GUIDE OF ALICANTE. FIESTAS, STREETS, CALENDAR, ETC. 1949

Description:
- Curious Guide to Alicante, from 1949.
- Complete guide containing: famous dates in Alicante.
- Festivals and commemorations.
- Kilometric distances from Alicante.
- International timetable.
- Communications with trains, trams and buses.
- Abbreviation of car number plates.
- Public service car fares.
- Postal and telegraph rates.
- Calendar for 1950.
- Street nomenclature.
- Official centres and various societies.
- The Church of Santa María, by J. Tarí.
- Original copy from 1949.
Parts of the Contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with the complete text.
- Publicity. Table of contents. Advertisement. Introduction by Gabriel Miró. Contents. Advertising.
- Contains much advertising of the period, together with 5 photographic illustrations, both inserted in the text and outside it.
Book Description:
- Stapled binding of regular execution, with guillotined cuts from the First Half of the 20th Century.
- Text and illustrations in single-colour black printing, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on tan paper, fine and of regular quality.
- Bound in soft cardboard cover.
- The cover is stamped with the title and two photographs of the period. No dust jacket.

Conservation and Damage:
- General condition: Good.
- Cuts with some soiling and minimal rubbing.
- The pages are in good condition, except for some of them which have small rust stains.
- The pages are slightly darkened at the edges due to age. The tips are deteriorated with light creases and folds.
- Spine fatigued.
- Book shows wear and tear typical of it,s age.

Comments:
- Measurements and weight are approximate.
- Very interesting as a collector,s item and as a decorative element.
- The tones of the colours in the photos do not match the tones of the real colours.
- The Book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the book.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.