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1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition Catalogue for Old Scottish Silver - Scarce?
$ 26.39
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This auction is for a catalogue from the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition for Old Scottish Silver:Old Scottish Silver, Catalogue of Loan Collection in Scottish Historical Pavilion
, (Glasgow: Andrew Holmes & Co., 1938). Stiff paperboard (?) wrappers, black with gold and red (Scottish lion) titles, etc. Issued as part of the Empire Exhibition *
Glasgow
* May to October * 1938 * (as printed around the lion). Also on front wrapper: Price Two Shillings and Sixpence. Not ex-library. Some wear to the covers, tear (removed staple?) on front blank, bookseller note on inside front cover (), other pages a bit toned, covers sun-faded somewhat, else quite nice.
From Wikipedia:
“Empire Exhibition,
Scotland
1938 was an international exposition held at
Bellahouston
Park
in
Glasgow
, from May to December 1938.
The Exhibition offered a chance to showcase and boost the economy of
Scotland
, and celebrate Empire trade and developments, recovering from the depression of the 1930s. It also marked fifty years since
Glasgow
's first great exhibition, the International Exhibition (1888) held at
Kelvingrove
Park
. It was the second British Empire Exhibition, the first having been held at
Wembley
Park
,
London
in 1924 and 1925.
Its function was similar to the first National Exhibition in
Paris
in 1798, and to the first International Exhibition, the Great Exhibition in
London
in 1851 attended by 6 million visitors.
It was declared open by King George VI and Queen Mary on
3 May 1938
at the Opening Ceremony in Ibrox Stadium, attended by 146,000 people.” Wikipedia
I could find no copies of this catalogue online (AbeBooks, Bookfinders, etc.). Possibly rare?
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