Brussels Universal (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Two flyers for the above nice deco items. Book.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Format 20/24 without author and éditor printed for universal and exhibition of brussels 1958, numerous photos.

Soft Cover with Attached Dust. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. April 17/ October 19, 1958. Page Numbers: N/A. Apr. 17/ Oct. 19, 1958 only! Text in English, French and Flemish. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket shows extensive wear and rips along the front and back.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Perfect bound illustrated covers, bright and square with gentle shelf wear. Book is firm in binding, 80 pages, b&w and color plates, and two tone illustrations. Includes 8 page pamphlet "Art and its Means of Expression - The Congo and Literature". Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 80 pages.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Stapled wraps with photo front of Canadian Mounted Police official greeting the Belgium Delegation. Published in English; 10.75 inches tall; 32 pages of b/w photos, articles, and advertisements. Articles featured Canada and the Dominican Republic. Carefully handled; even age toning; slight soiling on the outer covers. Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair was a world's fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium, from 17 April to 19 October 1958 Expo 58 was the eleventh world's fair hosted by Belgium, and the fifth in Brussels, following the fairs in 1888, 1897, 1910 and 1935. The theme of Expo 58 was in English: 'Evaluation of the world for a more humane world', a motto inspired by faith in technical and scientific progress, as well as post-war debates over the ethical use of atomic power. [Wiki].…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Pbk stapled 16mo, 40pp, text in English, a list of all the works presented in the first major exhibition at which the global scope of modern art was highlighted. 'When it opened its doors in Brussels in 1958, the exhibition 50 Ans dÕArt Modern (Fifty Years of Modern Art) was one of the most ambitious curatorial undertakings to have taken place in postwar Europe.' NOT illustrated, prev owner's name neatly on title page light toning to covers otherwise a very good clean tight unmarked copy of a rare survival from this most significant exhibition.…