Author: SUMATRA TOURIST GUIDE
Title: Sumatra. Uitgegeven door het Officieele Toeristenbureau voor Nederlandsch-Indië/[Sumatra] published by the Travellers'Official Information Bureau of Netherland India.
Description: Batavia-C., Travellers'Official Information Bureau, s.d. [circa], 1935. Original limp pictorial glossy col. wraps. with orig. thin clear-view protective jacket. 96pp. of bi-lingual text (dutch/english). Many text-ills. & plates, distance-tables (in kms & miles), list of hotels, recommended itineraries & short trips, 6 large folded col. maps with legenda, printed on thin paper loose inserted in endpocket (1 depicting shipping-lines to & from Sumatra: K.P.M. & other lines), airlines, others being very detailed maps of Sumatra in various sections, incl. a separate map for Lake Toba & surroundings. A lavishly illustrated and beautifully executed tourist-guide suppl. ample information on country and populations, customs & beliefs, arts and crafts, traditional and ceremonial costume, indigenous architecture, etc. Good copy. (spine with a matching modern cloth strip, lower right corner of front cover clipped, upper left corner of lower outer cover clipped, a bit dog-eared).

Keywords: sumatra tourism travel journey guide culture heritage tradition architecture touristoffice information