Tourism

# 22335

THAI INTERNATIONAL

What to do in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur : Department of Tourism, circa 1970. Tourist brochure, narrow octavo, folding, illustrated in colour, map. Tourism in the South-East Asia

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# 21645

F.G. RADCLIFFE (publisher)

[SPELEOLOGY] Waitomo, Ruakuri and Aranui, New Zealand. “The most beautiful caves in the world.”

Whangarei, NZ : F.G. Radcliffe [c.1910]. Small oblong quarto, original silver-lettered grey wrappers and green ties, [24] pp, all monochrome photographic illustrations; a pristine copy.

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# 20788

DOW, Hume (editor)

Memories of Melbourne University : Undergraduate life in the years since 1917. [Together with] : More memories of Melbourne University : Undergraduate life in the years since 1919.

Melbourne : Hutchinson, 1983; 1985. Two volumes, octavo, boards in dustjackets, pp. xvii; 221; xviii; 198, illustrated. History of the University in the twentieth century.

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# 20688

BISHOP, J.

Henry and Emma’s Visit to the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent’s Park.

Interspersed with a familiar description of the manners and habits of the animals contained therein. Intended as a pleasing companion to juvenile visitors of this delightful place of recreation and fashionable resort. A new edition, with additions to the present season, by J. Bishop. With twelve illustrative coloured engravings. London : Dean and Munday, n.d. …

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# 20526

Burma

[Rangoon] : Ministry of Information, circa 1966. Oblong octavo, illustrated wrappers (slightly silverfished), pp. [24], illustrated. Propogandist tourist brochure for Burma (Myanmar) while under military rule.

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# 20521

Hawaii. The big island of the Hawaiian group

Honolulu : Hawaii Tourist Bureau, circa 1950. Single sheet, folded to make a tourist brochure on the Big Island, map.

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# 20004

QANTAS

Singapore. Fly Qantas

[Sydney] printed by John Sands for Qantas, circa 1970. DL size brochure, pp. [8], each folded in three to make the brochure, illustratyed in colour. Includes a map. Wonderfully kitsch.

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# 18997

MT. ISA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Mt. Isa : Mt. Isa Chamber of Commerce, circa 1970. Tourist brochure, single folded sheet, 220 x 560 mm, folding to 220 x 97 mm, printed on both sides (12 panels in total), illustrated in colour with accompanying text; fine condition.

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# 19134

Anon.

[LEPORELLO] Album of New Zealand

[Germany] : s.n., [c.1888]. Octavo, original cloth backed blue pebbled boards with gilt embossed lettering and decoration, including the Australian coat of arms (rubbed and sunned, some chipping to fore-edges, backstrip with loss in a couple of spots), containing a leporello concertina foldout with [12] panels of views of New Zealand including Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland, …

$140.00 AUD Read more
# 18047

OKAMOTO, K. S.

Ancient and modern various usages; of Tokio Japan

Tokio : Y. T. R. Morito, 1885. Octavo, Japanese wrappers (a little foxed), stitchbound, in the rare printed paper slipcase, pp. [124], folded leaves, printed in colour, a very fine copy. Text in Japanese and English. Housed in a custom Japanese box. An utterly charming guide to Japanese customs in the Meiji period, including Japanese …

$3,300.00 AUD Read more
# 17766

BUTSON, W.J.; VICTORIA. DEPT. OF LANDS AND SURVEY

Tourist map of Geelong and district

Melbourne : Govt. Printer, [1924]. Colour map, 540 x 460 mm, scale [1:126 720] 2 miles to 1 inch; folding to 257 x 103 mm, verso with 12 panels of informative text and sepia tone photographic illustrations; a couple of short tears at edges of folds, one corner a little dog-eared, but a good copy. …

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# 17114

KENYON, Alfred

Heidelberg : The city of streams

Heidelberg : City of Heidelberg Centenary Celebrations Committee, 1934. Oblong octavo, pictorial wrappers, pp 120. An illustrated history of Heidelberg published for the city’s centenary anniversary. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.

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# 16421

Heidelberg : the city of streams, 1834-1934 centenary : its story

[Heidelberg, Vic.] : City of Heidelberg Centenary Celebrations Committee, 1934. Oblong royal octavo, pictorial stiff wrappers (lightly creased) with photographic onlay to front, 120 pp, illustrated; a good copy. Scarce. Copies are recorded in four Australian collections (Monash University Library; National Library of Australia; State Library of New South Wales; State Library Victoria).

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# 15328

FITCH & CO. LTD.

[INDIA] Mussoorie : sixteen coloured views

Mussoorie and Dehra Doon : Fitch & Co., Ltd., [c.1930]. Small oblong quarto, publisher’s printed thick paper wrappers, original wool ties, inside front wrapper with inscription dated at Mussoorie, September 30 1930, [16] leaves, each recto with a tipped-in hand coloured silver gelatin photograph in format 85 x 135 mm, versos blank; clean and fresh throughout, a fine …

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# 15651

Map of Singapore

With compliments of Thomas Cook & Chanrai’s, Singapore’s only exclusive air conditioned men’s shop. Singapore : Thomas Cook, c. 1950. Folding map, printed in colour, 450 x 295, guide to Singapore and advertisements verso. Fine condition.

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# 15385

INDIA. STATE RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT.

Budh Gaya

s.l. : Government of India, State Railways Department, [c.1930]. Narrow folio, folding to 245 x 115 mm, pictorial wrappers, 10 pp, illustrations, folding map; a very good copy. A scarce early tourist guide to Budh Gaya, “the most famous and most interesting of all sacred sites of the Buddhists.” (p.1)

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