Travel
[Six leaflets from Nicaragua's tourism agency]
Managua: Direccion Nacional de Turismo, 1976. Pamphlet. Six leaflets, one to three pages each, photoreproduced, all with horizontal fold, else very good condition. The first, 8.5x11 inches, is an overview of archeological sites; each of the others, in somewhat larger format, introduces a particular destination: Granada, Masaya, Chinandega, Leon, and..... More
Cat.No: 231944
So near and yet so foreign, 90 miles from Key West. Visit Cuba [postcard]
Key West, FL: Havana Ticket Office, nd. Postcard. 5.5x3.5 inch postcard with color illustration; slight ink smudge on backside, otherwise in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 316618
South Africa, Land of Contrast. Big Game from the safety and comfort of your car! Ten Touring highlights for YOU in South Africa, Land of unique Travel Adventure! Enchanting Land of Sunshine and Surprises
Pretoria: South African Tourist Corporation, undated, circa 1950. Pamphlet. Single large leaf of alkaline clay-coated paperstock, printed and folded to make an upright 9x3.5 inch brochure; features color photographs and design elements. An unblemished period piece, except spiritually. Publishing date guessed from autos, which look late 1940s. More
Cat.No: 228618
Spartacus International Gay Guide 2001/2002: 30th edition
Berlin: Bruno Gmünder Verlag, 2001. Paperback. 1389p., texts in English, Germany, French & Spanish, gay travel guide, maps, ads, services and resources, photos, very good 30th revised and updated edition glossy trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 218039
Spartacus International Gay Guide 2012/2013: 41st edition
Berlin: Bruno Gmünder Verlag, 2012. Paperback. xxxiv, 1126p., texts in English, German, French & Spanish, gay travel guide, maps, ads, services and resources, photos, very good 41st revised and updated edition glossy trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 262562
State of South Africa; pictorial - social - economic - financial - statistical; 1964
Johannesburg: Da Gama Pub. 1964. 320p. and index, tables, ads, b&w photos, color plates, very good in lightly-worn pictorial wraps, former owner has hand-lettered title on spine panel. Travel and guidebook. More
Cat.No: 119917
The Surroundings of Rome
Rome: Ente Nazionale per le Industrie Turistiche, Ferrovie dello Stato, [c1930s]. Pamphlet. [16]p., stapled wraps, 4.75x8 inches, profusely illus., wraps worn and beginning to separate, bottom corner of both wraps torn off with no loss of text. More
Cat.No: 293826
This week in San Francisco; vol. 1, no. 7, December 9. 1946
San Francisco: This Week Pub. 1946. 24p. including covers, 5.5x9 inches, ads, photos, stapled pictorial wraps, worn with a 3 inch closed tear on cover. Jannie Taylor graces the front cover. Review of Ben Hecht's "Front Page." More
Cat.No: 137697
To Ceylon by "Nederland" Royal Mail Line
Holland, no city: the steamship line, undated, 1920s. Paperback. 40p., coated paperstock throughout with plenty of small b&w photos and two line maps (the island; the capital) with spot color cues. Softbound in 9x6 inch khaki wraps cover-titled gilt around a colorized photo of elephants. The overlapping edges are worn..... More
Cat.No: 234269
To-Day in Paris / Aujourd'hui à Paris: Distribué sur "Queen Elizabeth" et dans le train transatlantique. 50e Edition. Activities of the Week / Programme des Spectacles du 14 au 21 Décembre 1951
Paris: Publicité, 1951. Pamphlet. 11, [46]p., wraps, 5.25x7 inches, profusely illus., piece of tape on verso of rear wrap else very good condition. Text in English and French. Guide to hotels, events, shops, etc. for tourists. More
Cat.No: 291873
Touring; The Free Tourist Guide of the West, Published Monthly by Peck-Judah. Free Information Bureaus San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver. April 1917 Vol. XIX No. 4
San Francisco / Los Angeles: The Peck-Judah Co., 1917. 64p., 5.5x7.75 inches, small pamphlet printed on (mostly) alkaline india-paper, ads and several route maps and city plates. A poorish copy, unfortunately; the very worn cover is nearly detached from the staples, and an impact to fore-edge has made quarter-inch splits..... More
Cat.No: 227715
The trail to the Casa Rinconada group of ruins
Globe: Chaco Canyon National Monument, 1958. Pamphlet. 13p., 5.25x8.5 inches, figures, maps, lightly worn else very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 158792
Tunisia. New up-to-date edition
Tunis: Office National du Tourisme, late 1950s. Unpaginated series of overlapping printed leaves plentifully illustrated in fuzzy b&w photography, numerous line maps with spot color; easily fifty pages, the baseline sheet being 9.5 inches square, the leaves tapering to a 9.5x4 inch front cover. The overlapping business is cleverly executed..... More
Cat.No: 225617
Valuable information for the stranger attending the Republican National Convention at St. Louis, June 16, 1896. With the compliments of the Missouri Pacific Railway (Passenger department)
St. Louis: Woodward and Tiernan Printing Co., 1896. Pamphlet. Eight-panel fold-out brochure, including a two-panel map of the business section of town, directions to sights and hotels, and a full-panel ad for the Hot Springs of Arkansas, only a night's ride away by the Iron Mountain Route. Minor corner creases..... More
Cat.No: 185464
Vedute di Roma.
[Rome?]: Edizione B.E. & B.A., 1943. Paperback. [50] pp., oblong wraps. 7.25 x 10 in. Stab-sewn. Edge wear. A souvenir book of views of Rome, published during World War 2. Includes numerous cathedrals (in and around the Vatican), classical ruins (like the Roman Forum), and then-modern buildings (like the monument..... More
Cat.No: 298626
Venceremos, vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1988)
Chicago: Venceremos Brigade, Chicago Regional, 1988. Newsletter. 8p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter, leaves not bound; slight toning along spinefold, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 313871
Venetia and the Julian Region
Rome: Ente Nazionale Industrie Turistiche, Ferrovie Dello Stato, [1930s]. Pamphlet. 12p., stapled wraps, 4x8.5 inches, illus., one map, wraps lightly worn, staples rusted, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 293307
Views of Shasta Lake and points of interest in the Shasta Cascade wonderland
Westwood: Sugared Pine Press, no date. 20p., 5.25x4 inches oblong, 20 b&w photos in stapled pictorial wraps. A crumby little item for the Shasta completist. More
Cat.No: 120840
Vincenzo Bellini and the Italian Celebration of 1935
Rome: Ente Nazionale Industrie Turistiche, Ferrovie dello Stato, 1935. Pamphlet. [16]p., stapled wraps, 7.75x9.75 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn, rear wrap foxed, else good condition. List of celebrations in different cities laid in. Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Bellini's opera "I Puritani." More
Cat.No: 293752