Shepp's World's Fair Photographed. Being a Collection of Original
Copyrighted Photographs consisting of Photographs of the Thirteen
Original Buildings; The Forty State Buildings; The Buildings of
Nineteen Foreign Nations; The Court of Honor; The War Ship Illinois;
The Lake Front; The Lagoon; Temples; Pavilions; Gardens; Fountains;
Statues; The Midway Plaisance, and its Scenes. Definitive book
on Columbian Expo. Chicago: Globe Bible Publishing Co, 528 page
volume of World's Fair Photos. Corners lightly rubbed. (Stock
number 003wf0715b) $200.00 
Martin's World's Fair Album-Atlas and Family Souvenir. Half-tone
illustrations of the fair, Chicago buildings and a small section
of photographs of the Paris World's Fair of 1889. Chicago: C.
Ropp & Sons. Not paginated. 11" x 8" Torn spine,
rubbed edges. (Stock number 003wf0715d) $100.00 
Martin's World's Fair Album-Atlas and Family Souvenir. Half-tone
illustrations of the fair, Chicago buildings and a small section
of photographs of the Paris World's Fair of 1889. Chicago: National
Book & Picture Co. Not paginated. 11" x 8" Spine
and edges rubbed. (Stock number 003wf0715e) $120.00 
History of the World's Columbian Exposition and Guide to Chicago
and St. Louis, The Carnival City of the World. Trustworthy accounts
of the exhibits, object lessons in all the world's industries.
Illustrated from official drawings by Horace H. Morgan. Half-tone
and color illustrations (by C. Graham) throughout. St. Louis,
MO: Vandawalker & Co., 1893, 480 pages. Spine split, otherwise
very nice. Cover embossed in gold. (Stock number 003wf0715g) $150.00
Illustrated Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the
World's Columbian Exposition - Chicago, 1893. Edited by Maud Howe
Elliott. Paris and New York: Goupil & Co., 1893, 287 pages.
Invaluable resource for those interested in Women's accomplishments
in the late 19th century. Lavishly illustrated. Includes pieces
done by women from many countries. Front cover nicely embossed.
Front cover and a section of text detached. Back cover partially
detached, last page detached, spine split. Interior is clean.
Despite its condition it remains a valuable resource. (Stock number
003wf0715j) $100.00 
New York at the World's Columbian Exposition. Report of the Board
of General Managers of the Exhibit of the State of New York at
the World's Columbian Exposition. Albany: James B. Lyon, 1894.
647 pages. Light water damage to spine, paper lightly yellowed.
(Stock number 003wf0715f) $100.00 
History of the Work of Connecticut Women at the World's Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, 1893 by Kate Brannon Knight. Hartford, Conn.:
The Hartford Press, 1898, 171 pages. Spine and corners rubbed,
some foxing on inside covers. (Stock number 003wf0715m) $75.00
Iowa at the World's Columbian Exposition - Chicago 1893. Report
of the Iowa Columbian Commission, containing a full statement
of its proceedings, including a list of all disbursements, accompanied
by complete vouchers therefor. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Republican
Printing Co., 1895, 421 pages. Cover stained, corner bent, spine
torn. (Stock number 003wf0715i) $75.00 
Report
of Massachusetts Board of World's Fair Managers - World's Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing
Co. 1894. 246 pages. Descriptions of exhibits, costs, photos,
lots of detail not available in other sources. 7" x 9.75"
Some rubbing and soiling. (Stock number 003wf1208a) $55.00 
The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 by Trumbull White
and Wm. Igleheart with introductions by Col. George R. Davis,
Director-General of the Exposition and Mrs. Potter Palmer, President
of the Board of Lady Managers. Illustrated with half-tone, wood
engravings and pen drawings by the best artists. Chicago: J. W.
Ziegler, 1893, 628 pages. Book is ex library and in 2 pieces.
Ink marks on title page, rubbed and stained covers. Loaded with
information. (Stock number 003wf0715N) $90.00 
Report of Massachusetts Board of World's Fair Managers - World's
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Boston: Wright & Potter
Printing Co., 1894. 246 pages. Cover lightly soiled. (Stock number
003wf0715ha) $90.00 
Columbus and Columbia. A Pictorial History of the Man and the
Nation. Embracing a Review of Our Country's Progress, A Complete
History of America, A New Life of Columbus and an Illustrated
Description of the Great Colombian Exposition. 4 Books in One
Volume. Book I by Hon. James G. Blaine. Book II by J.W. Buel.
Book III John Clark Ridpath. Book IV Benj. Butterworth. Phila:
Ulmer Curtis & Co, 1892. Spine lightly rubbed, corner bends.
(Stock number 003wf0522a) $150.00 
Columbus and Columbia. A Pictorial History of the Man and the
Nation. Embracing a Review of Our Country's Progress, A Complete
History of America, A New Life of Columbus and an Illustrated
Description of the Great Colombian Exposition. 4 Books in One
Volume. Book I by Hon. James G. Blaine. Book II by J.W. Buel.
Book III John Clark Ridpath. Book IV Benj. Butterworth. Phila:
Ulmer Curtis & Co, 1892. Water damage to front and back covers.
Interior clean. Edge rubbing some light foxing of title page.
(Stock number 003wf0624i) $100.00 
Columbus
and Columbia. A Pictorial History of the Man and the Nation. Embracing
a Review of Our Country's Progress, A Complete History of America,
A New Life of Columbus and an Illustrated Description of the Great
Colombian Exposition. 4 Books in One Volume. Book I by Hon. James
G. Blaine. Book II by J.W. Buel. Book III John Clark Ridpath.
Book IV Benj. Butterworth. Phila: Ulmer Curtis & Co, 1892.
Click to see title page Cover
and spine rubbed. Interior clean. Edge rubbing some light foxing
of title page. (Stock number 003wf0624mm) $125.00 
Reverse painted glass image of Machinery Hall at the World's Fair
1893. Unique souvenir of hand painted glass slide depicting the
gondolas in the Grand Canal in front of Machinery Hall. 3.5"
diameter. Some paint loss. (Stock number 003wf930909a) $85.00
Reverse painted glass image of the Art Building at the World's
Fair 1893. Unique souvenir of hand painted glass slide depicting
the gondolas in the Grand Canal. 3.5" diameter. Some paint
loss. (Stock number 003wf930909b) $85.00
Reverse painted glass image of Agricultural Bld'g. at the World's
Fair 1893. Unique souvenir of hand painted glass slide depicting
the gondolas in the Grand Canal in front of the Agricultural Building.
3.5" diameter. Some paint loss. (Stock number 003wf930909c)
$85.00 
Glimpses of the World's Fair. A Selection of Gems of the White
City Seen Through A Camera. Main Exhibit Buildings... Grounds...
All Foreign Buildings ... All State and Territorial Buildings...
Statuary... Lagoons and The Midway Plaisance. Click to see title page
Chicago: Laird & Lee 1893. 63/4" x 4 7/8". Not paged.
(Stock number 003wf0324a) $85.00 
Dr. King's New Discovery. Souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition
Chicago 1893. Published by H. E. Bucklen & Co. 36 pages. Color
views of the fair, descriptions and patent medicine advertising.
Fine Condition. 10.5" x 7 3/8". (Stock number 003wf0624dc)
$85.00 
Official Catalogue of Exhibits World's Columbian Exposition -
Departments M & L Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Leather and Shoe Trades Building. Merchant Tailors Building. Includes
map and a comprehensive list of all the companies from all the
countries that exhibited in this building. A Who's Who of manufacturing
companies. W.B. Conkey Company, Publishers to the Exposition.
1893. Over 300 pages. No pictures. Cover nicks and name in pencil,
interior clean. 6" x 8.5". (Stock number 003wf0718o)
$75.00 
Glimpses of the World's Fair. A Selection of Gems of the White
City Seen Through A Camera. Main Exhibit Buildings... Grounds...
All Foreign Buildings ... A State and Territorial Buildings...
Statuary... Lagoons and The Midway Plaisance. Chicago: Laird &
Lee 1893. 63/4" x 4 7/8". Not paged. Cover soiled, interior
clean. (Stock number 003wf0115a) $50.00 
Elsie at the World's Fair by Martha Finley. New York: Dodd, Mead
& Co. 1894. 259 pages. Small nicks and edge wear. Click to see illustration
(Stock number 003wf1010a) $60.00 
The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls. Being the adventures
of Harry and Philip with their tutor, Mr. Douglass at the World's
Columbian Exposition by Tudor Jenks. With off-hand sketches by
Harry and snap-shots by Philip and illustrations by better-known
artists and reproductions of many photographs. New York: The Century
Co., 1893, 246 pages. Cover stained and rubbed, spine torn and
taped. Edges of pages are discolored but the interior is clean
and tight. (Stock number 003wf0715L) $75.00 
Samantha at the World's Fair by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta
Holley). New York : Funk and Wagnalls 1893. 694 pages. Inside
of binding has been taped. Good Reading Copy (Stock number 003wf0715a)
$50.00 
Click to see title page World's
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Report of Committee on Awards
World's Columbian Commission - Vol. 1. Government Printing Office:
Washington, 1901, 857 pages. Includes architecture, art embroideries,
bread making, brick making, bronzes, cocoa & chocolate, colonial
and revolutionary objects, portraits of Columbus, fabrics, diamond
cutting by Tiffany, electricity, embroidery & needlework,
enamels, ethnology, farming tools, fisheries, forests in Japan,
Forestry products, furs, gold and silver mining, hair, horticulture
and heating appliances. Fabulous resource for anyone interested
in social, scientific, artistic, and business history of the United
States. Covers and spine rubbed. Binding is tight and interior
is clean. Ex library. (Stock number 003wf-0715mm) $115.00 
The Columbian Oration delivered at the Dedication Ceremonies of
the World's Fair at Chicago, October 21, 1892 by the Hon. Chauncey
M. Depew. Edwin C. Lockwood, Steam Printer, No. 61 Pine Street,
New York. 6" x 9". 24 pages. Cover stamped Compliments
of Chauncey M. Depew. Fine condition. (Stock number 003wf0625ma)
$40.00 
The World's Columbian Exposition Smoke 7-20-4 Little Gold Dust
5 Cent Cigars 10 Cents. Foldout of 12 views. Bird's Eye View of
the World's Columbian Exposition, Machinery Hall, United States
Government Building, Manufactures' and Liberal Arts Building,
Women's Building, Electrical Building, Mining Building, Illinois
State Building, Pier and Casino, Art Building, Agricultural Building,
Fisheries and Aquarium, Horticultural Building, and Transportation
Building. 3.75" x 6.75". Paper loss on cover, paper
loss and adhesion on back cover, light foxing. (Stock number 003wf0625mb)
$35.00 
New England Grocers Excursions for the Columbian Exposition. 8
page brochure describing tours to Chicago and the Exposition.
