Author: JAVA TOURIST GUIDE -
Title: Trips in the Isle of Java. Useful Information for Travellers in Java. Orig. edn.
Description: Amsterdam-Batavia, Vereeniging Toeristenverkeer/De Bussy- Official Touristbureau, [..], 1910. Sq. 8°., centre-folded (as orig.issued). Orig. green coloured wrappers with white lettering and a large rectangular illustration of Smeroe-volcano in eruption. General informative english text on first outer leave, full-p. advert. in bold black lettering printed on verso. Title-page (verso blank), 84pp. (printed in 2 collumns), many charming text-ills., incl. depict. local population, 2 full-p. partly coloured sketch-maps followed by text being Things worth-knowing(general information on colonial Indonesia, incl. areas of some large Islands(in square miles), railway fares and a Notice by the Official Tourist Bureau on tipping natives,:Tourists, when travelling in in Java, are kindly rquested to abstain from bestowing money to natives in response to mere demand for persèn (tip, present).. A charmingly illustrated and early tourist guide to Java, suppl. besides information on hotels in various cities, banks, fares, currency, steamers, steamship agencies, detailed information of 7-, 10-, 14 day trips, and a complete 3-week trip across Java with time-tables. (lower right marginal corner of page82/83, next blank and lower outer wrapper clipped, no text-loss, ow. a good to very good copy).

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