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  • Hong Kong Gray Line Tours

    Not certain when this single-sheet, multi-fold brochure was printed, but most likely the early 2000s.  The company had apparently changed its phone numbers, so someone had to go through each brochure and mark out the old numbers.  In any case, many tours on offer.  Grade: 2

    Code: 50000256

    Price: $6.00

    Hong Kong Gray Line Tours
  • Hong Kong Gray Line directory

    All the tours they offered during Hong Kong Food and Wine Year (2009), though apart from lunch or dinner within some tours, there wasn’t much said about either food or wine.  Tsk.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000257

    Price: $19.00

    Hong Kong Gray Line directory
  • Hong Kong Attractions (June 2001)

    While quite a few of the details are now out of date, this large folded encyclopedia of attractions has held up remarkably well over many years.  Anyone could have taken hours, days, and weeks of pleasure from its suggestions.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000258

    Price: $12.00

    Hong Kong Attractions (June 2001)
  • Hong Kong Walks (2005)

    From the Hong Kong Tourism Board, 80 pages of information about walking (then) and much more.  Grade: 2

    Code: 50000264

    Price: $9.00

    Hong Kong Walks (2005)
  • Hong Kong Walks

    Ironically showing a distinctly non-walking tour on the cover, this 60-page and comprehensive pamphlet from the Tourism Board in February 2008 is going out of date but will be an historical artifact in years to come.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000265

    Price: $14.00

    Hong Kong Walks
  • Hong Kong Visitor’s Kit (2007)

    These were so useful, and so are the updated versions when you can find them.  This 2007 edition has 60 pages and some of the advice is wildly out of date — but it’s fun to read.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000267

    Price: $14.00

    Hong Kong Visitor’s Kit (2007)
  • Yuen Po Street Bird Garden (Hong Kong)

    A tourist brochure issued by the Hong Kong Government’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department earlier in the 2000s.  People either love this short street or they hate it — there really is no middle opinion.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000269

    Price: $6.00

    Yuen Po Street Bird Garden (Hong Kong)
  • A-O-A Street Map – Hong Kong (2011)

    These single-sheet large folded maps have been invaluable for tourists in Hong Kong (and residents) for many years, and used to be updated — mostly with new ads — regularly.  No more:  it’s all online now, and that’s a shame.  Here’s an edition from 2011.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000271

    Price: $8.00

    A-O-A Street Map – Hong Kong (2011)
  • Hong Kong Map

    Dated 12/2010 – 1/2011, this is another large, single-sheet multi-fold, with ads and tips and maps and everything a visitor needed at that time.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000272

    Price: $13.00

    Hong Kong Map
  • Guide to Hong Kong 2006

    Once upon a time, military ships from different nations — mostly U.S.A. — made Hong Kong a port of regular call.  A place called Fenwick Pier pulled various shops together, like tailors and souvenirs, where shopkeepers spoke English and sailors could feel they were in a sort of safe haven.  Being on the fringes of the Wanchai bar area, this was a good idea.  But times changed.  Boy, did they change.  For years, those sailors could pick up pocket-sized guides full of tips on where to go, how to buy, and generally how to survive their Hong Kong experience.  Here’s one from 2006.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000273

    Price: $16.00

    Guide to Hong Kong 2006
  • Guide to Hong Kong 2015

    We’ll refer you back to our entry 50000273 for the full explanation.  This issue is from 2015.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000274

    Price: $16.00

    Guide to Hong Kong 2015
  • Immigration Department Hong Kong (2006)

    Form ID 93, the multi-page arrival and departure card used in 2006.

    Code: 50000280

    Price: $4.00

    Immigration Department Hong Kong (2006)
  • A Tour to Urban Birds – Hong Kong

    It says Hong Kong hosts 400 species of birds, and while that might be so (and a good friend works hard to find them all), we mostly notice sparrows, pigeons, and cockatoos.  Regardless, this brochure co-sponsored by the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society probably dates from the earlier 2000s and is Grade: 1.

