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Tag Archives: Travel Guidebooks
A Hieroglyphic Travel Guide
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages may recall that my niche market as a bookseller has long been travel guides and travel literature. I recently discovered this unique 1815 travel guide to Madeira and the Caribbean that is illustrated with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Maps, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Caribbean, Madeira, Travel Guidebooks
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Anthony Bourdain : World Travel
Before his untimely death, Anthony Bourdain was working on a travel guide with his long-time assistant and coauthor Laurie Woolever. The guide was designed to distill what he learned from his travels as a TV personality and celebrity chef. Based … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, Travel Guidebooks
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A Bolder Boulder Travel Guide
The popular American outdoor clothing company Patagonia commissioned the local design studio Cast Iron to create a city guide to its home town of Boulder, Colorado. The neat little travel guide covers the highlights of America’s “happiest city” from local … Continue reading
Posted in Public Transport, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Boulder Colorado, Patagonia, Travel Guidebooks
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Rick Steves Wants To Set You Free
If you live in the United States and have ever watched PBS television, or if you’ve ever visited the travel section of any bookstore, then you know exactly who Rick Steves is and what he’s all about. But if you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Hotels, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged European travel, PBS, Travel Guidebooks
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NYC Way-Back Machine
Many years ago, when I made the transition from book collector to bookseller, a client asked me to locate a copy of “The Picture of New-York, Or The Traveller’s Guide Through The Commercial Metropolis of the United States, By a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Maps, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Internet Archive, New York City, Travel Guidebooks
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Reasons to use a guidebook
As a former travel guidebook author, I am biased in favor of old-school print travel guidebooks. Not that I am completely averse to digital travel literature; I use e-book guides too. But print guides are easier to highlight and annotate, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Maps, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Beadeker's, Fodor's, Travel Guidebooks
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A Travel Guru To Follow
For more than three decades North American travelers have been getting advice on European tourism from a folksy, easy-going travel writer named Rick Steves. Over the years, Rick’s best-selling guidebooks and popular Public Television travelogues have encouraged millions of Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged ACLU, NORML, PBS, Rick Steves, Travel Guidebooks
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Small World, Little Planet
Petite Planète is a series of iconic travel guides by the French publishing house Edition du Seuil published between 1954 and 1964.Early on, filmmaker/novelist/graphic artist/World War II resistance fighter Chris Marker was recruited as the editor for the experimental series. He was also … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Photography, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Chris Marker, Publishing, Travel Guidebooks, Travel literature
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Kafka : On The Cheap
During the summer of 1911, Franz Kafka and his friend Max Brod took a railway journey through Switzerland and France. While they were hanging out in Lugano, Switzerland, Kafka hit on a novel notion for “reforming” the traditional staid travel … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Tourism, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Baedekers, Franz Kafka, Lugano, Max Brod, Travel Guidebooks
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Europe on $5 a Day
The notion of traveling around Europe on $5 a day seems preposterous in 2017, but back in 1957 it was a reality for frugal savvy travelers. This year the guidebook, which came before Let’s Go Europe, Lonely Planet, or Rick Steves Guides, is celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Frommer, Travel Guidebooks
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