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ORIG'L ca 1936 "ROMANTIC AUSTRIA" TOURIST BOOKLET 28-pg English MAPS Photos XLNT
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GORGEOUS, SCARCE, AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL, VINTAGE, circa +/- 1936, PRE- WORLD WAR II, TOURIST BOOK, CATALOG, or BOOKLET TITLED "ROMANTIC AUSTRIA" - ENTIRELY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE - Published and printed in Austria BUT produced on behalf of "Burton Holmes - America's Foremost Travel Lecturer", as shown! No specific publication date is identified BUT has a single dated reference to the "Newly completed 1935 Mountain Pass Road Across the Grossglockner Mountain", so presumed to be from circa +/- 1936 or so - AND all of the photographs and the photo captions indicate circa +/- 1936 - - - AT ABOUT THE TIME OF HITLER'S ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA!See all 10 images including close-ups AND see the 12-inch ruler in images for size perspective! Measures 4.25" X 8.75" - unfolds once to 8.5" X 8.75" AND then has a WHOPPING 28 full-sized pages on quality paper including the COLOR covers (with gorgeous color cover SIGNED IN THE IMAGE artwork of an Austrian Boy Scout Troop)! LOADED with spectacular B&W photographs fully demonstrating many Austrian cities and towns; mountain passes; tourist sites; landscape scenes; sporting attractions (hunting, fishing, skiing; mountain climbing, etc.); transportation; hotels and lodging; shopping; AND more! COMPLETE itineraries for various tours AND a highly detailed MAP of the entire country - - - All in the English language!
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Very light wear and/ or soiling to the covers; the contents are COMPLETELY UNMARKED and in excellent condition; overall in very good+ to maybe excellent VINTAGE condition!
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