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Guides (7)
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Travel Narratives (3)
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The Discreet Gentleman’s Guide to the Pleasures of Europe
Anonymous
New York: Bantam, 1975.1970s guide to brothels and sex clubs of Europe.
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Rues et Visages de New-York
Chas Laborde; Paul Morand
Paris: Lacouriere, 1950.Streets and Faces of New York. The final, and posthumous, of Charles Laborde’s series of works on famous world cities, having previously produced similar volumes on Paris (1926), London (1928), Berlin (1930), and Moscow (1935). The New York volume produced from sketchbooks he made on his trip in 1932, containing 15 accompanied by text by Paul Morand. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 230.
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The Temples of Karnak
R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
London: Thames & Hudson, 1999.Translated from the French Les Temples de Karmak by Andre Vanden Broeck. A complete photographic record of monuments, ruins, statues and the ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak. Includes the land of the Nile, mythology, and royal cartouches from the 18th to the 30th dynasties.
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Untold Miles: Three Gold-Hunting Expeditions Amongst the Picturesque Borderland Ranges of Central Australia
Michael Terry
London: Selwyn & Blount, [1932].Scarce account by explorer and author Michael Terry of one of his many journeys through Central Australia. Includes prospecting reports and encounters with aboriginals. Photographic illustrations throughout.
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Dutch Hashcoffeeshop Tour
Anonymous
Breda: Ja Ja Exports, 1995.1990s guide to the coffee shops (marijuana cafes) of Amsterdam (and other Netherlands cities). Very detailed including the author’s review of each shop, as well as information about other cannabis culture. Also touches on the sex culture of the city.
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My Fourth Tour in Western Australia
Albert F. Calvert
London: William Heinemann, 1897.The first edition of Calvert’s fourth tour of Western Australia. An early travelogue with hundreds of illustrations by Walker Hodgson, from photographs, and with a folding colour map showing the gold field regions. FERGUSON 7823.
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Paris
Kishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Shincho-sha, 1977.Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama (1940-2024) documents a trip to Paris in the 1970s.
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Hashi o wataru to / Beyond the Bridge
Kishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Qantas, 1976.Collection of photographs of Australia by leading Japanese photographer Kishin, published and distributed by Qantas in the 1970s. The first half devoted to beach shots.
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Lost – But Not For Ever. My Personal Narrative of Starvation and Providence in the Australian Mountain Regions
R. W. Vanderkiste
London: James Nisbet & Co., 1863.The account of a reverend lost in the Dungog and Maitland districts while on a missionary tour.
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Cosulich Line Saturnia (Souvenir and Menu)
Argio Orell
Trieste: D. Modiano, 1927-1928.Portuguese edition of the pre-maiden voyage introductory souvenir book for the Italian ocean liner MS Saturnia WITH a menu and program in French for the night’s dinner and entertainment for 21st of March, 1928. Both with cover illustrations by Argio Orell.
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Round the World
J. P. Thomson
Brisbane: Outridge Printing Co., 1904.Account of the round the world voyage of James Park Thomson (1854-1941), decorated Scottish born-Queensland geographer and public servant. Includes descriptions of New Zealand, Samao, Fanning Island, Hawaii, North America from California to New York including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and the Mormons, the Rockies, Canada, Niagara, the United Kingdom including London, Westminster Abbey, Scotland, Aberdeen, The Crofters, Edinburgh, Belgium, Cologne, Switzerland, Paris, Rouen, Naples, Pompeii, The Suez Canal, Colombo, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, home to Brisbane, and more in between. Thomson recounts much of Australia and in particular Queensland to those he meets as well as participating in numerous Geographical Society meetings and the twenty-fourth National Congress of the French Geographical Societies at Rouen. The telling of his meeting with Prince Roland Bonaparte was responsible for putting in motion a series of events leading to the State Library of New South Wales’ eventual acquisition of the prized Tasman Map of Abel Tasman’s 1642 and 1644 voyages.
