Travel & National Parks Pictorial Guides: America’s Wonderlands (1959, later printing) + Hammond’s Illustrated Travel Guide (1957, Book Club), National Geographic & C.S. Hammond | Photo-rich, Reference, Travel & Geography
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A handsome two-book bundle for armchair travelers and park lovers, packed with mid-century photography and maps (GENRE: Travel & National Parks). America’s Wonderlands (National Geographic Society) surveys U.S. national parks and monuments with 400+ color images; Hammond’s Illustrated Travel Guide adds 187 photos and 69 maps for trip-planning nostalgia.
Great for coffee-table browsing, research, or staging a vintage travel vignette. Ready to shelve or gift.
Quick Specs
- Item Type: Two-book lot (hardcover books)
- Size: America’s Wonderlands 10 × 7 × 1 in; Hammond’s 10 × 7 × 0.5 in
- Material: Cloth hardcovers with dust jackets (paper text blocks)
- Color: Multicolor jackets; green/neutral boards
- Origin or Maker: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. (America’s Wonderlands); C. S. Hammond & Co., Maplewood, NJ (Hammond’s)
- Year or Era: 1959 (AW; later printing); 1957 (Hammond’s; Book Club)
- GENRE: Travel & National Parks / Geography / Pictorial Guides
- Language / Pages: English; America’s Wonderlands 511 pp; Hammond’s 208 pp
- Identifiers: America’s Wonderlands LCCN 59-14338; DJ shows ISBN 0-517-53630-7; Hammond’s Not provided on page (DJ price $7.50; “Book Club Edition” noted)
Edition & Features
- Edition/Printing: America’s Wonderlands later printing (copyright 1959; DJ with ISBN); Hammond’s Book Club Edition (1957)
- Dust Jacket: Present on both; edge wear and chips visible
- Illustrations/Maps/Plates: America’s Wonderlands: “406 illustrations, 390 in full color” (per title spread). Hammond’s: 187 photographs (151 in color) and 69 maps (65 in color)
- Extras: Regional maps, park photography, mid-century design
Condition Grade: Good (lot)
Notes:
- America’s Wonderlands: DJ with chips/tears and shelf wear; visible hinge split at front inner gutter; light page-edge toning; normal handling wear.
- Hammond’s Illustrated Travel Guide: DJ creases/chips; boards and corners rubbed; clean interiors with age-toning.
See all photos for detail. Sold as pictured.
This bundle pairs a later printing of National Geographic’s America’s Wonderlands with the 1957 Book Club Edition of Hammond’s Illustrated Travel Guide, and it suits a national parks or travel shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
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- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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