London RIBA 1989

20pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Square 4to. Laminated wrappers which are decorated with colour images. Review of Ron Herron's career, practice and projects.

Paris, Editions Vincent Freal & Co (1925) 1959 Collection de "L'Esprit Nouveau" 1959

218pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. throughout. Decorated wraps. Vg indeed. Revised edition of one of the original L'Esprit Nouveau, promoting the works and ideas of Le Corbusier and his contemporaries. From the library of Kenneth and Diana Rowntree without signatures.

Dunedin Vivian E Page, printed by Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd. 1925

Decorated end papers. 322pp illustrated mainly with sepia plates, line ills and adverts. One or two coloured images. Cloth backed decorated stiff card wrappers. Good copy, a little worn on the spine. Compendium of material on New Zealand and its resources, industrial and commercial activities.

Wellington, New Zeland Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd. 1926

112 + xxxiipp. Long 4to 185 x 250mm. Cloth spine, pictorial boards overprinted with titles. Decorated end papers with time line of history reproduced from a panoramic painting shown by the Department of Industries and Commerce at the exhibition. Images mostly in sepia show trade stands at the exhibition, whilst last xxxiipp are a review of New Zealand and Australia aimed at attracting immigrants from Europe? Held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 17 November 1925 until 1 May 1926, it was an exhibition which showcased the country and the south seas area.

London Published by Department of Overseas Trade., 1925

206pp illustrated. 4to. Original cloth, leather spine label with gilt lettering, this worn at edges. Good copy of this key review of the exhibition. Very useful on Architecture, Murals, Furniture, Textiles, Metal Work, Pottery, Glass, Books, Illustration, Posters, Theatre, Gardens, and Lighting, etc. Ownership signature, hand written in calligraphic script, Doris Parton, 46 Baskeville Road Hanley. She was a ceramic artist, active 1926- 1951 and exhibited in Stoke on Trent.

London Printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd 1908

Xliv +132pp illustrated with b/w plates of the pavilions and many period ads. Decorated wrappers. Spine al little worn else good. 1908 Following the success of the 1904 India Exhibition, this exhibition was the brain child of Irme Kiralfy. Useful for giving an overview of the whole exhibition concept.

London Illustrated London News 1939

Pagination 695-766 including period ads. Striking wrappers in colour with centre image of famous Perisphere and Trylon edged with participant countries insignias. Very good with b/w plates of the pavilions, birds eye views of the whole site, photographs of the site by night and line illustrations by Lili Rethi who was commissioned to make drawings of the exhibition for ILN. Also in same volume are images documenting parades held in Germany for Hitler's 50th birthday. Good copy of this issue of the magazine, staples slightly rusting with the effect that the centre fold is partially detached.

London The Flexible Glass Co Works, 294 High Road Kilburn nd Late 19th century?

140x220mm single sided broadsheet printed on yellow paper, with sample of woven glass product preserved in archival bag. The new material, was introduced for the manufacture of neckties, scarves, book marks and for trimming hats and dresses etc - Billed as "A New Discovery" The sample of glass fibres is very good. The broadsheet/advert page for it is slightly worn at edges and a little dusty. In 1893, Edward Drummond Libbey exhibited a dress at the World's Colombian Exposition incorporating glass fibres with the diameter and texture of silk fibres.

New York New York World's Fair 1939 Inc., 1938

Pamphlet. 16pp illustrated with sepia plates. Decorated wrappers. 300x22mm. The Bulletin was first published in November 1936 and was occasionally published up until the event to keep the event in the minds eye of people and also to provide updates on progress with construction, design and purpose. Single issue issued the year before the planned opening of the exhibition.

Manchester Abel Heywood and Son 1887

[18] pages illustrated with coloured line illustrations. Produced for Children. Worn at edges and wrappers dusty else good copy.

St Louis Official Photographic Company 1904

40pp of photographs of the exposition pavilions and scenes. Large centre fold illustration of the exposition at night. Black and white photographs throughout. 270x220mm landscape format. Stapled pamphlet. Blue wrappers with gold lettering. A little dusty else good copy of this useful visual resource for the event.

Manchester J Heywood 1857

80pp 12mo. Blue decorated paper wrappers Very good. Wrappers a little dusty. Written in Lancashire dialect, one of a series of books written to explore Manchester and Lancashire people and places including Yetton Park, The Mechanic's Institute and other places. This particular volume explore the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. Humorous account but insightful on how ordinary people responded to the exhibition. Uncommon.

56 vistas around the Exposition. Long 4to. Maroon Cloth, gilt lettering. Good copy. Text in Spanish and English. Includes one fold out panorama of the main vista.

London Liberty and Co nd c 1930

50 tiny samples of coloured silk in binding. Lovely miniature item. 3 x 5 inches approximately. Nine samples have been clipped so there are corners or small parts missing. 37 have British Standard Colour paper numbers stuck to samples, as issued and so 13 tiny labels have gon astray. Very good. Colours have not faded over time. Despite the little clipping missing, the item is a really nice one showing the range of silks sold by Liberty when selling fabric was part of the major enterprise of the firm.

Hampstead Garden Suburb Issued by the Residents Associations 1954

23pp illustrated with b/w plates. Centre fold is a pictorial map showing the suburb features and roads. Green wrappers, these stained. Stapled. The centre fold map has become detached at the staples nonetheless a really useful pamphlet illuminating who did what in terms of building and in which streets. Uncommon.

Hampstead Garden Suburb Issued by the General Organising Committee of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Jubillee. 1957

52pp, Stapled booklet including illustrations and period adverts. Yellow decorated wrappers, these a little worn and dusty else a good item. Introduction by Sir John Braithwaite [ President of the Jubilee events ] + articles by Leonard Hyman and Dr Nikolaus Pevsner. Includes map and list of suburb societies as well as the programme of events for the Jubilee.