25 vols. Includes: Dunlap, Orrin E., comp. The Grandeurs of Niagara by Pen and Picture, Impressions by Great Authors. Photos. (Oblong 4to). Pictorial wrappers. [c.1926]. * Report of the Sesqui-Centennial Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1776-1926. Photos. 8vo. Red cloth. 1927. * Recapitulation of the Reports of the Agricultural Fairs Receiving Aid from the State of Illinois in 1930. 8vo. Printed wrappers. * Premiums and Regulations of the Culinary-Pantry Stores Exhibitions Illinois State Fair, August 22 to 29, 1931. 8vo. Printed wrappers. * Schmidt, Minna Moscherosch. 400 Outstanding Women of the World and Costumology of Their Time. 583 pp. Photos. 8vo. Blue cloth. 1st Ed. Chicago: Published by author, 1933. (Signed by the author, a lecturer at the University of Chicago and with the original prospectus laid in). (Pages xi-xii detached). * The Wellcome Research Institution and the Affiliated Research Laboratories and Museums Founded by Sir Henry Wellcome. Photos. 12mo. Green cloth. London: 1933. * Fishbein, Morris. Frontiers of Medicine: A Century of Progress Series. 207 pp. 12mo. Cloth. 1st Ed. 1933. * Egloff, Gustav, Ph.D. Earth Oil: A Century of Progress Series. 158 pp. 12mo. Cloth. 1st Ed. 1933. * Kaufmann & Fabry. Official Pictures of a Century of Progress Exposition. Photos. 10x7, color pictorial wrappers. Chicago: Reuben H. Donnelley, 1933. * Bulliet, C.J. Art Masterpieces in a Century of Progress Fine Arts Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Illustrated. 4to. Wrappers. Chicago Daily News, 1933. * Chicago: A Century of Progress, 1833-1933. Photos. 9x7, decorative blue cloth, stamped in silver. 1st Ed. 1933. (Binding shaken, a bit worn). * Catalogue of a Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. 3 copies. Illustrated. Two 1st Eds. & one 2nd Ed. 8vo. 2 in wrappers (including 2nd Ed.) and one cloth-bound. 1933. (1st Ed. wrappers copy with tears to spine ends, edge wear). * Eisen, Gustavus A. The Great Chalice of Antioch. Illustrated. (Folio). Cloth, jacket. 1934 Century of Progress Edition. 1933. * Albert. Official View Book: A Century of Progress Exposition. Photos. (Oblong 4to). Pictorial wrappers. Chicago: Reuben H. Donnelley, 1933. * Collection of six uniform 1934 Official Guide Books for the Chicago World's Fair. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers (4 with same covers, 2 others with a different cover design). * Official Pictures in Color: A Century of Progress Exposition. Chicago: 1934. * Bloom, Sol. The Story of the Constitution. 192 pp. Portraits. 8vo. Color pictorial boards. Special De Luxe Ed. Washington: U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, 1937. * Simkin, Colin. Fairs: Past & Present. Illustrated. (Folio). Pictorial wrappers. 1939. (Spine worn). * Memorabilia items include: 2 souvenir coins, 1 for the Ford Exposition & 1 for the Hoover Exhibition along with a postcard, all from 1933-1934 World's Fair. * Souvenir black handbag and a Liberty Bell metal figurine commemorating Philadelphia's sesqui-centennial (1776-1926). * Stuffed dog toy in plaid fabric for the 1934 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago. Together, 25 vols., 2 coins and 3 other items.
A representative collection of World's Fair material, chiefly from the Chicago 1933-1934 World's Fair.
Condition:
General wear, some light rubbing and soiling, a few with light shelf wear, else very good to near fine.