[COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION]. -- BANCROFT, Hubert Howe (1832-1918). The Book of the Fair. An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World's Science, Art, and Industry, as Viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Chicago and San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1893. 10 text volumes, 2o (552 x 425 mm) and 9 atlas portfolios containg 83 (of 100) mounted plates, many in color, some signed by the artist. Text in original half calf gilt, silk doublures (some rubbing), cloth folding portfolios (some wear). LIMITED EDITION, number 37 of 150 copies of the "Author's Edition," presented to Anna Laura Barber and signed by H.H. Bancroft. There were many issues of the Book of the Fair and this signed Author's Edition is notably scarce. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. -- [COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.] -- BANCROFT, Hubert Howe. The Book of the Fair. An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World's Science, Art, and Industry, as Viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Chicago and San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1893. 5 volumes, 2o (550 x 420 mm) . Profusion of illustrations in text. Original morocco gilt, titled on front covers and spines (some covers detached, rubbed). Provenance: Western Reserve Historical Society (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, number 231 of 950 copies of the "Fin de Siecle Edition." Sold not subject to return. (24)