5.5" x 8.75" Water and grease stains, small tears, rough
edges. Still a most interesting piece. (Stock number 003wf0625mt)
$35.00 
Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization Saturday, April 1,
1893. Cover - Easter Sunday on Fifth Avenue, New York. 16 page
publication includes sketches in and around the fair inside and
a short article about Mr. Carter Harrison, Mayor of Chicago. 11"
x 15.5" Removed from a bound volume. Lightly damp stained.
(Stock number 003wf0417b) $25.00 
Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization Saturday, September
23, 1893. Cover - The Moonshiners at Hoho-Hebee Falls by Charles
Egbert Craddock. 16 page publication includes a pictorial on the
Columbian Exposition English Military Tournament. 11" x 15.5"
Lightly damp stained. (Stock number 003wf0417e) $25.00 
Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization Saturday, September
30, 1893. Cover - A cinch Says Boss Croker to Boss McLaughlin:
"Shake!" 16 page publication includes an illustration
of the Columbian Exposition - Lake Shore Looking North. 11"
x 15.5" Lightly damp stained. (Stock number 003wf0417f) $25.00
Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization Saturday, October
14, 1893. Cover - Columbian Exposition - The Grand Arch of the
Peristyle drawn by Charles Graham. 16 page publication includes
an illustration of the Columbian Exposition - The Johnson Family
Visit the Lapland Village. Includes a story "The Adventures
of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle. 11" x 15.5"
Split spine and lightly damp stained. (Stock number 003wf0417g)
$25.00 
Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization Saturday, October
21, 1893. Cover - Columbian Exposition - A Note From the Wild
East in the Midway Plaisance drawn by Frederic Remington. 16 page
publication includes a two page pictorial featuring sights on
Chicago Day. as well as several sketches of the fair. 11"
x 15.5" Front page detached, lightly damp stained. (Stock
number 003wf0417h) $25.00 
Children's Home at the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago Ill.
1893. 4 page brochure on the project to provide day care at the
fair. (Stock number 003wf0624gv) $25.00 
The World's Fair. Its Meaning and Scope. Its Old-World Friends,
Their Couture, Customs and Religions. What They Will Exhibit.
The United States at the Fair. The City and the Site. The Colossal
Structures. By H.G. Culter. Illustrated. Chicago: Star Publishing
1891. 640 pages. Back and front covers water damaged. Interior
clean. Edge rubbing. (Stock number 003wf0624dh) $100.00 
Judge's Library World's Fair Fun. No. 52, July 1893. 32 Page periodical
with articles, cartoons and commentary on the fair, its exhibits
and its visitors. Cover tears, split spine, soil. (Stock number
003wf0720a) $25.00 
Woven Bookmark. Souvenir Woven in the World's Columbian Exposition
Chicago 1893. Shows US Government Building, A Flag and A Cannon
and Shot 2.5" x 7".. Some edge fraying/. Minor soil.
Needs to be ironed. (Stock number 003wf0625s) $145.00 
Columbian Exposition Woven Silk Bookmark. 400th Anniversary. In
Commemoration of the Discovery of American 1492. Landing of Columbus
Oct. 12, 1492. 2.5" x 7".J.J. Mannion Chicago Ill. (Stock
number 003wf0930cxa) $160.00 
World's Fair Through A Camera. 1893 Columbian Exposition. Snap
Shots by an Artist. From recent photographs by F. Dundas Todd.
Approx. 6.5" x 5". Cover wear. edges rubbed, front flyleaf
missing. (Stock number 003wf1213f) $55.00 
World's Fair Through A Camera.
1893 Columbian Exposition. Snap Shots by an Artist. From recent
photographs by F. Dundas Todd. Approx. 6.5" x 5". Light
cover soil. Contents Fine+ (Stock number 003wf0529a) $65.00 
1893 Columbian Exposition Fringed Table Cover
Machinery hall. approx. 11" square including fringe. Small
1/16" burn hole above the words machinery hall. Small stain
(Stock Number 003wf005) $70.00 
Description of the Mammoth Redwood Plank.
Owned by the Berry Bros, Ltd. World's Columbian Exposition 1893.
4 pg. flyer includes an illustration. approx. 4" x 5"
(Stock number 003wf108) $25.00
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