Vintage 1955 Netherlands Holland Youth Hostel Guide Book Trekking Maps Ads Dutch

Description

Vintage 1955 softcover guide book of youth hostels in The Netherlands. Publication of The Dutch Youth Hostel Central (Uitgave van de Nederlandse Jeugdherberg Centrale). The cover of the the book says “n jhc gids 1955” and has vintage graphics of fish, people, arrows, a house and a pine tree.
Printed in The Netherlands by N. V. Van Munster’s Drukkerijen, Amsterdam. NOTE: THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN DUTCH LANGUAGE.
This guide book includes an alphabetical listing of hostels and places to visit by hiking, trekking or bicycle with a small map and illustration for each location. Some of the locations include: Ameland, Bergen op zoom, Denekamp, Meppel, Rotterdam and Vlissingjen. There is a section of Fietstocht (Bicycle tour) map pages in back of the book. There is a pocket in the back endpaper that contains a removable fold-out paper color map.
Condition is used. The pages of the booklet have yellowed with age. There is overall creasing, page wrinkling, edge-wear and light soiling on front and back covers and spine. Lower right corner of the book is bent. No writing in back.
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Includes vintage advertisements for outdoor sports equipment, clothes for trekkers, Van Houten Milk Chocolate, Maggi’s Bouillon Soup, Rinck Rotterdam Camera Shop
144 pages. Measures approximately 4-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. The removable map is 8 x 11 inches and has some discoloration and small tears and folds along the edges.
Ships from a smoke-free location.