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Elias Burton Holmes (1870–1958) was an American traveler, photographer and filmmaker, who coined the term "travelogue". Travel stories, slide shows, and motion pictures were all in existence before Holmes began his career, as was the profession of travel lecturer; but Holmes was the first person to put all of these elements together into documentary travel lectures. He was a master of self-promotion - so much so that he comes across as both fake and genuine at the same time.

Burton Holmes has a star on Hollywood Boulevard, but you could be forgiven for wondering who on Earth he was, as he is largely forgotten today - or was, until his vast collection of photographs and films came back into public view.

But meanwhile, here is another fascinating book from Taschen.

Here's another corner of my library - fantastic fiction. Fine bindings are in the glass-doored bookcase on the left. I daresay I'll get round to sharing some of these at some point....

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