3 Volumes Edward Strahan Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition

2 Volumes. Edward Dowden, The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 blue morocco and linen boards with the covers and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooling. All ...

2 Volumes. The Discourses of Epictetus, translated by George Long. Bound in 3/4 tan morocco with linen boards. Gilt tooling on the raised band spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpape...

3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice. Second Edition. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooling. All edges gilt with gilt-too...

2 Volumes. Vizetelly, Henry. The Story Of The Diamond Necklace. (Short Story by Guy DeMaupassant) Bound in full blue morocco with an oval portrait under glass of Marie Antoinette and...

Antique print titled 'The International Exhibition Building'. The Sydney International Exhibition opened in the autumn of 1879, but it wasn't really universal and therefore not officially recognised by the Bureau of International Expositions. Melbourne decided to start their exhibition shortly after the one in Sydney, so the participants could transport their exhibits during the winter of 1880. After the exhibitions many of the exhibits were selected to be at display in the Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum (now the Powerhouse Museum). The Garden Palace...

76-page catalog from the exhibition "Edward Wormley: The Other Face of Modernism," held at the Lin Weinberg Gallery in 1997. The exhibit helped re-introduce Wormley's work to the mar...

A Lugger lifeboat model by Twyman for the International Exhibition, London 1862. The planked and pinned hull of this lifeboat has a lead keel, bilge keels, a wooden rudder with a yoke, gesso-coated canvas wales and a grab line. It is fitted internally with a forward compartment enclosing a stove and glazed deck lights, seats, covered hatches with copper strapping, a bilge pump with a handle, mast securing points, a metal anchor with a buoy and other details, together with a quantity of furled masts and rigging, a silk flag, and other accessories. The bow has ‘Sunbeam/Friend of all Nations’ and the stern has ‘Ramsgate’, painted in gold on a black ground. English, 1862. Provenance: H. Twyman (designer/modeller) thence by descent Exhibited: International Exhibition, London 1862, Vol. 2, object no. 2760 The 1862 International Exhibition in London hosted a fine array of exhibits from 28,000 exhibitors, and enjoyed a footfall of 6.1 million (about the same as that of the 1851 Great Exhibition...

Armada, 1588-1988: An International Exhibition to Commemorate the Spanish Armada by M. J. Rodriguez-Salgado and The National Maritime Museum. Penguin Bo...