Alger et Ses Environs
Paris: Hachette, 1920. Paperback. photos, maps (3 double-page). Original wrapper. 16cm. Reglued. At head of title: Guides Diamant. French text. More
Travel Guides
Algerie Tunisie Tripolitaine. -- Malte.
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1930. Hardcover. index, folding maps, cxi, 495p. Blue cloth. 16cm. No Jacket. Les Guides Bleus (series). French text. More
Black's Guide to the County of York
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1888. 13 ed. Hardcover. maps (some double-page or folding, including pocket map), index, xxiv, 393p. plus 132p. advertisements at end. Original cloth. 17cm. Cover spotted. Contents sound. More
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, including Rajputana-Malwa Railway: (includes the Rajputana State Railway, the Holkar State Railway, the Sindia-Neemuch State Railway, the Rewari-Ferozepore State Railway, the Godra-Rutlam State Railway, and the Cawnpore-Achnera State Railway)
London: Printed by McCorquodale, 1896. Hardcover. large folding color map (in cover pocket), photos, 106p. 22cm. The red cloth cover on this rare railroad travel guide is bright and fresh as is the gilt lettering; internally this is quite defective -- lacks 28 pages (pages 31/2, 41-47, 49/50, 53/54, 61-64..... More
El Turista en Panama (The Tourist in Panama): Guia ilustrada (Illustrated Guide)
Panama: The French Bazaar, 1927. Paperback. photos, folding maps, folding table, 91p. Wrapper. 17cm. Some cover creases. Text in Spanish and English on facing pages. More
The Great Northwest; A Guide-book and Itinerary for the use of Tourists and Travelers Over the Lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad, The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company and the Oregon and California Railroad
St. Paul: Northern News Co., 1888. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, folding map in pocket, 390p. Original brown cloth. 17 cm. Corners bent. Extremities rubbed (minor fraying). More
Guide de Poche d'Abidjan et de Cote d'Ivoire
[Abidjan?]: n.d. [early 1970s.]. Paperback. folding table of distances, photo, 159p. Wrapper. 16cm. Former owner's name (USIS person) and an inked message on a rear panel of the folding table. Lacks folding map. Some wear but still quite sound. French text. More
How to see Huzi-Hakone National Park, Miyanosita, Five Huzi Lakes, Mt. Huzi
Tokyo: Japan Tourist Bureau, n.d. (1950s?). Paperback. illustrations, 19p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19 cm. Stain on tip of upper right corner of first three leaves. Mt Fuji and other nearby attractions. More
Le Guide Cicerone Fournier de Grenoble
Grenoble: L'Avenir Publicite, (1945). Edition 1945. Paperback. folding map inside back cover, photos, index, 40p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19 cm. Some splitting along narrow backstrip. Map moderately browned. Printed sticker at base of first page announcin an authorised increase in the price of the guide to 28 francs (from..... More
The Republic of Panama and the Panama Canal Zone: The Land Divided and the Waters United. Panama City: Panama National Tourist Commission
n.d. [probably early 1940s]. Paperback. photos, maps, 80p. Softcover in original wrapper. Square 23cm. (folded once vertically). Some text double-columned. [Travel Brochure]. More
Sight-Seeing in Thailand
[Bangkok]: Government Tourist Bureau, (B.E. 2496), [1953]. Paperback. ills, 38p. Pictorial wrapper (minor edgewear). 18cm. More
Souvenir of Port-Said
[Cairo]: Cairo Post Card Trust, n.d. [ca. 1920?]. Paperback. 36 postcard-sized printed photos on both sides of 18 leaves; brief captions in English and French. Tied wrapper (photo mounted on front). Oblong 16cm. Cover title: Souvenir Booklet. "No. 983" printed on back cover. More
Tourists' Guide to Saigon, Pnom-Penh, and Angkor.
