Post #258357 by TravelingJones on Mon, Oct 2, 2006 2:47 AM

Nice score Midnite! Reeeeally top shelf prints!! I saw you window shopping but I didn't enter the store... :D

• Piapo here's some info on the prints:

COVARRUBIAS , MIGUEL. Pageant of the Pacific.
San Francisco, Pacific House, 1943. Only edition, 2 vols., small folio and large portfolio, the first pp. 22 with 2 maps in the text, bound in green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover, and descriptive of the second, with 6 color lithograph maps (4 measuring approx. 25" x 38" overall, and 2 measuring approx. 19" x 25" overall), the portfolio in brown tapa-style decorative paper-covered boards lettered "Covarrubias" in blue on the upper cover, and held in place by a 1/2" dowel, the whole tied with hemp. These lithographs were done for the Golden Gate International Exhibition in San Francisco, 1939- 40, held at Treasure Island. The maps are titled "Peoples of the Pacific," "Flora and Fauna of the Pacific," Art Forms of the Pacific Area," "Economy of the Pacific," "Native Dwellings of the Pacific Area," and "Native Means of Transportation, Pacific Area."

BRAVO - Midnite, do you get a free slice of pie with that purchase?!! :)

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