Tourism
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# 46205
TAIWAN VISITORS ASSOCIATION
Taiwan. Republic of China
Taipei : Tourism Council, Republic of China, circa 1970. Tourist brochure, narrow octavo, single sheet, printed in colour, folded. Tourist brochure to attract visitors to Taiwan during the period the Cultural Revolution was gripping the People’s Republic of China.
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# 46206
CATHAY PACIFIC
Singapore today
Hong Kong : Cathay Pacific, circa 1970. Tourist brochure, DL size, folded sheet, 5 panels printed both sides, illustrated, with a map of the city.
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# 46276
ABERDEEN AND COMMONWEALTH LINE
[BOOKMARK] Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line … one class to England.
[Melbourne?] : Dalgety & Coy. Limited and Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, [between 1928 and 1933]. Bookmark, 132 x 57 mm, offset printed on thin card, recto with colour illustration of one the company’s “Bay” liners, verso with information about the service to London via Suez, inviting prospective travellers to contact the Dalgety & Co. or Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line …
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# 46270
SAMUEL WOOD (publisher)
Sydney and its bridge
Sydney : Printed and published by Samuel Wood, [1932?]. Oblong octavo (135 x 196 mm), original pictorial wrappers printed in yellow and blue on maroon paper, a couple of small edge tears, staple bound, [32] pp, nearly all full-page b/w photographic plates, including many different views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, plus others of the …
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# 39899
GRAY, John Henry (1828-1890)
Walks in the city of Canton.
… With an itinerary. Victoria, Hongkong : De Souza & Co., 1875. Octavo, contemporary half calf over dark brown linen boards (rubbed and lightly marked, corners worn), spine with raised bands lettered and ruled in gilt (some wear to the bands, head and tail), front pastedown with full signature of the original owner, American diplomat …
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# 45910
Anon.
Views of Brisbane, Queensland
S.l. : s.n., circa 1890. Leporello view album, 190 x 145 mm (closed), gilt-lettered blue cloth, edges rubbed, cloth spine, 12 panels of photographic illustration of Brisbane, including public buildings, schools, law courts, railway station, government printing office, Queen Street, Eagle Street, Parliament, Government House, and a six panel panorama of the Brisbane River.
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# 45914
HAZELL, Denis H. (1897 - 1930)
Picturesque Hongkong
Hongkong : Ye Olde Printerie, [c.1925]. Oblong folio, string bound lettered card wrappers with pasted on photograph of Hong Kong by night, title page with pasted on photograph, previous owner’s name neatly written in ink, pp. [vi – foreword]; 26 sepia photogravures tipped-on to 24 sheets with accompanying descriptive letterpress, a fine example A fine …
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# 44876
COGNE, Francois (1829–1883); TROEDEL, Charles (1836-1906)
Swanston Street (1863)
Tinted lithograph, printed on stone, 26.5 × 36.5 cm (image); 28.0 × 37.9 cm (outer framing line); 35.5 x 45.5 cm (trimmed sheet), a few spots of foxing, old repaired tear extending to the edge of the image upper right, mounted. A fine view looking down the main boulevard of Melbourne during the height of …
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# 44874
COGNE, Francois (1829–1883); TROEDEL, Charles (1836-1906)
Sandridge from Hobson’s Bay (1863)
Tinted lithograph, printed on stone, 26.6 × 35.7 cm (image); 28.0 × 37.1 cm (outer framing line); 40.1 × 52.3 cm (sheet), a few spots of foxing, old repaired tear extending to the edge of the image upper right, mounted. A fine, animated view of Sandridge (now called Port Melbourne), from Troedel’s The Melbourne album …
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# 44875
COGNE, Francois (1829–1883); TROEDEL, Charles (1836-1906)
Botanical Gardens (1863)
Tinted lithograph, printed on stone, 26.3 × 36.1 cm (image); 28.1 × 37.8 cm (outer framing line); 31.6 × 41.0 cm (trimmed sheet), a few spots of foxing, mounted. A fine view looking across the Yarra River and the City of Melbourne from the Botanical Gardens, taken from Troedel’s The Melbourne album (Melbourne : Charles …
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# 45043
JAMES, H. R. (publisher)
Sixteen beautiful photogravure views representing Australian country life
Adelaide : H.R. James, c. 1935. Oblong octavo, lettered wrappers (stained), title sheet, sixteen photogravure plates of Australian iconic picturesque scenery of sheep, cattle and wheat farming.
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# 45096
PITT, C.A.
[NORTHERN TERRITORY] Magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway
Cover title: Series of magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway, Northern Territory, Australia. Payneham, South Australia : C. A. Pitt, [c.1950]. Oblong quarto, pictorial limp wrappers (grey variant, other examples printed on yellow and red paper stocks), 16 pp, black and white photographic plates of Alice Springs, Aileron, Barrow Creek, the Devil’s Marbles, …
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# 45095
PITT, C.A.
[NORTHERN TERRITORY] Magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway
Cover title: Series of magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway, Northern Territory, Australia. Payneham, South Australia : C. A. Pitt, [c.1950]. Oblong quarto, pictorial limp wrappers (red variant, other examples printed on yellow and grey paper stocks), 16 pp, black and white photographic plates of Alice Springs, Aileron, Barrow Creek, the Devil’s Marbles, …
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# 45090
KOREAN TOURIST BUREAU
Warm welcome to Korea
Seoul : Korean Tourist Bureau, circa 1960. Tourist brochure, narrow octavo, pp. 16, illustrated in colour, map. Tourism in the East Asia
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# 44548
[SCHROEDER & CIE.]
[MOUNTAINEERING] Glacier des Bossons.
[Zürich : Schroeder & Cie., 1885]. Large format albumen print, 220 x 275 mm, captioned in the negative ‘399.Glacier des Bossons’; mounted recto of a nineteenth-century album leaf; in very good condition, the mount annotated with the word ‘Switzerland’ (in error) in blue fountain pen at lower left; the verso with another albumen print in …
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# 44868
MALONE, Betty et al.
The Prahran Historical Series
Melbourne : Prahran Historical and Arts Society and Prahran Mechanic’s Institute, 1982 – 1985. Eight volumes, octavo, illustrated wrappers, between 24 – 80 pages each, in publisher’s slipcase. A detailed history on the suburb of Prahran in Melbourne.