HABANA by Viewbook - 1885

[Berlin]: Der Viewbucher, no date, late 19thC. Glossy monochrome (b&w) lithographed urban scenes in a familiar format: these are based on photography with artists' touch-ups and reproduced on a single long leaf folded accordion-style. Find 36 plates (several are vignette multiples and one a double panorama), the long leaf coated and tinted orange-y cream with red line-drawn frames for each image, the enclosing 4x6 inch red cloth folder is embossed and decorated in black & gilt (front cover) and in blind (back cover), it is a little shaky from age and handling, the long leaf ditto with a short closed tear at one fold-line; moreover, expect a quarter-inch adhesion scar upon das Konigliche Opernhaus. A small corner of back cover is faded to pink. A fair to good-only exemplar.

New London. F.W. Woolworth, Co. 1908. Soft cover. Near Fine. oblong sm.4to. 20x 25cm, [32]p., with 57 black & white photographs, 1p. of text, illustrated wraps, very good to fine (Pol) ~ With many of New London's architectural features reflecting its affluent past as a major world whaling centre. "The whaling fishing industry has made New London widely known, but owing to the scarcity of the whale the industry here has been abandoned." (Intro.).

Brooklyn, N.Y. The Albertype Company. c.[1912?]. Soft cover. oblong8vo, 12x 20cm, with 12 photographs, illustrated wraps, string bound, wrapper edges slgihtly toned else in fine sound condition,(Pol). ~ One of the first theme parks in the United States, Busch Gardens was first built in 1906 on 38 acres by Adolphus Busch. It became a leading California tourist destination and was often used as scenes for movies, including "Gone with the Wind". As a theme park, Busch Gardens paved the way for modern parks including Disneyland.

Denver: W.H. Lawrence & Co, 1881. First edition. 9x14cm, [18] plates, accordion style, followed by 8pp text. Original embossed red cloth boards stamped in gilt. Taxidermist trade card pasted to inside of rear board. Some wear at rear hinge, boards a but dulled. Very good. An uncommon Colorado viewbook published by W.H. Lawrence, booksellers and stationers from Denver.  Very detailed plates of the Garden of the Gods, Manitou, Alpine Pass, Middle Park, and others.  Several of the scenes include railroads and trains.  Interesting trade card of W. J. Roudy and Co. of Colorado Springs, dealers in mounted birds, furs, skins & robes, attached at rear.   OCLC cites 9 listings under this title, and of the same pagination, though varying dates.

Denver: H. H. Tammen, n.d.. Oblong 12mo, gilt lettered embossed mustard cloth. 15 photographic plates, 32 views in all. Light wear, else fine. § Early views of Denver, including a panorama from Capitol Hill, and beautiful mountain scenery.

Vancouver. European Import Co. [ca.1910]. 21.5x15cm, with 48 full page colour illustrations, in brown ruled wraps with decorative border and titles on the upper cover, fine. (N12). Printed in Germany.