Nels Thill (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Sepia Photographs (illustrator). THILL, ERN. NELS. VERY GOOD CONDITION, old coffee stain to cover(only) near spine, else quite nice. , solid, bright.photos still protected by original glassene sheets.Belive staple side-bound under flag decorated wraparound cover ; 16 large POSTAL CARD IN ORIGINAL OBLONG BOUND PAMPLET.Protected .text in French or Belgian language.; 16 Photo cards pages; archetecture and city scenes.many castles 7 old stone buildings built right up to & over river & lakeside edge. culture of BELGIUM .COLORFUL BLUE, YELLOW & RED FLAG WITH BLACK LION on Red & silver bars as COAT OF ARMS COVER ART. Back cover has brown 1" circle NELS.with Ern. THILL BRUXELLES" UNDER AS TEXT.

8" x 5.5" includes 19 sepia plates with tissue guards. Tan wrappers illustrated with Belgian flag and sticker of the arms of the City of Bruges. Wrappers are toned with a few small blemishes on front cover, and one half-inch smudge on spine. Very small chips with loss at top right and bottom left corners. Owner's signature on cover (R.E. Bunser). Plates are clean and bright. Very good. A photographic tourist's guide to Bruges, Belgium around the turn of the 20th century. A unique look at landmarks and architecture prior to the World Wars.

6. Anvers ( Antwerpen ) , Compagnie Maritime Belge, 1938, album , oblong format, 20,5 x 29,5 cm, (6) nn pp + 16 full page photo engravings. Original printed brown-grey wrapper with printed title on front cover. Bound with a red silk tie. The large photo engravings were printed by ''Phototypie Ernest Thill - Bruxelles'' and have a glossy finish. The quality is such that they are hardly distinguisable from an original photograph. They show the Antwerp head office, the launching of a ship and the ships and their interiors. These three vessels were built just before the second world war to be used on the route Antwerp-South America. They were freighters with a large passengers accomodation in two classes. The ships were scrapped in the early 1970's ; two of them after being sold to communist Germany were they finished their career as the '' Theodore Korner '' and the '' Heinrich Heine ''. A very finely illustrated album in perfect state of preservation.