Description: Please note we do not work weekends. All offers, questions, or concerns may not be answered untilMonday. Please understand this means you may need to resubmit your offer Sunday evening. Thank you forsupporting our libraries and have a great weekend. Elias Burton Holmes (January 8, 1870 – July 22, 1958) was an American traveler, photographer and filmmaker credited with the invention of the "travelogue", though the term itself was apparently coined in 1898 by John Bowker. Travel stories, slide shows, and motion pictures were all in existence before Holmes began his career, as was the profession of travel lecturer; but Holmes was the first person to put all of these elements together into documentary travel lectures. He recorded the earliest known footage of Japan and Korea, in 1899. Holmes traveled extensively: North and South America, Europe, Russia, India, Ethiopia and Burma (now Myanmar). He lectured about such topics as the Panama Canal, the "Frivolities of Paris", even the adventures of Richard Halliburton, one of his competitors in the travel lecture profession. He visited the first modern Olympics in 1896, rode the first trans-Siberian train, and shot what may be the first movies ever made of Japan, in 1899, as well as the first recorded video footage of Korea. In the course of his travels, he crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans more than 50 times. Holmes's talks—which totaled over 8,000 by the end of his life—drew their largest audiences in cosmopolitan cities like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. He catered especially to the armchair traveler with escapist fantasies, and for this reason he consciously focused his lectures on the most agreeable and scenic aspects of the places he lectured about. He avoided all discussion of politics, poverty, and other social ills. In a time before air travel or radio, Burton Holmes set out across the globe. The “world’s greatest traveler” visited nearly every country on the planet, bringing home more than 30,000 photographs, 500,000 feet of film, and unbelievable travel stories that first exposed America to some of these far-flung, mysterious lands. A rare window onto the world of 100 years ago. Quarter bound volumes of green covers and black leather corners and spine. Top edge id gilded. Spine is beautifully gilded with title and elaborate design. Numerous black and white photos and etchings, many colored plates. Pictorial end sheets.The pages and bindings are tight. The leather spines are flaking slightly on a few volumes.The set consists of the following 12 volumes:Vol 1: Into Morocco, Fez, The Moorish Empire 343 pp.Vol 2: Cities Of The Barbary Coast, Oases Of The Algerian Sahara, Southern Spain 341 pp. (top edge of spine is worn)Vol 3: Olympian Games, Grecian Journey, The Wonders of Thessaly 341 pp.Vol 4: Egypt, Southern Italy, Switzerland 343 pp. (top edge of spine is worn)Vol 5: Round About Paris, Oberammergau, Cycling Through Corsica 343 pp. (top edge of spine has a small tear)Vol 6: London, Paris, Berlin 341 pp. (top edge of spine has a small tear)Vol 7: Norway, Sweden, Denmark 341 pp.Vol 8: St. Petersburg, Moscow, The Trans-Siberian Railway 343 pp.Vol 9: Down The Amur, Peking, The Forbidden City 343 pp.Vol 10: Seoul Capital of Korea, Japan The Country, Japan The Cities 343 pp. (the spine is badly worn on top edge and edge towards front cover)Vol 11: Hawaiian Islands, Edge Of China, Manila 342 pp.Vol 12: The Yellowstone National Park, The Grand Canyon Of Arizona, Moki Land 341 pp.This set weighs 42 lbs. All proceeds benefit the Libraries of Pima County. Please review all photos. This listing has beendonated. Please note that the listing is for what you see in the listing. We photograph all of it so youknow what you are purchasing. The sale of the item(s) benefits Friends of the Pima Library (501c3non-profit).
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Book Title: Burton Holmes Travelogues
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: The Travelogue Bureau
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
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Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1914
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Burton Holmes
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Author: Burton Holmes
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Travel/History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Travel/History
Item Weight: 42 lbs