Catalog 210: Photographic Viewbooks
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R & A PETRILLA, BOOKSELLERS P.O. Box 306 Roosevelt, NJ 08555 Catalog 210: Photographic Viewbooks 1. Alabama-Georgia-Carolinas-Florida. SINGER SOUVENIR OF THE SOUTH: Set of Ten Photographic Views. s.l.: Singer Sewing Machine Co., ca 1900. First Edition. Comprises 10 photographic views (11cm x 18cm) of Southern cities and scenes, each with a full-page Singer ad on the verso. Views include: Court Square, Montgomery, Ala.; Selling Cotton, Newman, Ga.; Scene on the French Broad River, NC; Pringle House, Charleston, SC; Silver Spring, Head of Ocklawaha River, Florida; &c. In the original illustrated envelope, edges split but intact. Views in fine condition. 4.75" x 7.5" Very Good. Portfolio. (#036829) $90.00 [Not recorded by WorldCat, which does find one holding of a set of 10 views of Boston, issued by Singer Co.] 2. Alaska, Yukon Territory. A HAND BOOK OF VACATION TRIPS IN ALASKA AND THE YUKON ON THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE (via the Steamer "Whitehorse") . Seattle: Farwest, 1940. First Edition. 56pp; illustrated from photographs and strip maps. This guide offers various Yukon tours, including: The Trail of '98 to the Klondike Gold Fields; West Taku Arm; Whitehorse and the Yukon River; Miles Canyon and Whitehorse Rapids; The Yukon River to Dawson; Dawson to Whitehorse: &c. The description of each tour includes a brief history of places along the route, a strip map, and views from photographs (several full-page). The original owner made three neat, marginal notes regarding costs. Pictorial wrappers. 3.5" x 6" Fine. Pictorial Paper Covers. (#037142) $50.00 3. Arizona, Tucson. THE MISSION OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC: An Historical Guide by Estelle Lutrell. Tucson, Arizona: Acme Printing, 1926. copyright 1923. 40pp; 20 full-page exterior and interior views from photographs, foldout map at back. Brown wrappers, cover picture of the Mission. 7" x 5.25" Very Good. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. (#036900) $25.00 4. Belgium, Anvers. SOUVENIR D'ANVERS: Viewbook. [Anvers, Belgium]: s.n., circa 1870s. First Edition. 24 Albertype, photographic views on 24 plates, accordion format, folding into embossed green boards, gilt cover title. Contains exterior and interior views of: Anvers Place Verte et Cathedrale; birdseye views; La Bourse; Cour du Mussee Plantin; Musee Steen; Le Puits de Quentin Mestis; La Banque; Maison de Charles-Quint; Eglise des Jesuites; Bassin de Kattendyk; Theatre Flamand; &c. 4" x 6" Very Good. Decorated Boards. (#037082) $75.00 Precedes the 1885 Universal Exposition at Anvers. [This title not found in WorldCat.] 5. California, Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY, CALIFORNIA. Chicago: Curt Teich & Co. Artgravure, (1925). First Edition. 32pp; sepiatone illus throughout from photographs. Views include: Pershing Square; Broadway; Seventh & Hill Streets; Birdseye View of Ambassador Hotel & Bungalows; Hollenbeck Park; Millionaire Row, Pasadena; Virginia Hotel, Long Beach; Mission Inn, Riverside; Beach in front of the Bath House, Long Beach; Ocean Park Bath House; &c. Bound in tan wrappers with a cover illustrations of the San Gabriel Mission. Faint dampmark at lower corner of covers, not into text. 8" x 10.25" Very Good. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. (#036891) $50.00 [OCLC locates eight holdings: CalState, UCLA, UC-Irvine, Monterey Institute, Ontario City (CA) Library, Iowa Library, U of Utah, U Arizona.] 6. California, San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO IN CALIFORNIA, "WHERE LIFE IS BETTER" San Francisco: Californians, Inc., (1928). First Edition. 32pp; promotional text, illus throughout from photographs. Includes views of the city skyline and streets, beaches, residential areas, waterfront, China Town (with American-born Chinese "flappers" in 1920s outfits), golf courses (Pebble Beach slated for a 1929 tournament), boarding schools, Fleishhacker Pool (six million gallons of warmed sea water), polo club, California architecture, &c. Spine punched for two-ring binder. 10.75" x 8.5" Very Good. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. (#036875) $35.00 [This title not seen in WorldCat.] 1 Catalog 210: Photographic Viewbooks 7. California, San Francisco. SOUVENIR OF THE DESTRUCTION OF SAN FRANCISCO BY EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE, AS SEEN THROUGH THE CAMERA, APRIL 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 1906: With Introduction by Harrie Davis. NY: New York Underwriters Agency, (1906). First Edition. (48)pp. The two-page introduction precedes 46 full-page, photographic views of fire-fighting, destruction, and aftermath, including: City Hall and Hall of Records; Dynamiting the Monadnock Building and the Odd-Fellows Building; Palace Hotel and Hotel Grand; O'Farrell Street; California Street; Burning Wharfs; horse-drawn carriages taking survivors "to safety"; Refuge Tents; birds-eye view from Hotel Fairmount; Market Street; Remains of Tivoli Opera House; Notre Dame College; Marines Patrolling the Burned Financial District; Homeless People Camping in the Parks; &c., &c. Minor spotting on cover. 