Search Results: Travel from G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA

Various Places: Various Publishers. Very Good+. (1901-1970). Ephemera. Occasional light wear and soil; some items with travel agency stamps, etc. Paper 'Captain' with two even splits in paper rings, remains functional. ; First 'The Captain'; no indication of producer or affiliation; 8 inches in diameter, paper mache rings with chromolithograph head on card stock; fold down leges and feet as pictured when hung. [2] Cunard Line brochures with passenger lists, one with menu and post card laid in. [1] White Star Line, Majestic, Olympic, Homeric: fold out brochure, c. 1920-, with black & white photographs throughout. [1] Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin folded brochure with b&w photographs; [2] Royal Mail brochures: 3rd class to Europe with photos and menu; To Bermuda with full page black & white photos throughout ruled in decorative blue frames. [1] Ireland Scotland Anchor Line booklet with paintings of scenes reproduced throughout, folding map; has 1" split at… Read More

San Francisco: Dollar Steamship Line. Fine. 1923;1925. Ephemera. 9"x4" printed, folding brochures; fold-out to 15"x 9" schedule on one side, list of Officers & Agents and descriptions of service features on the other. Handstamp of R. B. Schutten, Agent, Los Angeles on front of schedule No. 3 in ruled box. .

Seattle: Alaska Steamship Company. Near Fine. 1941; 1914. Ephemera. Pacific brochure with 2" split top of spine, 1" split bottom; closed 1" tear leading edge front cover; wear at edges with a heavy chip rear top edge causing loss on cover & several pages. Poor condition thus. Alaska Line with slight bump to lower front leading corner, else fine. ; Alaska Line: illustrated, stapled blue & black wrapper; tab indexed page foredges; includes charts and timetables, lodging and transportation informations; information on side trips, "what to see"; deck plans including 4 fould out plans in color; large folding map in rear pocket, approx. "30 x 20", in color on what appears to be onion skin paper, in pristine, apparently unused condition. PACIFIC STEAMSHIP brochure: Illustrated, stapled wrappers; 15 pp. With map, photographs, double page deck plan; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 21 pages .

San Francisco: The Book Club of California 2006-2007. Fine. 2006. Prints. BCC Keepsakes. 10" x 8". Fourteen travel poster color reproductions in each portfolio. Scanning and Printing by The Castle Press, Pasadena. Both in original BCC printed mailing envelopes. Covering the historic period between 1896 and 1965, these travel posters celebrate the Golden States grandeur, from its sunny beaches and lush valleys to its majestic mountain tops. The text by Victoria Dailey and Steve Turner documents in detail the artist, printer, and significance of each design. .

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Fine. 1927. Ephemera. Orca: 1 sheet, printed on coated white paper stock, 11" x 9,5" folded; when completely unfolded 38"x44"; printed & illustrated on both sides. NILE CRUISES: 4" x 7.25 booklet; photographs of 4 steamers, with facing cabin plans; back cover with color map, folds out to map of the Plan of Cairo on inside. NILE CRUISES, 1925, 48pp, 4" x 7.25 booklet; photographs of 4 steamers, with facing cabin plans; back cover with color map, folds out to map of the Plan of Cairo on inside. MEDITERRANIAN PASSENGER SERVICE BY "4 ACES", American Export Lines; ; 1950 folding brochure, unfolds to 10 four panel pages of 48 panels including cover; with illustrations, map, charts, drawings. SUMMER CRUISE, 1927: 1 sheet on canary paper stock, printed on both sides, folds to 6.5"x3.5"; map & itinerary on one side. .

Various Places: Various Publishers. Very Good+. (c.1923-1937). Ephemera. Southern Pacific Steamship with closed tear top of spine when folded closed, into next page when open; Cape Cod with light foxing top front edge. United States Line, with fine pen lines aroung 'American Express Co. " lower front cover. Others are fine. ; D&C, 15 pages unfolded including inside rear cover; full of b&w photographs and information, rates; includes double page illustration on the Flagship of the fleet, S. S. Greater Detroit. UNITED STATES LINES, 1923, with cabin rates, itineraries, rail fares, officers & agents. CAPE COD, single folded sheet with double panel map, b&w photos. PACIFIC MAIL, 1923 with b&w photos, birdseye view drawing of the Panama Canal zone. EASTERN STEAMHIP, 1924; 31pp. , double page map showing E. S. Connections; many deck plans; 5 full page phtographs of their steamships; photographs, schedules etc. .

( Paris ): Commissariat Ge´ne´ral Au Tourisme. Fine. (1961). Softcover. Menus with a few spots of ligh soil, some with a bit of creasing near spine. Overall very good or better. ; Illustrated cream wrappers; one hotel is described per page with descptive text in English and one or two photographs, most in full color - showing architecture, exteriors, interiors, rooms, dining rooms, etc. Preface by Maurice Genevoix. Pages 140-142 contain an alphabetical list of leading French Hotels. Menus: 13.5" x 9.5"; color illustrated fronts by Jean A. Mercier; all with music notation and song arranged by Charles Dumont; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; An extensive pictorial overview of the French hotel industry of the period and its history. .

