Paris: Eugene Verneau & Henry Chachoin, 1911. Paperback. [8], viii, 87, [5]p., illustrations, wraps. Very Good. Exhibition catalog of the first salon by this organization, with one or two small cartoons on each page. More
Cat.No: 324768
Mexico City: F. Laso y Comp., impresores, 1901. Hardcover. 379, [1] pages, portraits, illustrations, boards. Bound in green publisher's cloth, stamped on front and spine with decorative type. Presentation inscription from Fernando Guachalla to Andres Muñoz, dated May 1905. Front board discolored and whitened from foot towards center of the..... More
Cat.No: 345991
[New York]: F. W. Dodge Corporation [presumed], 1939. Hardcover. Massive collection of the year's publications in one binding, 12x8.5 inch buckram boards with initial and terminal blanks; professional work. The successive magazines all on coated paperstock with b&w site photography and scattered color reproductions; casebinding done with heavy-duty cloth hinges..... More
Cat.No: 210542
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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..... More
Cat.No: 302392
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..... More
Cat.No: 207535
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. Hardcover. 62, [2] + 22 leaves of plates, illustrations, boards. Bound in green publisher's cloth, gilt stamped on front cover. Bookplate and discard stamps and other ex-libris markings of the University of California Los Angeles. Includes a list of 1,641 exhibited items. More
Cat.No: 344706
Barcelona: the firm, [1910?]. Pamphlet. Two slightly different copies of an 8x4 inch handy guide to Barcelona's upper-class attractions, unpaginated, one [20]p., printed blue, black, green and brown on buff, the other [16]p. printed green, purple and brown on white stock. Staplebound self-wraps. Staples a bit rusty, toning and mild..... More
Cat.No: 207578
Roma: Stabilimento Tipografico "Aternum" di Enrico Sabucchi, 1915. Paperback. 54p., illustrated with plentiful b&w photographs, plat & line maps and diagrammatic floorplans and elevations; softbound a folio-sized paperback in 13.5x9.5 textured gray wraps. A very useful book in very bad shape: the photos of the ongoing construction of the imitation..... More
Cat.No: 254133
Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1961. Pamphlet. [52]p., illustrations, wraps. 7.75x8.25 in. Profusely illustrated catalogue on this interesting exhibition focused on designs of French officers, including furniture design. More
Cat.No: 328763
[Detroit]: Ford Motor Company, 1915. Ephemera. 1 brochure ([8]p.), illustrations. Edge wear. Good. Promotional brochure with facts about the company, an illustrated layout of their factory floor design, profiles of their buildings around the country, and an ad for the Ford Touring Car. More
Cat.No: 331770
[San Francisco]: Gayway Concessionaires, 1940. Paperback. [4] pages, wraps. 12 x 8.5 in. Photograph of attendees inserted. Souvenir menu of a mostly male-attended event in honor of Monahan, former Chamber of Commerce official who took over management of the Golden Gate International Exposition (1940) in its second year. Here, he..... More
Cat.No: 298902
Santander: Artes Graficas, 1950. Pamphlet. [8]p., wraps. 6.75 x 5 in. + [4]p., exhibition brochure, with the bookplate of collector M. Vidal y Lopez whose collection was on display + 28 separate bookplates. Ink stamps and postage stamp on front cover. In Spanish, French, English, and German. Edition of 200..... More
Cat.No: 324754
[Tokyo]: [Okymura], [1956?]. Pamphlet. [26], 29, [5], 31-37, [5]p., illustrations, wraps. 8.25x5.75 in. Very Good. Post-war industrial trade show, here with Japan showing off it's post-War industrial might (optical lenses, textiles, toys, bamboo, porcelain, fishing rods, lighters and wristwatches, etc). Exhibitor's directory accompanied by a product index and preceded by..... More
Cat.No: 328976
Madrid: Impreso en la Tipolitografia de Julian Palacios, 1901. Paperback. [48]p., softbound oblong in plain printed 7.5x11 inch cover sheets with narrow cloth spine, fastened with a decorative red and yellow cord. Profuse captioned photographic illustrations (both b&w and tissue-guarded color) share space with a sampling of art and furniture..... More
Cat.No: 207319
Cupertino: California History Center, 1973. 72p., 5.5x8.5 inches, map, preface, footnotes, sources, photos, very good first edition in original pictorial wraps. Short historical essays by Mary Black, Walter de Veechi, Gloria J. Reagan and others. More
Cat.No: 99643
Rome: Tipografia dei Fratelli Centenari, 1884. xxvi, [4], 287, [5]Original paperback covers. Front cover, title page, and section markers printed in multiple colors. Covers dustsoiled with edgewear. Leaves evenly agetoned. Good. Monograph on Rome's history emphasizing its monuments and architecture, from ancient times to the 19th century. More
Cat.No: 341320
no place: National Song Parade, [circa 1940]. Magazine. 32p., small-font production on newsprint, stapled 11x8 inch self-wraps, the red cover wrapper is decorated with a sly photoportrait of Bing Crosby. Cover slightly edgeworn and a little faded, text is quite toned but handleable, a good copy. Caveat emptor, no music..... More
Cat.No: 208480
[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...... More
Cat.No: 228619
[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..... More
Cat.No: 245300
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..... More
Cat.No: 164272
[Milan?]: Stab. Grafico G. Casati, 1922. Pamphlet. 12, [4] pages, plans, staplebound pamphlet. Numbered copy (88). Dampstain to lower portion of text block. Good. Plan to finance a building to house exhibitions on cars and sports at the 4th Milan Fair (1923). Includes a plan of the fairgrounds with the..... More
Cat.No: 341308
Paris: the society, 1904. Unpaginated, between sixty and eighty pages plus two fascicles bound in, featuring many artists' renderings of zinc roofing sheets in a variety of styles, mouldings and fastenings ditto. Find a dozen or so plates that show finished work on elaborate older buildings. Leaves measure 10.5x9 inches..... More
Cat.No: 253433
San Francisco: Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco, 1915. A superior copy of this rather routine photographic treatment. Unpaginated, complete and sound, an oblong softbound booklet in smoky-marbled 9.5x12.5 inch wraps with embossed titling and decoration in bronze, brown and gilt. Mildest edgewear; b&w captioned photos on textstock of coated..... More
Cat.No: 228383
Boston: James H. Earle, Publisher, 1894. 5, 8-338p., wraps. 7.5 x 5 in. Edges chipped, covers dusty, otherwise Very Good. Proceedings from a conference, held in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition, on the topic of rest on Sundays. Includes papers on topics related to taking the day off in..... More
Cat.No: 320028
San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939. Pamphlet. 15p., 6.5x9.75 inches; illus., front wrapper slightly creased in one corner, staples slightly rusted, small tear along tail of spine, else in good condition. More
Cat.No: 281003
