Zephyr Used & Rare Books has published a catalogue of Dreaming of the Open Road: Automobile Dealer catalogues. If there is one symbol (other than home ownership) that typified the American Dream in the twentieth century, it was the automobile. It was freedom, the ability to go where you wanted whenever you wanted. No timetables or help from others needed, just get in your car and turn the key. For youth, nothing better symbolized the coming of age, if 16 is coming of age, than getting your first driver's license. Perhaps today, this is no longer the case. Young men and women are apparen...
Shapero Rare Books has issued their catalogue of Exploration & Travel 2023. That date is for the catalogue, not the travels as the great majority precede the twentieth century. They have divide...
David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has released their Catalogue 193 of Rare Americana. It is heavily weighted with 19th century material, occasionally before or after. They are primarily shorte...
Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller has published a catalogue on China (1920s-1970s) from a Private Collection. Most of these items are in English. There is a mix between those printed in China, mostly for w...
