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Electric Illumination Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y.
by Witteman, Adolph
The Albertype Co, 1901. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 10 B/W plates, 1 folding. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Covers mildly scuffed. 3 punched holes through pamphlet but ties are lacking. Plates are loose. WorldCat locates two copies.
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NZ$214.32
The Romance Of Exploration And Emergency First-Aid From Stanley To Byrd
by Burroughs Wellcome and Company
New York: Borroughs Wellcome & Co, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth boards with cover lettered and illustrated in gilt. Teg, silver endpapers with embossed star design. Fine, almost as new.. 160 pages. 20.5 x 13 cm. Describes every explorer, traveler, and missionary that carried with them a Tabloid Medical Kit. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs both in black and white and color. Crisp, exceptionally clean copy.
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NZ$128.60
Scrapbook of Jasper S. Connell, for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915
by Connell, Jasper S
Scrapbook of Jasper S. Connell of the San Francisco construction firm of Van Sant-Houghton was placed in charge of the New York Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition which was a civic effort to show that San Francisco had truly recovered from the San Francisco Earthquake, Jasper S. Connell (1884-1965) was the Civil Engineer whose thesis: "Fire and Earthquake-proof Building on the West Coast Water Front" influenced the City of New York to place him in charge of the exhibit. It is his...
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NZ$1,971.79
New York World's Fair Illustrated by Camera (cover title)
New York: Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co, 1939. First Edition (?). Staplebound. Very good +. Octavo, unpaginated (about 64pp.), illustrated. A very good or better copy in the publisher's printed staped wraps. A few creases, but a very bright, clean example of this image-driven guide to the 1939 World's Fair.
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NZ$42.86
Book Of Nations; New York World's Fair
by Bernbach, William & Herman Jaffe (Editors)
New York: Winkler & Kelmans, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated white boards. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. 189 pages. 27.5 x 20 cm. Book and Maps designed by Clarence Pearson Hornung. "This general, and I might also say spontaneous, participation by other countries, is a gesture of friendship and good-will toward the United States for which I render grateful thanks." Excerpt from President Roosevelt's address at the opening ceremonies of the New York World's Fair, April 30, 1939....
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NZ$68.58
Reminiscences of the Fair A Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Columbian Exposition
St Louis, Missouri. Good; Hardcover; Lester, Lawrence & Miller; 1894. Black boards with leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering and lines on the spine as well. Unpaginated, corners rubbed through and spine edges rubbed through. Fep has 4" tear and creased, contents tight still and binding is holding well. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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NZ$257.19
New York Advancing World's Fair Edition; The Result Of Five Years Of Progressive Administration In The City Of New York F.H. LaGuardia, Mayor Together with an Official Guide to the City of New York Exhibit Building
by Rankin, Rebecca Browning
New York: The Publisher's Printing Co, 1939. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 270 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Illustrated. Index.
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NZ$51.44
The Story Of Lucky Strike
by Flannagan, Roy C
Richmond: Np, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown boards, front cover paper label. Fine. 94 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Originally published for a series in The Richmond News Leader and subsequently as a pamphlet for Virginia State Chamber of Commerce explaining the history and production of tobacco. This copy was specifically published for the New York World's Fair with 1939 New York World's Fair stamped in blind on cover, crisp copy.
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NZ$68.58
The Magic City
by Buel, James William
Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover. Unpaginated, however, about 200 plates in black-and-white. This is a 'Massive portfoilo of original photographic views of the great World's Fair and its treasures of art, including a vivd representation of the famous midway Plaisance, with graphic descriptions by Buel.' Reprint of the 1894 edition. A very good copy. No dust jacket. A large, heavy book.
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NZ$75.01
1964 World's Fair Subway Map
by NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Brooklyn: New York City Transit Authority, 1964. New York City transit map and station guide published in 1964 by the New York City Transit Authority. Measures 18 3/4 x 15 1/2" unfolded and 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 as pamphlet.<br/> <br/> Historical deluxe edition of the New York City subway map for the 1964 World's Fair held in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens. The subway map design includes a prominent blue arrow highlighting the special subway route that was implemented from Times Square to the...
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NZ$334.35
Discount certificates to the most outstanding restaurants, rides, shows and other attractions at the New York World's Fair 1964-1965
New York: New York World's Fair Corp, 1964. Softcover. Fine. Unpaginated. [approx. 45 coupons]. Oblong 48mo. [approx. 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches]. Tape and staplebound with stiff wraps. Discount coupons for almost all the attractions and eating establishments at the fair. From a box of new dead stock in pristine condition.
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NZ$30.86
Your Investment for '39 Means More Business for All: 1939 World's Fair on San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate International Exposition, 1938. Pamphlet. Single sheet folded to make four pages. 9 by 11-1/2 inches. Printed in black and orange. A promotional brochure encouraging Bay Area businesses to invest in the GGIE. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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NZ$42.86
Typed Letter Signed about the Proposed Jamestown Exposition
by CORTELYOU, George B. (1862 - 1940)
Washington, 1904. unbound. 2 pages on "Department of Commerce and Labor" letterhead, 10.5 x 8 inches, Washington, April 13, 1904. Written as Secretary of Commerce and Labor to powerful member of the House of Representatives H. L. Maynard, concerning plans for proposed exhibits at the upcoming Jamestown Exposition, in small part: "...Of my sympathy with the general purposes of the proposed Jamestown Exposition and of my desire to contribute to its success you have already been assured. An...
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NZ$342.92
The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition: a Record Based on Official Data and Departmental Reports
by Austin, E. L. (Director-in-Chief) and Hauser, Odell (Director of Publicity)
Current Publications, Inc, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 520 pages plus sepia reproductions of photographs. A collection of essays and reports on the fair. First edition (first printing). Minor wear to covers; obituary of the exposition's official photographer affixed to a front blank, else near fine. Number 166 of the Original Subscription Edition. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial photgraph on front cover with few chips. With signature and inscription of...
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NZ$375.07
New Map of Chicago and Suburbs showing the location of the World's Columbian Exposition
by RAND, MCNALLY & CO
Rand McNally, 1892. Map. Color lithograph. Sheet measures 41 3/4" x 27 1/2"<br/> <br/> Large and bold map of Chicago published in 1892 in anticipation for the world's fair in Chicago held in 1893. Extending from Winnetka to East Chicago, the map shows streets, railways, and street car lines. At inset in the upper right corner depicts a larger scale map of downtown Chicago, with an index to railroads. Parks and cemeteries are colored in green, and red overprint delineating...
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NZ$968.75
