Cook's Tours: The Story of Popular Travel

While this book plots the history of this famous travel company, and especially Thomas Cook himself, but also his extended family who all played a part in the company over the years, the real joy of this book are the many period advertisements for the travel services provided.

These take over from any of the text (which is painfully small for a large format book), and the colour and presentation of the advertisements is incredible. From the 1880s through to the 1970s the design and graphics are great, particularly the 1930s and 1950s. A wide array of locations and types of travel advertised.

I detest trying to load photos into reviews. Surely there is an easy way that the clumsy way needed here. You can get a fair idea from googling “Vintage Thomas Cook Advertisements” : Link