth, folding chromolithograph with a few small tears near edge, with no loss of text, cloth lightly soiled on back cover, corners lightly worn on edges and bumped. New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1892. First Edition Four books in one volume that embrace a review of our country's progress, a complete history of America, a new life..... More
The Magic City; A Massive Portfolio of Original Photographic Views of the Great World's Fair and Its Treasures of Art.
New York: Arno Press, 1974. 300 plates. Oblong 4to, tan cloth, portion of d.w. stuck to front flyleaf and last blank page, otherwise very good. New York: Arno Press, 1974. Facsimile of the St. Louis, 1894 edition. More
The Buildings of the World's Columbian Exposition. Published by Authority
New York: Brentano, 1892. 12 photogravure plates. 4pp. of text. Oblong folio, 1/2 blue cloth, boards soiled, edges of boards worn, front flyleaf with several tears, light foxing to plates. New York: Brentano's, (1892). First Edition. More
Fine Arts in Argentinia
Buenos Aires: Argentina National Committee, 1939. 105 black & white plates. Small square 4to, pictorial wrappers, a bit worn at spine ends. Buenos Aires: Argentina National Committee New York Worl's Fair and Golden Gated Exposition, 1939. Near fine. More
Buildings of the World Exhibitions
Leipzig: 1985. Translated by Jenny Vowles and Paul Roper. Many illustrations. 224 pages, 4to, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper scuffed and edgeworn. Leipzig: (1985). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Samantha at the World's Fair
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1893. By Josiah Allen's Wife. Illus. 694pp. 8vo, pictorial blue cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn, inner hinges strengthened, cloth lightly soiled. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1893. A novel set at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. More
An Early Encounter with Tomorrow; Euorpeans, Chicago's Loop, and the World Columbian Exposition
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. 75 Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1997). Very good. More
The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition, with a Full Description of the Great Buildings and all the Objects of Interest exhibited in them.
Philadelphia: National Publishing, 1975. Illus. 4to, tan cloth, d.w. torn, d.w. sunned on spine portion. Philadelphia: National Publishing, (1975). More
Trylongs and Perisites [The World's Unfair Guests]
New York: Greystone Press, 1939. Illustrated on most pages with humorous cartoons relating to the World's Fair. Slim 8vo, original blue and orange pictorial boards, lightly worn at extremities, matching dust wrapper, tattered. New York: Greystone Press, 1939. First edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Columbia and Canada: Notes on the Great Republic and the New Dominion. A Supplement ot "Westward by Rail."
London: Daldy, Isbister, 1877. viii, 316pp. 8vo, original blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped. pages partially unopened. London: Daldy, Isbister, 1877. First Edition Author was a correspondent in the United States and Canada for the British newspaper, the Daily News. This work is his observations of major North American Cities, including New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., Boston, and Toronto. He writes the most chapters on Philadelphia, including on the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. More
Revisiting the White City: American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
Washington: National Museum of American Art, 1993. Many illustrations. 408 pages, 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. Washington: National Museum of American Art, (1993). A fine copy. More
Glass From World's Fairs 1851-1904
Corning: Corning Museum, 1986. Illustrated. 59 pages, thin 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers. Corning: The Corning Museum of Glass, 1986. A fine copy. More
Views of the World's Fair and Midway Plaisance
Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1894. 217 photo Illus. Oblong 16mo, pr. wrs., wrappers detached and chipped, some margins and wrappers dampstained, spine worn. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1894. Views of buildings, scenes, and people of the exposition. The plates are complete and bright. More
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