Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller
Item #44779 Katalog Oficjalny Dzialu Polskiego na Miedzynarodowej Wystawie Sztuka i Technika 1937 w Paryzu. Wacław Jędrzejewicz.
Katalog Oficjalny Dzialu Polskiego na Miedzynarodowej Wystawie Sztuka i Technika 1937 w Paryzu.

Katalog Oficjalny Dzialu Polskiego na Miedzynarodowej Wystawie Sztuka i Technika 1937 w Paryzu.

Warsaw: Galewski i Dau, 1937. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 8.5x5". 187pp. [1], with fold-out maps. Blue paper wrappers, with silver-stamped debossed insignia, in its original glassine wrapper with red lettering, protecting the front cover and spine. This publication is the official exhibition catalog of the Polish pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne).

The book includes an introduction by Polish politician, academic and then current Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Wacław Jędrzejewicz. The Polish pavilion like those of other countries showcased a wide variety of subject matter including the country's finest in, culture, art, design, architecture and industry. Polish engineers unveiled the cutting edge PKP-class Pm36 locomotive, which won the gold medal at the fair (shown).

The book is illustrated throughout with b/w photographic reproductions, displaying interior views of the pavilion and various objects exhibited, as well as two lithographically printed fold-out maps. One, measuring a total of 24 1/4 x 8" is in color and displays the general layout of the fair, and the other measuring 16x8" in b/w, is a detailed map of the Polish pavilion itself. There is an index of artists and companies exhibiting at the pavilion.

Text in Polish.

Glassine with chipping along the top of the spine and the top left corner of the front cover, and a burn stain. Wrappers with some light rubbing to corners and sunning to the spine. Interior with some sporadic minor foxing and water stains to some of the initial pages, including the title page. Starting at the title page. Book block tight overall and images clean and bright. Wrappers in very good-, interior in very good condition overall. Protected my modern mylar. Quite scarce. Item #44779

Price: $450.00

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