7.5" x 10.5" Very Good. Original Wrappers. (#036782) $100.00 [WorldCat locates seven holdings of this booklet, only one in California.] 8. California, Venice. SOUVENIR LETTER OF SCENIC VENICE. Los Angeles: M. Rieder, 1906. First Edition. 16 photographic views of Venice, California, brief captions. Includes: Windward Avenue; The Lagoon; Japan, one of the Pier attractions; The Midway; Cabrillo Ship Hotel; Interior Bath House; Camel Riding on the Midway; The Auditorium; &c. Bound in wallet-style paper folder. 6" x 4.25" Very Good. Printed Stiff Wrappers. (#036773) $50.00 9. Christomannos, Thomas. DIE NEUE DOLOMITENSTRASSE: BOZEN - CORTINA - TOBLACH, UND IHRE NEBENLINIEN. Vienna: Christoph Reisser's Sons, 1909. First Edition. pp: 70, (1); full-page and smaller views from photographs throughout, map plate at back. Text in German. Cloth-backed brown boards, pastedown view and silver lettering on cover, silver-patterned endpapers. Faint foxing on title-page, else clean and tight. 10" x 7.25" Very Good. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. (#037064) $40.00 10. Colorado. AROUND THE CIRCLE: One Thousand Miles through the Rocky Mountains. Being a Descriptive of a Trip among Peaks, over Passes, and through Canons of Colorado. Denver: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 1900. Eleventh Edition. 56pp; 23 full-page views from photographs, two maps. Bound in pictorial paper covers. 8" x 6" Very Good. Original Wrappers. (#036882) $45.00 11. Colorado. COLORADO: UNDER THE TURQUOISE SKY . Chicago: Rock Island Lines, 1933. 1933 Edition. 36pp; 26 full-page views from photographs, text illus, route map. Bound in pictorial paper covers. 9" x 6" Very Good. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. (#036886) $35.00 [WorldCat identifies various editions of this title.] 12. Colorado. O'ER CANON AND CRAG TO THE LAND OF GOLD. Colorado Springs: Railroad View Publ Co., 1902. First Edition. pp: 1, text; color frontispiece and 17 b&w photographic views mounted on black stock; Topographical Map of The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, The Short Line. Back cover chipped near spine. Gray wrappers, embossed cover title in red, string ties. 9" x 11" Very Good. Printed Stiff Wrappers. (#036589) $75.00 13. Colorado, Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway. O'ER CANON AND CRAG TO THE LAND OF GOLD: A Glorious Pathway. Colorado Springs: Railroad View Publ Co, 1902. First Edition. Oblong quarto. pp: (1) text, (18) plates, (1) topographical map of this Railway's Short Line. The 18 full-page plates are tipped to heavy black stock; one in color, the rest halftones, including a double-page view: from photographs, and paintings by Charles H. Harmon, all engraved by the Williamson-Haffner Engraving Co. of Denver. Bound in red wrappers, string-tied spine, embossed cover title; some offsetting from red covers onto first and final leaves. 9" x 11" Very Good. Original Wrappers. (#036751) $85.00 Includes views of the rail line and various gold mines along the way. 14. Colorado, Glenwood Springs. HOTEL COLORADO: GLENWOOD HOT SPRINGS, COLORADO, IN THE HEART OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS (cover title) The Glenwood Hot Springs Company, Proprietor. The Hotel Colorado Company, Lessee. E.E. Lucas, Manager. Glenwood Springs, CO: Hotel Colorado, (1894). First Edition. 24pp; promotional text, small map, profusely illustrated from photographs, with many exterior and interior views of the hotel facilities, the baths and vapor caves (priced at 25 cents to a dollar for various levels and combinations of care). Other amusements include: Music Room, Ball Room, Great Swimming Pool, Rides and Drives, Polo, Hunting & Fishing, Waterfalls, &c. Bound in pictorial paper covers. 8.5" x 6" Very Good. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. (#036880) $90.00 Inspired by the Villa Medici in Rome, the Hotel Colorado at this time contained 300 guest rooms and 100 private bathrooms, with an open fireplace in most rooms. The Hotel was designed by New York architects Boring, Tilton & Mellen, and built around natural hot springs along the rail lines of the Denver & Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland RR. The Colorado opened in 1893. All of the testimonials at the back of this booklet are dated 1894. Printed by W.F. 2 Catalog 210: Photographic Viewbooks Hall, Chicago. [WorldCat locates four holdings of a similar title: Wisconsin Historical, Denver Public, U Denver, and UCal-Berkeley.] 15. Connecticut, Hartford. SOUVENIR VIEWS OF HARTFORD, CONN. Photographs by Warner Photograph Co. Portland, ME: L.H. Nelson, (1904). First Edition. (32)pp; 31 full-page views from photographs, including: State Capitol and environs; Main Street (various views); Congregational Church; Phoenix Mutual Life Building; Sage-Allen Building;