Chicago & New York: Rand, McNally & Co.. Good. 1898. First American Edition. Hardcover. Covers soiled; spine ends a bit rubbed; leading corner tips bumped with some wear; splotches of light tanning to recto of frontis offset to verso of half-title. ; Original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, black & red. Portrait frontis of the author; over 20 plate illustrations with tissue guards titled in red containing photographs and other reproductions, the last of which a drawing "Chain of the Last Slave." Some bottom edges unopened. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages; Susan E. Wallace (1830 – 1907) was an American author, poet, journalist, and advocate for women's rights. She is best known for her literary contributions and her involvement in the suffrage movement during the 19th century. Chapters in Along the Bosphorus include: Along the Bosphorus; Lepers and leprousy in the East; A trip to Hebron; Gypsies I have seen; Housekeeping in Turkey; Among… Read More

Yeovil: Edwin Snell & Sons. Near Fine. 1945. First Edition. Softcover. One hundred copies privately printed. 16pp.; stapled, printed yellow wrappers with a hint of fading at edges. Richard Curle (18831968) was a Scottish author, traveller and bibliophile. He published critical and biographical work on Joseph Conrad, and was his assistant during the writer's later years. .

University of Alberta Press. Fine. 2003. Softcover. 0888643977 . Includes bibliographical references and index; illustrated with b&w photos. ; 8.8 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches; 208 pages .

N.Y: Houghton Mifflin , 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. 229 pgs. Brown cloth lettered in gilt. Spine rubbed along front edge, frayed at tips and corners; closed tear at margin of page 27; light browning to paper.

Paris: Revue géographique et industrielle de France [1961]. Very Good. 1961. Hardcover. 107 pp.; folio; gilt stamped red silken cloth; color and black & white photos throughout including 6 tipped in color photographs on card stock; full page map. Moderate wear to corners; faint spotting to cloth. Text in French. .

N.Y.: Scribner's. Fine. 1927. Later Edition. Hardcover. 214 pp., frontis with tissue guard; 8vo; blue cloth lettered in gilt; 12 full page plates reproducing drawings by Peixotto. .

Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Very Good. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Wear at spine ends and corner tips; top of spine chipped with loss; spine faded; moderate rubbing at edges; moderate foxing to prelims, frontis and title page with more pronounced foxing to tissue guard. Gift inscription second blank endpaper. ; Burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; frontis and 19 more woodcuts, including 8 plates and 11 in the text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 540 pages .

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.. Very Good. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 207 pp., frontis; 8vo; white cloth lettered & decorated in gilt with gilt oval under embossed Mexican flag in color on front cover; top edge gilt; black & white plate illustrations throughout. Spine somewhat darkened, with light stain; cloth down joints & very foredges a bit mottled; leading corners bumped. Small return address sticker of Mrs. Harry Johnson, Mt. Clemens, Michigan on front endpaper. Shoemaker was a world traveler and travel writer having penned books on The Siberian Railway, motor travel in France, the Orient, etc. Here he travels through Mexico by traing, auto, and horseback. .

American President Lines; National Tourist Org.. Near Fine. (1960). Ephemera. American President Line brochure with some rubbing, light soil to edges when completely folded; small splits at fold junctures, Good condition thus. All other items fine. ; AMERICAN PRESIDENT: 9"x4" brochure folds out to approx. 31"x27"; SEMIRAMIS: pain thin paper sheet printed on both sides; folds out to 7.75"x15", rates and itinerary on one side; deck plan and Itneraries of two day crusises on the other. All of the other pamphlets are single folded sheets on various paper stock, most are four panel printed and illustrated on both sides, including photographs, maps in set with text (not seperate folding) , color illustrations, descriptive text. The whole came in the envelope together. .

( Paris ): Commissariat Ge´ne´ral Au Tourisme. Fine. (1961). Softcover. Illustrated cream wrappers; one hotel is described per page with descptive text in English and one or two photographs, most in full color - showing architecture, exteriors, interiors, rooms, dining rooms, etc. Preface by Maurice Genevoix. Pages 140-142 contain an alphabetical list of leading French Hotels. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; An extensive pictorial overview of the French hotel industry of the period and its history. .

London: Humphrey Milford. Near Fine. 1921. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 180 pp., pubs. ads; 16mo; gilt stamped & decorated green cloth. Small, light owner's signature front endpaper. .

Chicago, San Jose: H. M. Gousha Co. ; Chevron Oil Co.. Near Fine. (c. 1961). Ephemera. Nevada with a chip to back edge, slight soil; 9"x4" color road maps fold out to 27"x18"; Chevron ads on back. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

N.Y.: Charterhouse Press. Near Fine. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. 237 pp., portrait frontis of Lorenzo de Medici with tissue guard; 8vo; olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; over 100 black & white illustrations including photographs and other reproductions. Two 1"x1" squares of light offset tanning to leading edge of endpapers, else a bright, solid copy. .