Canada

1918 · 62957 — New York Chicago & San Francisco: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. Inc. 1918. Thick tall 8vo. 1324 pp i.e. 1342. including the colour-tinted inserts including 1 large folding w/ map. Large folding double-sized frontisp. maps many maps strip maps illustrated ads text illustrations. Flexible Navy-Blue cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine colour ads on pastedowns minor creasing to spine still a VG bright copy. First edition thus of this surprisingly uncommon automobile travel guide for New England New York eastern Canada and the Maritime Provinces during World War I marking the end of the Brass Era. The Blue Books offered complete maps of every motoring road running directions at every fork and turn as signage was still rare and often incorrect mileages points of interest and tips for motorists. The illustrated insert for New York includes maps and illustrated ads for the Hotels Biltmore Manhattan Woodstock Chatham and others; the Hotel Lenox Puritan and Bellevue for Boston along with sights to see along with the splendid folding 1918 New England Tours colour brochure with map. Worldcat locates only 2 copies Newberry Vermont Hist. Soc. Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co., Inc., hardcover