Saigon: Imprimerie Nouvelle Albert Portail, 1930. 1st ed. Paperback. illustrations, maps (2 folding), 165p. Softcover in original wrapper (oval illustration mounted on front cover). 22 cm. Dampstain on upper left portion of moderately soiled front cover. Contents sound, with some foxing, creasing and other wear. More
The Traveller's Handbook for the Riviera (Marseilles to Leghorn) and the Pyrenees (Biarritz to Marseilles), with Maps
London: Thomas Cook & Son, etc. 1923. 7 double-page maps and plans, index, viii, 296p. Original maroon cloth. 17cm. Minor cover scuffing and wear. No jacket. Travel guide. More
Egypt and the Sudan; Handbook for Travellers. [7th ed.]
Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914. 7th remodelled edition. Hardcover. foldling map frontis, numerous maps and plans (many folding or double-page), index, cxc, 458p. Original red cloth. 16 cm. No Jacket. The 4th-7th editions of the English-language Egyptian Baedekers were described on the title-page as "Remodelled" editions. The 8th and final English-language edition..... More
La Suisse et Les Parties Limitrophes de la Savoie et de L'Italie: Manuel Du Voyageur. [30th ed.]
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1928. Trentieme Edition. Hardcover. folding map frontis, illustrations, color maps (many folding or double-page), plans, index, lv, 632p. Original red cloth. dj. 16cm. Jacket browned and has modest chipping along top and on back of jacket. French text. More
Touraine with Normandy and Brittany: Their Celtic Monuments, Ancient Castles, Pleasant Watering-Places and Rocky Islands
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1888. 10th ed. Hardcover. maps (some folding), index, xii, 305p. Original blue cloth. 17cm. Some light spots on back cover. A travel guide. More
How to See the World. Ceylon: The Pearl of the Indian Ocean
Colombo: Ceylon Publicity Committee, 1937. Paperback. photos & illustrations, 2 folding maps, 87p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19cm. Relatively light scuffing and other wear. A travel guide. More
Les Baux in Provence
Aix-en-Provence: n.p., 1962. Paperback. illustrations, 47p. Softcover in original wrapper. 18 cm. Some cover spotting and soiling. Contents sound and clean. Cover title: Souvenir -- Guide to Les Baux in Provence. More
Information Pamphlet on Peiping (Peking).
Peiping: November, 1945`. 1st ed. Paperback. 22p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19cm. OCLC lists only a copy of the 2nd ed. (1946 -- at the National Library of Australia). More
Italy on $50
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1934. 2nd ed. [or printing?]. Hardcover. frontis, folding map, xv, 287p. dj (prince-clipped). 16cm. Foxing on page edges. More
Cook's Handbook for Tourists to Peking, Tientsin, Shan-Hai-Kwan, Mukden, Dairen, Port Arthur, and Keijyo (Seoul)
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1913. 2nd ed. Hardcover. maps (3 folding), 122p. Thin, flexible yellow cloth covers. 18cm. Inked letters erased from front cover (although still faintly visible). Covers moderately soiled. No Jacket. The first edition of this uncommon guide book was published (under a slightly different title) in..... More
Cook's Handbook for the Short-Time Visitor to Rome
Rome & London: 1925. Hardcover. frontis, photos, folding map, 224p. Original paper-covered boards. dj. 17cm. Jacket lightly chipped at head of backstrip. Spine slightly sloped. Former owners' names or contact information in pencil on endpaper. More
Handbook for China (Including Hong-Kong). 5th ed.
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1933. 5th edition. Hardcover. 6 folding maps, v, 390p. plus (11)p. index and (15)p. adverts. Original thin dark cloth. 17 cm. Former owner's bookplate. Small rectangular bookseller's label (French Bookstore Peiping (China) on rear pastedown. No jacket. More
Guida Storica Illustrata di Vallombrosa
Firenze: Faggio Vallombrosano, n.d. [19--?]. Hardcover. photos, folding map, 200p. plus (8)p. advertisements on colored paper. Minor wear. Library bookplate inside front cover. No jacket. Italian text. A travel guide. More