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A Brief Account of the Colony of Port-Jackson,
George Bond; Julien Renard
Melbourne: Edition Renard, 2005.in New South Wales; Its Native Inhabitants, Productions, &c. &c. By George Bond. First published by the Author at Southampton in 1803 and reprinted for Him at Oxford, London, Cork and Dublin in various Years to about 1810. Eighth Edition, faithfully reprinted from the first, incorporating the additions and corrections of the later editions. Edited, with bibliographical notes by Julien Renard. Limited Edition of 100 copies within a total edition of 200 numbered copies, and now first published since about 1810. All the original editions are of great rarity. No copies of the 2nd or 3rd editions have been recorded and the first (Southampton, 1803) edition is extremely rare, while the 4th (Oxford, 1806), 5th (London, 1809), 5th (i.e. 6th, Cork, undated), and 6th (i.e. 7th, Dublin, also undated), editions are all very rare. The work is of considerable importance as one of the few accounts of Hunter’s period as Governor. Hunter was dissatisfied with Bond’s behaviour in the colony and complained of him in dispatches. Hunter was instructed to return him to England and Bond left the colony under a cloud in 1800, but his narrative was evidently very popular. He gives an account of the operation of the convict system and the economic corruption in the colony, and describes early efforts to encourage free settlers. He includes also comments on the Aborigines and on the natural history of the colony, including much from first-hand experience. See FERGUSON 480; WANTRUP, pp. 91-3.
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A Visit to Queensland and Her Goldfields
Chas. H. Allen
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.A memoir of the Queensland goldfields by English painter and traveller Charles H. Allen (1824-1904) during his time in in Queensland in 1868. This copy inscribed by the author to his son, Charles Mansfield Allen, additionally autographed with his name and address to the front endpaper.
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Journey To An Antique Land
Henry Miller
London: Village Press, 1973.A travel sketch of St. Remy, in the south of France, by Henry Miller and his impressions of the ruins of the Greco-Roman settlement, Glanum.
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Fish Oregon Waters, Drive Oregon Highways
Travel and Information Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission
Salem: Travel and Information Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission, No date.1930s fishing travel guide to Oregon.
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Corpus Christi: The Sportsman’s Paradise: Port of Play and Profit
The Chamber of Commerce
Corpus Christi: The Chamber of Commerce, No date.Circa 1940 fishing and hunting guide and map to Corpus Christi, Texas.
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The Wonder of Australia by The White Car Service [Time Table]
The White Car Service
Cairns: The Prompt Printery, No date.Promotional booklet and time table for early 20th century North Queensland cab company White Cars.
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Minnesota’s Vacation Land Supreme
St. Louis County Club
Gilbert: St. Louis County Club, No date.Circa 1940 brochure advertising activities, sights, and accommodation in St. Louis County. Colour map centrefold by Frank Antoncich in the cartoon map style of Ruth Taylor, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
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London and Its Sights: Being a Comprehensive Guide to All That is Worth Seeing in the Great Metropolis
No author
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1858.Rare 19th century travel guide to the city with 12 colour plates depicting views of London from Blackfriars Bridge, Houses of Parliament, Treasury Buildings, Westminster Abbey, Duke of York’s Column-Carlton Place, The Tower, Trafalgar Square, Royal Exchange, The Serpentine, Hyde Park Corner, Buckingham Palace, and Saint Paul’s Cathedral. The vignettes in the text show London Bridge, Thames Tunnel, The Monument, East India House, Guildhall, Mansion House, The Post-Office, Temple Bar, Somerset House, The Admiralty, The Horse Guards, Custom-House Quay, and the British Museum.
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A Visitor’s Travel Index to Sydney and New South Wales
Bank of New South Wales
Sydney: Travel Department, Bank of New South Wales, 1938.1930s travel guide to New South Wales with the folding colour map tipped in front.