Swann Galleries Thursday, Oct. 15, sale of Rare and Important Travel Posters can be described as celebrating America the Beautiful, as a vast segment of the sale features posters showcasing premier destinations around the country. Also on offer is a top selection of international images from London to Latvia, Bangkok and beyond. New York City is on display with a rare first printing of David Kleins 1956 TWA poster featuring a vibrant abstract view of Times Square (est. $5,000-$7,500) and Joseph Fehers ad for United Air Lines, in which a Douglas DC-6 can be seen flying over Central Park with the Plaza Hotel in the background (est. $1,500-$2,000). East Coast summer destinations are among notable American travel posters. Highlights include a ca. 1929 image for travel to Montauk Beach (est. $10,000-$15,000); John Held Jr.s birds-eye view of Nantucket, a 1925 image that has not been at auction since 2006, (est. $6,000-$9,000); travel to Atlantic City by way of the Pennsylvania Railroad, represented by Edward M. Egglestons ca. 1935 advertisement showcasing the beach and boardwalk (est. $5,000-$7,500); Walter L. Greenes lush image of the Adirondack Mountains and Lake Placid (est. $4,000-$6,000); and Anthony Hansens New England/Americas Historic Summerland, ca. 1930s (est. $1,000-$1,500). Early air travel to and from San Francisco can be seen with Paul George Lawlers 1939 Pan Am ad for travel to Hawaii via the Honolulu Clipper (est. $10,000-$15,000) and a ca. 1950s TWA poster with a view of Presidio Ave and a Market Street cable car running down California street through Chinatown towards the Ferry Terminal, with a tower of the Oakland Bay Bridge appearing in the distance (est. $1,200-$1,800). Also of note is a previously unrecorded poster for the Northern Pacific Railway from 1920, featuring Lewis and Clark by Seaverns W. Hilton (est. $5,000-$7,500), and two 1928 Southern Pacific Railway designs by Maurice Logan, one featuring Lake Tahoe (est. $1,200-$1,800), and the other showcasing Redwoods (est. $2,500-$3,500). Other American highlights include Hernando Villas poster for the 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair, which has not been seen on the auction block stateside in nearly 10 years (est. $4,000-$6,000), as well as Villas 1931 The Chief Is Still Chief poster for the Santa Fe Railroad (est. $5,000-$7,500). Celebrated images from Continental Europe, the United Kingdom and more include a poster promoting early aviation in the south of France with Charles Leone Brosses Meeting dAviation / Nice, 1910 (est. $10,000-$15,000). An Art Deco design for the London Underground is seen in Jean Dupass Where Is the Bower Beside the Silver Thames?, 1930 (est. $15,000-$20,000). Scotland can be seen in a ca. 1910 Caledonian Railway advertisement promoting the golf courses served by the line (est. $5,000-$7,500). A scarce, atmospheric view of the temples of Bangkok is displayed in Michael Rudolf Wenings Siam, ca. 1920s (est. $2,000-$3,000), and a Gatsby-esque evocation of holiday makers in Jasper in the Canadian Rockies by Fred Powis complete the offering (est. $2,000-$3,000). Further advertisements for rail lines, ocean liners and aviation round out the sale. The complete catalogue, as well as bidding information, is available at www.swanngalleries.com and on the Swann Galleries App.