    Code: 50000283

    Price: $8.00

    A Tour to Urban Birds – Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong At A Glance

    This 2010 brochure, folded single-sheet with maps of key areas, came from the Hong Kong Tourism Board.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000284

    Price: $9.00

    Hong Kong At A Glance
  • The Big Bus Company Hong Kong

    This large, single-sheet, multi-fold brochure with large maps is undated but probably from earlier in the 2000s.  We used to see these buses all the time but now understand they operate Friday through Sunday only.   But schedules change all the time, and it’s been awhile since we saw one.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000288

    Price: $6.00

    The Big Bus Company Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Cultural Kaleidoscope

    Subtitled “Meet the People Programme and Museums Guide” and mentioning Hong Kong’s limited and ill-fated role in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this 46-page pamphlet was issued by the Hong Kong Tourism Board in February 2008.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000289

    Price: $14.00

    Hong Kong Cultural Kaleidoscope
  • The Peak – A New Sensation (Hong Kong)

    Only new for someone who’s never been there before, but one can say this about Victoria Peak:  it continually reinvents (and rebuilds) itself.  This 2008 pamphlet from the Hong Kong Tourism Board is greatly out of date now, which makes it more fun to read.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000290

    Price: $12.00

    The Peak – A New Sensation (Hong Kong)
  • The Peak: Top of Hong Kong

    Quite often, Peak Tramways Company updates its promotional materials.  Issued in October 2014, this large, single-sheet, multi-fold pamphlet looks new but much has happened to Victoria Peak and the tram itself since then.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000291

    Price: $12.00

    The Peak:  Top of Hong Kong
  • Ocean Park Hong Kong – Learn about the Giant Pandas

    Ocean Park had a good run with giant pandas but old age has a way of getting in the way, and China may now be waiting to see what happens to the Park itself before committing to more “gifts”.  This brochure with Guide Map was issued in September 1999, and features an ad for Kodak Film.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000292

    Price: $19.00

    Ocean Park Hong Kong – Learn about the Giant Pandas
  • Ocean Park map (Hong Kong) (1-31 July 2011)

    For awhile, the Park ambitiously updated this monthly.  Grade: 2

    Code: 50000293

    Price: $6.00

    Ocean Park map (Hong Kong) (1-31 July 2011)
  • Ocean Park Hong Kong – Guide Map

    Deeply troubled Ocean Park remains an interesting place to visit but has not yet figured out what it wants to be when it grows up.  This is a large, single-sheet, multi-fold map from 2019.  We would not rely solely on it now.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000294

    Price: $12.00

    Ocean Park Hong Kong – Guide Map
  • Hong Kong – High Speed Rail User Guide (April 2019)

    See entry 50000300 for more detail, but this is one single-sheet, multi-fold brochure with much of the same information about Hong Kong’s dormant (for now) High Speed Rail service.  It will get back in service eventually.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000301

    Price: $12.00

    Hong Kong – High Speed Rail User Guide (April 2019)
  • A Traveller’s Guide to Sai Kung (Hong Kong)

    This 20-page English-language booklet was published by the Hong Kong Tourism Board for 2020.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000302

    Price: $8.00

    A Traveller’s Guide to Sai Kung (Hong Kong)
  • Hong Kong Disneyland – Grand Opening (September 12th, 2005)

    Promising “new and classic entertainment facilities”, this brochure announces the Park’s opening, how to get there, for how much, and so on.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000303

    Price: $49.00

    Hong Kong Disneyland – Grand Opening (September 12th, 2005)
  • Hong Kong Disneyland Guide Map (2012)

    This folded guide from 2012 would have been a compact reference at the time, though you’d need the updated version now.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000306

    Price: $14.00

    Hong Kong Disneyland Guide Map (2012)
  • Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

    This is a slim, one-page promotion (January 2021) and because we have more than one, we’re showing both sides.   This Disney Park’s survival was briefly in question during the worst of Covid, but seems to be back on track as of right now.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000307

    Price: $5.00

    Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
  • Ngong Ping 360 (Hong Kong)

    You might see our earlier descriptions of this hilltop attraction on Lantau Island.  Here’s a brochure from January 2019.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000309

    Price: $4.00

    Ngong Ping 360 (Hong Kong)
  • Quality Tourism Services Scheme (Hong Kong)

    In Hong Kong, at least, the word “scheme” does not always mean “trick” or “evil plan”.  In this case, it’s exactly the opposite.  This 2019 brochure from the Hong Kong Tourism Board seeks to reassure visitors that what they buy is genuine and the shopkeeper is reliable, if the visitor sees a logo on the shop window.   To everyone’s credit, for the most part, this works well.  It has been a long-running joke that mainland Chinese come here because the products are real, while Hong Kong people cross the border to buy fakes.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000310

    Price: $4.00

    Quality Tourism Services Scheme (Hong Kong)
  • Ocean Park (Hong Kong)

    Bilingual, comprehensive, updated 2022 brochure trying hard to keep up with Ocean Park’s constant changes.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000312

    Price: $6.00

    Ocean Park (Hong Kong)
  • A-O-A Bangkok Guidebook (1979)

