Search Results: Travel from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

New York: Norman Pierce Company, (n. d.). Near Fine. Circa 1920. 8-5/8" x 4". Trifold brochure with six panels, the three outer of which are duplicates of the same basic cover design with different illustrations of the hotel to two of the panels; 3 panels of promotional material. Sumptuously illustrated in black-and-white halftones with orange and green printed coloration. Slight crease to one corner, else fine. A promotional brochure designed by the Norman Pierce Company for a New York audience, advertising the St. Charles hotel in New Orleans and The Edgewood hotel in Greenwich, Connecticut, both owned and operated by The Alfred S. Amer Company.

7 x 11-3/4 inches. 28 leaves containing 52 b&w photographs and three blue photographs, as well as 17pp of holograph poetry, written in white on the black leaves, and two hand-painted color illustrations. Black hardcover post-bound album stamped in gilt. A few photos starting to come loose, else fine. Very Good or better.
An exquisite photograph album about the travels through Kashmir of one man and two women -- all white, possibly British, inscribed only to "Auntie Gillmore" -- filled with vernacular photographs of the countryside and local people. Nearly all of the photographs are captioned, and the three blue photos appear to be made after the method devised by Frank A. Perrett to photograph volcanoes in the early 1900s, rather than being cyanotypes.
The trio's journey is narrated in rhymed poetry written by the man of the group, as revealed on the last page: "The author of the photographs, / And also of the paragraphs, / Is standing on the Kamri Pass, / Complete with alpenstock and glass. / He… Read More

9 x 11-3/4 inches. 75 b&w photographs on 19 leaves, including one laid-in photo. Photos 3" x 3". Ornate wooden album with wooden cutout of a cactus and a sleeping man in a sombrero to front cover, fragile tan leaves. Many photographs captioned in ink on the lower margin of the photos themselves. Leaves chipping at the edges, with some loss.
Photograph album documenting a trip by three 20-something white American men to various locations in Mexico shortly before the U.S. entered WWII. The men flew out of El Paso, Texas, and traveled to Mexico City, Taxco, Cuernavaca, Teotihuaca, and other locations. In addition to typical scenes of landmarks, buildings, etc., the album includes rare glimpses of daily life in Mexico, with images of street and market scenes, a bullfight, landmarks off the beaten path, and more.