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1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition Catalogue for Old Scottish Silver - Scarce?

$ 26.39

Availability: 56 in stock
  • Signed: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Topic: Glasgow, Scotland
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Modified Item: No
  • Language: English
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Binding: Softcover, Wraps
  • Year Printed: 1938

    Description

    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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