Thomas Cook 150 Years of Popular Tourism ; Grand Tours and Cook's Tours; A History of Leisure Travel 1750-1915 ; Thomas Cook The Holiday-Maker ; Worth the Detour: A History of the Guidebook

A collection of four volumes on the history of tourism and the guidebook. The first editions. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. These volumes tell the history of tourism and the guidebook. They explore popular tourist routes in the nineteenth and early twentieth century charting how tourism shifted due to industrialisation.Thomas Cook's 150 Years of Popular Tourism was written by Piers Bredon and published in 1991. This book gives an absorbing account of the development of modern tourism. It tells the story of how Thomas Cook transformed tourism creating ideas of the holiday which are still recognised today. Includes thirty six pages of original photographs and letters showing the development in tourism. Collated complete.Grand Tours and Cook's Tours: A History of Leisure Travel 1750 to 1915. Written by Lynne Withey. This is the first British edition published in 1998. Within this text, Withey explores the role of leisure travel from the middle of the eighteenth century to the First World War. It explores how leisure changed concerning technological innovation. Includes sixteen pages showing how leisure travelled changed from 1750 to 1915. Collated complete.Thomas Cook The Holiday-Maker is a look behind Cook's life. It was written by Jill Hamilton and published in 2005. Hamilton explores the origin of the former Baptist lay preacher who wanted to take campaigners to a temperance meeting in the Midlands thus organizing a package holiday. Includes sixteen pages of early photograph, drawing and paintings of how Thomas Cook's changed the holiday. Collated complete.Worth the Detour: A History of the Guidebook explores the history of the guidebook and how it created cultural change. Written by Nicholas T. Parsons and published in 2007. The guidebook has transformed travel. This history explores the guidebook from Biblical times up to the present. This book is a journey through this fascinating and somewhat overlooked history. Includes sixteen pages of places and maps used in early guide books. Collated complete. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally very smart. A small closed tear on the dust wrapper of Thomas Cook's 150 Years of Popular Tourism which has been mended with tape on the reverse. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine.…