THOMAS COOK & SON. How to see Singapore, the Malay Peninsula and Penang. No place or printer. [c. 1928].
Small 8vo. Original illustrated wrappers; pp. 88, highly illustrated including advertisements, double-page city map stretching over the inside of front cover and the first page; wrappers minimally spotted, one corner of front wrapper with 3 mm flaw; otherwise very good.
Extremely rare guidebook for vistors. In this guidebook Thomas Cook is offering motor tours around the town and the lush surroundings. One two-hour tour is to China-town for a Chinese dinner, then a drive through the Chinese quarter. The Chinese population as tourist attraction. Next on offer are longer motor tours, one taking up eight days, into British Malaya with "up-to-date automobiles and experienced drivers".
The only copy we were able to locate is in the National Museum of Singapore.
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