Chicago: Curt Teich & Co., 1938. Paperback. [32] p.: color illustrations, map; 12 x 17 cm. Illustrated wrapper included in page count; stapled. Wrapper title. Illustrations consist of reproductions of 15 of the C. T. Art-Colortone postcards produced by Curt Teich & Co. In Near Fine Condition: ends of spine..... More
Cernobbio, Italy: Villa d'Este, 1938. Hardcover. [2], 63, [1] p., [4] p. of illustrations, 1 folded leaf of a map: black-and-white illustrations, 4 color plates tipped onto captioned pages; 19 cm. Plain tan card cover with attached off-white dust jacket; dark brown title and illustration on dust jacket. The Villa..... More
New York: Hotel Dixie, 1945. 1 card (11 x 16 cm.) printed in black on both sides. With the original string to hang from the door knob. The front is illustrated with the caption "Please! Tiptoe by -- I wan'na sleep." The back has a list of six Carter Hotels..... More
San Francisco: Hotel Sir Francis Drake, 1930. 1 form (30 x 16 cm.) listing clothing of gentlemen, ladies, and children's. No date of publication, but the Hotel Sir Francis Drake was built in 1928. The form includes "Bloomers" as an option for women, a term that went out of fashion..... More
Commercial Travelers' Home Association of America, 1893. Paperback. [2], [13] leaves of illustrations; 25 x 30 cm. Light green wrapper with wrapper title and illustration and red and black; tied with black cord. Advertisements for New York state businesses inside front wrapper and on both sides of back wrapper. The..... More
London: APA Publications; Houghton Mifflin Co., 1993. Paperback. Distributed in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Co. 360 p.: color illustrations, maps; 23 cm. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; lower corner of front cover creased; clean and tight. More
Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1955. Hardcover. Revised April 1955. [2], 147 p., [24] p. of black-and-white photographs: maps; 19 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's catalog on front dust jacket flap. Commercial advertisements on front endpapers and back fixed endpaper. Gift inscription on..... More
Japan: 1910. Hardcover. 15 x 20 cm. album containing 52 postcards, 47 of them hand-colored. Black lacquer boards; front board illustrated with scene of a woman and a man painted in gilt and red. None of the postcards have been used and none have dates of publication. Some of the..... More
Interlaken, Switzerland: Offiz. Kurkomittee Interlaken, 1928. Pamphlet. 24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 11 cm. Paper cover; stapled. Cover title. The blanks on the front for the name of the person holding the spa ticket and that person's room number have not been filled in. However, the blank for the date stamp..... More
Winnipeg, Canada: Dept. of Industry and Commerce, 1960. Paperback. 45, [3] p.: color illustrations (6 folded); 23 x 24 cm. Paperback with color illustration running continuously from back to front cover; stapled. Cover title. With: typed letter from W. E. Organ, the director of the Travel and Publicity Branch of..... More
London: J. Limbird, 1836. Hardcover. Title continued: "Select Extracts from New and Expensive Works; Poetry, Original and Selected; The Spirit of the Public Journals; Discoveries in the Arts and Sciences; New Facts in Natural History &c." viii, 472 p.: frontispiece portrait of Felicia Hemans, many full-page and in-text illustrations; 22..... More
New London, Conn. Mohican Co., 1896. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations, plans; 18 x 26 cm. Pale pink wrapper printed in black; stapled. Wrapper title. No date of publication; the Mohican Hotel opened in 1896. Advertised as "the only absolutely fire-proof summer resort hotel in America." The hotel included a rooftop..... More
Holyoke, Mass. National Blank Book Co., 1930. Hardcover. 39, [approx. 172] p.: 6 full-page color maps, 1 double-page map, 4 full-page photographs of ships and planes; 17 cm. Full calf with gilt-stamped cover title "trip Abroad" and below the title: "G J*P." Metal protection over corners of front cover. Original..... More
Philadelphia: Rosenbach Museum & Library, 1999. Paperback. 116 p.: full-page color reproductions of the pages of the manuscript; 26 cm. Black paperback with blue wrapper, which has silver spine and cover titles and color pastedown on front cover. Nakahama Manjiro was shipwrecked in 1841 with four other Japanese sailors. After..... More
Washington DC: American Automobile Association, 1927. Paperback. 120 p.: illustrations, maps, 1 large folded map of New England attached to inside of back cover; 24 cm. Grey paper covers printed in black and red. Contents: Descriptive Section -- Routings -- Tourist Camps -- Customs Regulations -- Ferry Schedules. Outside of..... More
Washington DC: American Automobile Association, 1927. Paperback. 140 p.: illustrations, maps, 1 large folded map of New York attached to inside of back cover; 24 cm. Grey paper covers printed in black and red. Contents: Descriptive Section -- Routings -- Tourist Camps -- Customs Regulations -- Ferry Schedules. Outside of..... More
Philadelphia: City Publishing Co., 1901. Hardcover. 168 p., 12 leaves of portraits: illustrations; 25 cm. Blue and yellow cloth with gilt cover title. Endpapers decorated in green. Philadelphia's City Hall was under construction from 1871 to 1901. This publication celebrated both the newly-opened building, providing dimensions of the structure and..... More
Indianapolis, Ind. National Map Co., 1922. One map (approx. 126 x 156 cm.) printed in color. Folded to fit in a black case (21 x 13 cm.) with text inside the front describing the pubisher's National Series of Commercial Maps. Population data taken from 1920 census, indicating publication in the..... More
Cunard, 1968. 30 x 14 cm. Orange card printed in black. Presents an extensive breakfast menu from juice to fish to brioche to coffee. Last but not least, "Yoghourt." In Good+ Condition: lower corner creased; clean and intact. More
Italy: s.n., 1945. 32 color views of Florence, Italy, with captions in Italian, French, English, and German on the reverse. Printed accordian-style, with the first 4 sections making up one large panoramic view of the city. Cardboard cover with color front illustration; color decorated back; both within color embossed borders..... More
New York: s.n., 1900. Hardcover. 518 p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 27 cm. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt spine and cover titles; black and red spine and cover illustrations. Title page printed in red and black. No publication information other than the place. Copyright 1900 by C.R. Graham. Advice..... More
![Item #005405 Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge [and] Fontaine Sainte-Marie [2 albumen prints](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/005405.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1491594324)
1889. 2 albumen prints. The first, Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge, is 255 x 199 mm. on a cardboard mount (297 x 239 mm). Caption printed in photograph in lower right: "54. Rouen_Fontaine de la Grosse horloge." Written in ink at lower edge of image: "Rouen, August 25/89." Written in..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16312-16326 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about the opening of the North Sea and Baltic canal; a continuation of an article on the tin plate industry in the United States; several articles on photography; an illustrated..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16616-16630 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about Emperor Frederick's monument at Worth; ball bearings and rubber tires for carriages; the coinage of Rome by G. F. Hill; and the Jackson-Harmsworth polar expedition. Also, The Nitrogen of the..... More
1900. Photograph is 12 x 18 cm., mounted on black card 18 x 23 cm. No date. Clothing appears to be circa 1900. Man has a moustache and is wearing a three-piece suit with a standup collar on the shirt. Girl and woman are sitting side-saddle and wearing long-sleeved dresses..... More