Tourism

  • [IMMIGRATION] Queensland Crown Lands.

    # 47211

    QUEENSLAND. AGENT-GENERAL.

    [IMMIGRATION] Queensland Crown Lands.

    London : Agent-General for Queensland, [c.1900]. Quarto (250 x 190 mm), bifolium, [4] pp; a very good copy. An official information brochure designed to encourage emigration from the United Kingdom to Queensland. The back page advertises the various free and assisted passage schemes available at the time, as well as boldly stating the claim that …

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  • Western Canada. Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Ontario. How to get there. How to select lands. How to make a home.

    # 46909

    CANADA PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

    Western Canada. Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Ontario. How to get there. How to select lands. How to make a home.

    [Montreal?] : The Canada Pacific Railway Company, 1903. Octavo, lettered wrappers (lower panel detached), pp. 80, black and white photographic illustrations, very large folding lithographed map showing the lands under the control of the Canada Pacific Railway Company, a very good copy. Very scarce guide for settlers in Western Canada.

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  • A glimpse of Madagascar

    # 46888

    ALBRIGHT, M. Catharine

    A glimpse of Madagascar

    London : Friends’ Foreign Mission Association, 1925. Octavo, illustrated wrappers by Albright (a little marked), pp. 24, map. A first hand account of missionary work in Madagascar. The final leaf, titled ‘Friends at present in Madagascar, February, 1925′ lists ten missionaries from the Friends’ Foreign Mission Association working in Tananarive, Artivonimamo, Isovinandriana, Ambohibelo and on …

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  • Police records and recollections; or, Boston by daylight and gaslight for two hundred and forty years.

    # 46911

    SAVAGE, Edward H.

    Police records and recollections; or, Boston by daylight and gaslight for two hundred and forty years.

    Boston : John P. Dale & Company, 1873. Octavo, half-morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering and ornamentation, edges rubbed, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, pp. 388, lithographed plates. A description of the seedier side of Boston by a police officer.

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  • Seaports of the Far East

    # 46887

    MACMILLAN, Allister (compiler)

    Seaports of the Far East

    Historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures & resources. London : W. H. & L. Collingridge 1925. Second edition. Quarto, gilt-decorated green cloth (slightly discoloured, lightly rubbed), edges speckled blue, pp. 530, extensively illustrate with black and white photographs, colour map, a fine copy. A highly detailed guide to commercial businesses in East Asia during …

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  • [MAP] How to get about in Cairo

    # 46814

    CASINO FONTANA (Cairo)

    [MAP] How to get about in Cairo

    At head ad foot of title: Fontana … with the compliments of the management. [Cairo : Casino Fontana, Manial al-Roda, c.1960]. Single sheet, 490 x 350 mm, folding to 170 x 125 mm; recto with several b/w photographic illustrations, including a panoramic shot of the Casino Fontana, verso with large colour map of Cairo (indicating the …

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  • This is our Malaysia

    # 46600

    MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEMS

    This is our Malaysia

    Kuala Lumpur : Malaysian Airline Systems, circa 1975. Tourist brochure, DL size, printed in colour, pp. [12], folding central pages with map, includes features on Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Malacca etc.

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  • French Indochina

    # 46595

    Bureau Officiel du Tourisme Indochinois

    French Indochina

    Saigon : Bureau Officiel du Tourisme Indochinois, circa 1930. Tourisme brochure, DL size, singe; sheet folded, pp. [8], illustrated, some light foxing and wear along folds, wet stamp for Cook’s travel agent in Shanghai to upper panel.

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  • Penang : pearl of the orient

    # 46601

    PENANG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

    Penang : pearl of the orient

    [Georgetown] : Penang Development Corporation, circa 1975. Tourist brochure, DL size, printed in colour, pp. [10], photographs.

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  • The Gold Coast, Queensland

    # 46805

    QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT

    The Gold Coast, Queensland

    [Brisbane] : [Queensland Government Tourist Bureau] : circa 1985. Octavo, vibrant illustrated self-wrappers, pp. [16], illustrated. Distinctive Queensland tourist brochure from the Joh Bjelke-Petersen years, unashamedly spruiking the Gold Coast as ‘Australia’s favourite holiday playground’.

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  • The Grampians and district, Victoria, Australia.

    # 46799

    VICTORIAN RAILWAYS

    The Grampians and district, Victoria, Australia.

    [Melbourne] : Victorian Railways Commissioners, in conjunction with the Grampians District Tourist Association, 1949. First edition. Single sheet, 380 x 460 mm, folding to 220 x 110 mm, chiefly photographic illustrations, with accompanying text and map; tear along fold at one edge, otherwise a good example.  

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  • Sydney Harbour Bridge and City Railway

    # 46732

    BRADFIELD, J. J. C. (John Job Crew) (1867-1943) (attributed); PHILLIPS, Harry (publisher)

    Sydney Harbour Bridge and City Railway

    Willoughby, N.S.W. : H. Phillips, [1930].  Large oblong octavo (210 x 260 mm), pictorial grey wrappers printed in blue, stapled; [44] pp, with b/w photographic illustrations and line drawings throughout; a fine copy. Internal references and illustrations indicate this pamphlet was probably published in 1930. One of the illustrations is an artist’s impression of how …

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  • Group of five chromolithographic postcards with views of Hong Kong, early 1900s.

    # 46355

    M. STERNGERG & TURCO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE (publishers)

    Group of five chromolithographic postcards with views of Hong Kong, early 1900s.

    I. M. Sternberg, publisher. Hongkong Star Ferry Wharf. II. M. Sternberg, publisher. View of Peak Buildings and Roads, Hongkong. III. M. Sternberg, publisher. Queen’s Road Central and Chinese New Year Decorations, Hongkong. IV. Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, publisher. Hongkong. Resting Place of the highest spot of the Peak. V. Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, publisher. The Peak of …

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  • Kashmir. Indian State Railways.

    # 46442

    INDIAN STATE RAILWAYS

    Kashmir. Indian State Railways.

    Bombay : Times of India Press, [c.1930]. Tall narrow octavo (250 x 110 mm, folded), colour-illustrated wrappers; 16 double pages (each folds out to 250 x 220 mm); b/w photographic illustrations, large map; contents starting to detach from wrappers, otherwise very good condition. Attractive Indian tourist brochure from the late Raj. The text includes historical …

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  • Excursions in and around Singapore

    # 46338

    AMERICAN EXPRESS

    Excursions in and around Singapore

    Singapore : The American Express Company, Inc., [1920]. Tourist brochure, 180 x 85 mm (folded), four panels, pp. [8], double panel map of Singapore town, a few pen notes, adhesion marks on lower panel where stuck in an album, includes tours of Johore and Penang. A single example recorded on Worldcat (National Library of Singapore).

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  • Egypt and the Sudan. Handbook for travellers.

    # 45945

    BAEDEKER, Karl

    Egypt and the Sudan. Handbook for travellers.

    Leipzig : Karl Baedeker, 1914. Seventh remodelled edition. Small octavo, original limp red cloth lettered in gilt; (expert repair to spine) front pastedown and endpaper with publisher’s advertisements; half-title page with owner’s inscription, pp cxc, 458; with 22 maps, 85 plans, and 55 vignettes; scattered light foxing; a very good copy. Guide to Egypt and …

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