Promotional literature is an underappreciated area full of fascinating ephemera and colorful images of a golden age that may never quite have existed except in the minds of civic boosters and advertising executives. Now that the campaign for tourism dollars is largely fought online, the tools of promotional literature are changing; but collectors can find a fascinating bric-a-brac of tri-fold brochures, postcards, glossy pamphlets, and colorful posters if they know where to look. Elizabeth Svendsen of Walkabout Books in Laguna Hills, CA, specializing in the literature of travel and adventure, is an enthusiastic collector of California promotional material. I'm new here in the Golden State. I didn't come here for the climate, or for my health, or to chase dreams of wealth by mining for gold or growing oranges or olives or grapes. Mine is a... [more Collecting California Promotional Literature]
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Elizabeth Svendsen is the owner of Walkabout Books. She opened her first shop in 2006 and became a member of the ABAA in 2012.
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![The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery; The Life of Captain James Cook; The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages [Nine Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/992/488/1546488992.0.m.jpg)
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery; The Life of Captain James Cook; The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages [Nine Volume Set]by Cook, James; Beaglehole, J.C.
Cambridge : Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press , 1997
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Women of Red River, Being a Book Written from the Recollections of Women Surviving from the Red River EraFirst Editionby Healy, W.J.
Winnipeg : Women's Canadian Club , 1923
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An Appeal to the Publc from Well Authenticated Results of the Maine Law. By the Executive Committee of the American Temperance UnionFirst Editionby Executive Committee of the American Temperance Union
New York : American Temperance Union , 1853
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Documents Relating to the North West CompanyFirst Editionby Wallace, W. Stewart (Introduction, Notes, Appendices)
Toronto : The Champlain Society , 1934
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My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, Trading, and Indian FightingFirst Editionby Hamilton, W.T.; Russell, Charles M. (Illustrator)
New York : Forest and Stream Publishing , 1905
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Seventy Years on the Frontier, Alexander Majors' Memoirs of a Lifetime on the BorderFirst Editionby Majors, Alexander; Preface by Buffalo Bill [William F. Cody]
Chicago, IL : Rand, McNally & Company , 1893
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