-
Join 4,306 other subscribers
Categories
- Africa
- Air Travel
- Animation
- apps
- Architecture
- Art
- Asia
- Books
- Bookstore Tourism
- Canada
- Car rentals
- ebooks
- Europe
- Film
- Freedom of Speech
- History
- Hotels
- Libraries
- Maps
- Middle East
- movies
- Museums
- Music
- Photography
- Public Transport
- Restaurants
- South America
- Tech
- Theater
- Tourism
- Travel Writing
- Uncategorized
- USA
- Writing
Submission Guidelines
Share this Blog
Translate
Tag Archives: Travel Guidebooks
Bookseller’s Regret
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages may know that I have been a bookseller for most of the 21st century and an avid book collector for many decades. Like many booksellers, I sometimes have pangs of regret over books … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Europe, Middle East, Travel Writing
Tagged book illustration, Constantinople, Istanbul, Travel Guidebooks, Warwick Goble
4 Comments
Historic Peregrinations
Shifting Borders: A Journey to the Centre of our World(s) at the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery in Leeds, England, focuses on the world of travel, guidebooks, and historic maps as well as contemporary artists’ books. For my money the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Europe, History, Maps, Middle East
Tagged book illustration, Publishing and Printing, Travel Guidebooks, woodblock printing
1 Comment
Everybody Loves a Travel Guidebook Parody
Here in North America the travel guidebook author and travel show host Rick Steves is almost universally loved, but is also the target of good natured satire as well. While I’ve met Rick, and even spent an afternoon hanging with … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged McSweeney, Rick Steves, Satire, Travel Guidebooks
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
1 Comment
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
Leave a comment
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
4 Comments
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
1 Comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment