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Versailles: L. Bernard, Libraire-Editeur, 1891. 13 x 16 cm. Beautifully illustrated little handbook for touring the Palace of Versailles and The Trianons; the Palace and the Park. Decorated red cloth with gep, elaborate endpapers,very good. . Catalogs: Travel.

Isfahan, Iran: Imami Press, Isfahan, Iran, 1971. 11.3 x 10.3 cm. Small booklet welcomes guests to elaborate Persian hotel during the time when Iran was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi. Hotel was built on the site of an ancient caravanserai, and booklet describes treasures of Iranian art that are there. Paper booklet, good. . Catalogs: Travel.

London, England: Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd, ca. 1935. 11 x17 cm. Guide to London before World War II.With fold-out maps. Photographs. Many ads. Red fabric cover, back cover mottled. Fair. . Catalogs: Travel.

Chicago, IL: Curt Teich & co, ca. 1943. 24.3 x 16 cm. Booklet of black and white photos of Chicago, streets, buildings, churches, parks, stadiums. Color cover. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Travel.

Boston, MA: 221 State St, 1939. 19.7 x 127.5 cm. Journal of Senator and former Governor to his friends and followers, sailing on SS Columbus from New York to Marrakech. He finds Morocco full of Arabs and Berbers, squalor, dirt, poverty, women in rags, children working with no schoolingÂ…Canary Islands...St. Helena and Napoleon's villa...Capetown, Victoria Falls, visit… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1883. 17 x 21.5 cm. Fifth volume of a series for youth, takes the reader to places most associated with German history, tradition, literature and art, gives a view of events of those northern countries that once constituted a great part of the empire of Charlemagne.Many black and white illustrations. Decorated red… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: John F. Murphy, So. Station, 1904. 23.5 x 16 cm. Book contains excellent photographs of State House, Back Bay from State House, Beacon Street Mall--Common, Bird's Eye views of Tremont Street Mall, Public Garden, Commonwealth Avenue, views of Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Symphony Hall, Park Street Subway Station, South and North Union Stations including interior… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, 1883. 23.7 x 29.5 cm. Editor Williams sought to acquaint readers with the ""superb creations of nature that distinguish America above all others."" Excellent engravings of Bear River near Bethel, ME (frontis.); Yellowstone Valley; Hudson River at West Point; Natural Bridge, VA; Trenton High Falls, NY; Squam Lake, NH; Lake George, NY;… Read more about this item

Paris, France: J. Barreau, 1925. 13 x 24 cm. Handsome 1925 brochure offers guidance to the Chateaux on the River Loire for tourists by rail, via Orleans or Vendome. Schedule of chateaux district tours via motor car. Photos of Cathedral d'Orléans, Château de Châteaudun, Chateaux de Blois, Chambord, Cheverny, Chaumont, d'Amboise, Villandry, Luynes, d'Ussé, Langeais, Chenonceaux, Valençay, Saint-Aignan, dAzay-le-Rideau,… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Automobile Legal Association, 1926. 22 x 29.7 cm. Cover shows woman in bathing dress and holding rod and reel and large fish. Beside her is small boy in overalls. ""A Bit of Wilderness in Vermont"" includes photos of Smuggler's Notch. ""A Motor Trip to the Land of Evangeline"" includes photos of Nova Scotia.""Stopping and Searching Autos on… Read more about this item

London, England: High Commissioner, Canada House, 1937. 12.2 x 15.1 cm. Guide book for the Coronation, May 12 and all other events in 1937. Includes colored folding map of Central London, showing the Coronation Parade route. Paper booklet, owner name written on inside front cover. Inside front hinge slightly loose. Good. . Catalogs: Travel.

Dresden, Germany: J. Bettenhausen, Buchhdlg, ca. 1925. 9.5 x 14.5 cm. Accordion-style set of ten photographic post cards of Dresden sights, including Friedrich August-Brücke mit Hofkirche, Elbpanorama, Opernhaus, Zwinger, Brühl'sche Terrasse und Ständehaus, Kath Hofkirche und Schloß. Also included is loose postcard of Opernhaus and two folded advertisements (27 x 26 cm) for ""Ernani"" and ""Wilhelm Tell"" in Oper… Read more about this item

Kobenhavn, Denmark: Andr. Fred. Høst & Søn, 1952. 23.7 x 19.5 cm. Booklet by Royal Greenland Trade Department shows excellent photos of people and places in Greenland, as well as photos of visit of King Frederik and Queen Ingrid. Good photos of Native Greenlanders, nursing babies, flensing porpoise and whale, dancing. Views of turf houses, ice fjord at Jakobshavn,… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Edwin Bateman Morris, ca. 1950. 17.6 x 23 cm. Interesting, very unique book of sketches by Edwin Bateman Morris (1881-1971), an architect, author and sometime playwright. Sketches and description of sights in Vieux Carre. Cover drawing is Patio Door at 731 Royal St.; also, Court of the Two Lions, Old Absinthe House, Pirates Alley, Napoleon House… Read more about this item

Boston: Rand Avery Supply Co., Engr's, ca. 1890. 50 x 40 cm. Folded map, same as one contained in 1890 Boston & Maine Travel booklet. Tourist Map Boston & Maine Railroad, shows B& M routes and connecting lines from Boston north to New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, west to Montreal and south to Catskills. Paper foldout map,… Read more about this item

Boston: Rand Avery Supply Co., Engr's, ca. 1890. 50 x 40 cm. Folded map, same as one contained in 1890 Boston & Maine Travel booklet. Tourist Map Boston & Maine Railroad, shows B& M routes and connecting lines from Boston north to New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, west to Montreal and south to Catskills. Paper foldout map,… Read more about this item

Boston: Passenger Department Boston & Maine Railroad, 1890. 1.8 x 19.8 cm. Travel booklet includes three fold-out maps: (1) Tourist Map Boston & Maine Railroad, (2) Southwestern New Hampshire Reached by the Boston & Maine Railroad, and (3) Routes across New Hampshire to Connecticut River. Booklet includes Description of Merrimac to Monadnock, Westward from Concord, NH, Kearsarge Country… Read more about this item

Stockholm, Sweden: Wahlstrom & Widstrands Förlag, 1932. 12.4 x 18.2 cm. Little historical guide book to the island of Visingsö, in Lake Vättern, Jököping, Sweden, located about midway between Stockholm on east coast and Göteborg on west coast, in south of Sweden. Läge och historia; Visingsborgs slottsruin; Brahekyrkan (named after Count Per Brahe in the 17th century); Kumlaby… Read more about this item

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 1951. 23 x 24 cm. Booklet describes Turnpike created by legislative act in 1937. Mileage Table, from Ohio border to Eastern Terminal at King of Prussia, 327.2 miles.Traffic rules and regulations. Centerfold features two-page map of Penn. Tpk. System. ""Rambling Reporter"" by Ernie Pyle, famed World War II War Correspondent, describes Turnpike before World… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Boston & Maine Railroad, 1900. 10 x 20.5 cm. For travelers north of Boston, this pamphlet offers photos and descriptions of Moosilauke Brook, Cathedral Woods (Intervale, NH), Crawford Notch, Silver Lake (Madison, NH), Mount Washington, Wildcat River (Below Jackson Falls), Fabyan's (Maplewood, NH), Lake Winnipesaukee, Presidential Range, Franconia Mountains, Franconia Notch, more. Black & white photos.… Read more about this item