    Alongside its Hong Kong counterpart, which was thicker, this slight hardcover guide (3-5/8″ x 5-1/4″) from 1979 was a really valuable introduction, lots of winks and nudges, to Bangkok and especially its nightlife.  In some ways it is wildly out of date; in others, not.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000347

    Price: $34.00

    A-O-A Bangkok Guidebook (1979)
  • Carte Taride 142: Tout le Maroc (map)

    As nearly as we can tell, this highly detailed map of Morocco dates from 1956.  When unfolded, it’s enormous.  Drivers of the time would have been very grateful for this.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000360

    Price: $22.00

    Carte Taride 142:  Tout le Maroc (map)
  • Mobil Oil Nigeria – Road Map of Nigeria (1957)

    We know all too well we cannot compete with vendors who have literally millions of maps for sale, probably including one of your own home too.  That’s fine.  If you’ve been looking for this particular one — original and aging as it is — you have found it.  Grade: 3

    Code: 50000361

    Price: $14.00

    Mobil Oil Nigeria – Road Map of Nigeria (1957)
  • Michelin map 153: Africa (North and West)

    This is the 1967 edition of a travelers’ standard:  to the scale of 1:4 000 000, 63 miles to the inch, and covering an awful lot of territory both charted and otherwise.  Map 153 had many editions and many different cover sheets, so be certain this is the one you want.  Grade: 2

    Code: 50000362

    Price: $49.00

    Michelin map 153:  Africa (North and West)
  • Michelin map 155: Africa (Central and South)

    … and Madagascar too, for good measure.  Like our previous entry, this is the 1967 edition.  It is, if you don’t already know Michelin maps, quite large.  Grade: 2

    Code: 50000363

    Price: $49.00

    Michelin map 155:  Africa (Central and South)
  • Cameroon Embarkation/Disembarkation Card

    As distributed to passengers on Cameroon Airlines in 1975.  Nothing unusual about the card, but the star-crossed airline itself — as reported by Wikipedia — “Cameroon Airlines was operating as early as 1973, as until then flight operations were mostly executed by multi-national Air Afrique. Scheduled flights between Douala and Yaoundé were launched on 1 November of that year with an initial fleet of two Boeing 737-200 aircraft. Shortly thereafter, international flights commenced using an ex-Air France Boeing 707, which was replaced by a larger and more modern Boeing 747-200 in 1982. (This aircraft remained in service with Cameroon Airlines until 2000 when it was severely damaged in Flight 070)  Over the years, Cameroon Airlines was plagued by financial difficulties, which came along with a poor safety and maintenance record. On 16 September 2005, the airline was indefinitely banned by the French Civil Aviation Authority and in an effort to save the airline from bankruptcy, the Government of Cameroon signed an agreement with SN Airholding, the parent company of Brussels Airlines to ensure future funding.  Plans did not materialize, though. Instead, on 11 September 2006, the launch of Camair-Co as the new national airline was announced. Cameroon Airlines stayed operational until March 2008, though flight operations had only taken place during irregular intervals over these last years.”  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000365

    Price: $9.00

    Cameroon Embarkation/Disembarkation Card
  • Republique du Dahomey Border Control Form

    The Republic of Dahomey was renamed Benin in 1975, and this basic “Emigration-Immigration” paper dates from 1968.  Just imagine that so few people came and went, they were able to manage with hand-cut mimeographed forms.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000366

    Price: $12.00

    Republique du Dahomey Border Control Form
  • Discover Bombay (India)

    An undated folder published by Air-India, yet an ad for their Boeing 747 flights and other clues places the brochure probably in the early 1970s.  Nice that the map on the back cover measures distances in furlongs.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000367

    Price: $12.00

    Discover Bombay (India)
  • You’ll Have a Grand Time in Grand Forks (North Dakota, USA)

    A single-sheet, multi-fold brochure from the Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce in the 1960s.  Having lived there three different times, we might observe that while Grand Forks does have attractions, it’s something of a stretch to call it a tourist destination.  But this pamphlet makes the most of what they had.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000368

    Price: $5.00

    You’ll Have a Grand Time in Grand Forks (North Dakota, USA)
  • Michelin Map 154: Africa (North – East)

    Kindly refer back to our entries 50000362/363 for the other two maps in this series.  Same vintage (1960s) and this completes the basic set of the three largest maps of the region.  If all three still appear in our listings, and you want all three, contact us for a special price.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000369

    Price: $49.00

    Michelin Map 154:  Africa (North – East)
  • Plan Touristique de Casablanca (Morocco)

    Single-sheet, multi-fold map, ads, tips, directions — in French — to everything except Rick’s Cafe.  From about 1973.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000370

    Price: $19.00

    Plan Touristique de Casablanca (Morocco)