16 route cards from the Chicago motor club detailing directions a multi-day road trip. The trip runs from Chicago to Niagara Falls, through Toronto and Quebec, followed by Vermont, New Hampshire, Boston, and Connecticut. Three additional card give instructions for entering Canada, entering the United States, and a chart which describes speed limits across the United States. All contained in a colorful folder from the Chicago Motor Club. Route cards are marked with grease pencil to show the appropriate routes. Undated but likely from the mid-20th Century before the advent of the interstate h... View More...
New York: Automobile Club of America, 1927. Slim guide on traveling from New York to Florida and parts in between. Includes strip maps and hotel suggestions. Several charming vignettes on the cover.7pp. Staple Bound. Chipping to the lower right corner. Very Good. View More...
Britain: The Baynard Press,1926. Booklet advertising travel to Norway on the Royal Mail Steamship Arcadia. Descriptions of the various stopping points accompanied by photographic vignettes. Fold-out map consisting of the North and Baltic Seas. Oversized fold-out deck plan displaying detailed floor plans for all six levels of the Arcadia. Cover art by ?FB?. 21pp. Staple-bound. Ownership stamp from the Royal Mail Office in Seattle, light soiling to wrappers, missing one page. Good only. View More...
Photographically illustrated guidebook to the major attractions in Belgium. Published by Canadian Pacific to advertise transatlantic travel to Europe. Pasted in advertisement for Belgium?s Centenary Exposition. 36 pp. Staple-Bound. Minor rubbing to the pictorial wrappers. Very Good. View More...
RMS Empress of Britain was a steam-powered luxury ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The boat hosted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their trip from Canada to the United Kingdom in 1939. Brochure with itinerary and schedule of fares. Folds out to an oblong poster featuring a large photograph of the ship. Creasing to the front panel. Very Good. View More...
RMS Empress of Britain was a steam-powered luxury ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The boat hosted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their trip from Canada to the United Kingdom in 1939. Brochure that folds out to a poster displaying photographs and descriptions of the many amenities on board the ship. Detailed deck plans of the ship are depicted on the verso. Minor soiling, two small splits along the folds. Very Good. View More...
Circa 1930?s advertising booklet promoting the advantages of choosing Montreal or Quebec as starting points for the transatlantic journey to Europe. Contains short histories of Montreal and Quebec accompanied by photographs. 16 pp. Staple-Bound. Staining to the pale blue wrappers. Very Good. View More...
Mid-Century guidebook to Paris with black and white photographs and whimsical full-color art. Published by the French Government to promote tourism. 24pp. Staple-Bound. Rubbed edges, small repaired tear, dog eared wrappers. Very Good. View More...
New York: Alexander Montgomery, 1854. Hardcover. Accounts of the first ascents of Mont Blanc and Jungfrau. Illustrated with many woodcuts,some taken from Auldjo's book. Frontis map present but misbound facing page 65. Lacks Chapters 11 & 12. Modern rebinding in red buckram. View More...
Libraries Des Alpes, 1951. First thus, text portion of Haute Montagne republished in a slim paperback volume. Association copy inscribed from the publisher Andre Wahl to fellow alpinist Alden F. Megrew. Staining to the white covers, small tear to rear cover. Good. View More...
Three volumes in the Les Beaux Pays (The Beautiful Landscapes) series of guidebooks published by Editions J Rey, B. Arthuad. Each volume depicts life in pre-World War II France with photographs. Custom binding in quarter calf with hubbed spine and gilt lettering, tooling, and top edge. Marbled boards and endpapers with the original color cover bound in with the text. A handsome set. Rubbing to the corners and spine ends, some loss of the decorative gilt. Very Good plus.Ferrand, Henri. Grenoble: Capitale des Alpes Francaises, 1924Tissot, Roger. Au Monte Blanc, 1924.Guiton, Paul. Au Coeur de L... View More...
New York: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1899. First thus, American Edition.Details Fitzgerald?s 1896-1867 expedition to the Andes during which members of his party successfully completed the first recorded ascents of Aconcagua and Tupangato. Includes an exploration of the flora and fauna of the region. Illustrated with 45 photographs, 7 drawings and two fold-out maps. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. MIssing quite a few tissue guards, split front hinge, rubbing to the spine ends and corners, bookplate. Good. View More...
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1843. First Edition, Hardcover. The first English publication on high mountaineering. Several chapters on the scientific exploration of glaciers. Nine full page color lithographs, map, additional vignettes in the text. Modern rebinding in red buckram, marbled edges. Lacks second map of Mer De Glace region, foxing to the intial pages. Very Good. View More...
London: A & C Black, 1922. Hardcover. A history of Warwickshire with two chapters on Shakespeare. 32 color illustrations by F. Whitehead. Blue boards with rubbing at corners and spine ends, gift inscription on FFE. Very Good View More...
London: Blackie and Son Limited, circa early 1900's. Hardcover. A history and guidebook to Oxford, charmingly illustrated with 12 watercolors by Ernest Haslehust. Part of the Beautiful England Series. Green boards with Rubbing to corners, light soiling to the boards, gift inscription of FFE. Very Good View More...
Matthews, C.E. Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1900. A history of the exploration of the highest peak in Europe by one of the founders of the Alpine Club. Includes the 18th century explorations of Jacques Balmat and Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, early climbing tragedies and the construction of the Jansson Observatory. 37 illustrations and a topographical fold-out map of climbing routes on the mountain. Bound in gray linen with gilt lettering and decoration. Rubbing to the corners and spine ends, ownership mark. Very Good. View More...
London: A & C Black, 1924. Hardcover. A history of Durham with 24 watercolors by A. Heaton Cooper. Split at head of spine, rubbed corners, gift inscription on FFE. Good View More...
Class Journal, 1909. A precursor to road maps, the Blue Books series provided turn-by-turn directions for automobile travelers. The lack of signage and numbering systems necessitated the use of landmarks such as churches and trolley tracks for guidanceIncludes a myriad of tools for the traveler including: strip maps, maps of cities, known speed traps, ferry schedules, and a list of automotive laws by state. Hundreds of advertisements for garages, mechanics, and hotels. Volume three covers New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania with directions for traveling around New England, south to Virginia,... View More...
London: John Lane and the Bodley Head Limited, 1924. Hardcover. Guide to the history of overlooked nooks in London. Illustrated by the author. Grey boards with some rubbing and soiling, ownership mark on FFE. Very Good View More...
Eight volumes in Picture Guides series by the Medici Society. Bound in blue buckram the guides offer a unique look at Italy and France before both World War II and the effects of globalization. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Lack dust jackets, although three volumes have portions of their dust jackets laid-in. Edgewear and ownership marks from Alden Frick Megrew, former chairman of the Art Department of the University of Colorado. Very Good + View More...
