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Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1926. Cloth. Fine. Eighteenth Revised Edition. xlii, 422pp, with 49 maps and 53 plans (37 town plans, 16 floor plans). Publisher's red flexible decorative cloth stamped in blind and gilt with all edges marbled and two silk page-maker. A superb copy with bright gilt lettering and richly marbled edges; the binding bright, square, and tight, the maps properly folded and free of tears. Hinrichsen E018. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own guide. He thus created a new type of guidebook, which was widely copied throughout Europe and opened up tourism to a new class of visitor. The reliability… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1911. Cloth. Fine. Seventeenth Revised Edition. xxxiv, 554pp, 69 maps and 59 plans. A superb copy with bright gilt lettering, 2 ribbon page-makers (one detached and laid in) and lightly faded and soiled marbled edges; the red flexible cloth covers clean, unfaded, square and tight, the maps properly folded and free of tears. Hinrichsen E017. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own guide. He thus created a new type of guidebook, which was widely copied throughout Europe and opened up tourism to a new class of visitor. The reliability of the information was ensured by annual journeys by… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1905. Cloth. Fine. Fourteenth Edition, revised and augmented. lxx, 474pp, with 15 maps and 30 plans. A superb copy with bright gilt lettering and 2 ribbon page-makers (one loose and laid in); the red flexible cloth covers clean, unfaded, square and tight, the maps properly folded and free of tears. Hinrichsen E193. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own guide. He thus created a new type of guidebook, which was widely copied throughout Europe and opened up tourism to a new class of visitor. The reliability of the information was ensured by annual journeys by Baedeker himself and by reference… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1894. Cloth. Fine+. Eleventh Edition, Revised and Augmented. lxii, 423pp, with 13 maps and 21 plans. An exceptionally Fine, virtually pristine, copy, with brilliant gilt lettering, one (of two) woven silk page-makers, and unfaded, richly marbled edges; the red flexible cloth covers unmarked, bright, square and tight, the maps properly folded and free of tears. Hinrichsen E190. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own guide. He thus created a new type of guidebook, which was widely copied throughout Europe and opened up tourism to a new class of visitor. The reliability of the information was… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1895. Cloth. Fine-. Second Edition. xxiv, 294 pages, with 10 maps and 13 plans (some folding). Nominally the second edition, but Baedeker only published this title once. Publisher's red flexible cloth stamped in blind and gilt with all edges marbled and a green silk page-maker. Almost Fine (but for very light soiling to the covers and a touch of foxing to the edges of several maps), with richly marbled edges; the covers bright, square, and tight, the maps properly folded and free of tears. Scarce, especially in such collectible condition. Hinrichsen E123. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1905. Cloth. Fine. Twenty-first edition. Small 8vo; xxxviii, 548pp, with 63 maps, 17 plans, and 11 panoramas. Publisher's red flexible decorative cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges marbled, two silk page-maker (red and green). A superb copy with bright gilt lettering and richly marbled edges; binding bright, square, and tight, maps properly folded and free of tears; spotting to map frontispiece, else fresh and bright. Hinrichsen E087. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own guide. He thus created a new type of guidebook, which was widely copied throughout Europe and opened up tourism… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1899. Cloth. Fine. Ninth Edition, Revised and Augmented. xxvi, 568pp. with 47 maps, 10 plans, and 7 panoramas. An exceptional copy, with bright gilt lettering, one (of two) woven silk page-makers, and richly marbled edges; the red flexible cloth covers unmarked, square and tight, the maps properly folded and free of tears. Hinrichsen E050. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own guide. He thus created a new type of guidebook, which was widely copied throughout Europe and opened up tourism to a new class of visitor. The reliability of the information was ensured by annual journeys by Baedeker… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1914. Cloth. Fine. A complete two-volume set (each volume issued separately) of early editions for the traveler wanting a handy panoramic survey of the entire country, in matching bindings. Foolscap 8vo (158 x 99mm): xxxvi,454pp, with 16 maps and 55 plans (some folding); xxvi,648pp, with 42 maps, 63 plans, and a panorama. Publisher's red flexible cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges marbled, red and green silk page-makers. Northern: Fifth (and final) Edition. Southern: Sixth Revised Edition. Both volumes fine, all but unused (and scarce thus), bindings square and tight, richly marbled edges, pages and plans fresh and bright, maps properly folded and generally free of tears. A superb set. (Guide books were bought to be used, and as such their condition is rarely pristine.) Hinrichsen E119a and E126. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and,… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1929. Early Reprint. Stamped Cloth. Fine. Twelfth Revised Edition, one of the rare uncorrected copies with the typo "togethep" on title page (most copies were corrected by hand in ink). Small 8vo (157 x 103mm): lxiv,518pp, with 86 maps and plans, two panoramas, and street index of Vienna. Publisher's red flexible cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges marbled. Fine: gilt lettering bright; bindings clean, square and tight; maps properly folded and free of tears. Hinrichsen E059 ("uncorrected versions are rare"). "In 1828, [Karl] Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after Klein's death, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences, he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own guide. He thus created a new type of guidebook, which was widely copied throughout Europe and opened up tourism… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, [various]. [various]. Stamped Cloth. Near Fine+. An excellent 3-volume set (each volume issued separately) of early editions for the traveler wanting a handy panoramic survey of the entire country, in matching bindings. Foolscap 8vo (158 x 99mm): lxviii,698, with 36 maps, 45 plans, and panorama of the Alps; lxxvi,470, with 14 maps, 49 plans, table of coats of arms of the Popes since 1417, panorama, view of Forum Romanum and 14pp street index of Rome; lvi,508pp, with 30 maps and 34 plans. Publisher's red flexible cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges marbled. Gilt lettering bright; bindings clean, square and tight; maps properly folded and mostly free of tears. All are unusually well-preserved copies, Fine, fresh, and bright but for owner's signature to front paste-down and title page of vol. 1; lightly rubbed spine ends of vol. III. Northern: Fourteenth Remodeled Edition (1913). Light underlining in pencil (erasable) to early pages, else fresh and bright; one… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1898. Cloth. Near Fine. Third Edition, revised and augmented (the Peninsula of Sinai is new to this edition). cxviii,472pp, profusely illustrated with 20 maps and 48 plans (many folding) and a panorama of Jerusalem. Publisher's red flexible cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges marbled, green silk page-maker. Near Fine, pages and plates supple though marginally toned, binding square and tight with bright gilt, maps properly folded and free of repairs, neat marginal notes in pencil to several sections, light stain to front paste-down. Provenance: Ink inscription, dated 1905, San Francisco, of Wallace Bradford to front fly-leaf. (Seven years later, Bradford witnessed the sinking of the Titanic from aboard the steamer Carpathia, and wrote a thrilling account of the rescue of 710 people early on the morning of April 15, 1912.) An unusually well-preserved copy. Hinrichsen E256. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1897. Cloth. Near Fine+. Fourth Edition. lii, 458pp, with 14 maps, 18 plans, and 4 floor plans. An exceptional copy (preliminaries and subsequent page edges toned), with bright gilt lettering, one (of two) woven silk page-maker, and richly marbled edges; the red flexible cloth covers unmarked, square and tight, the maps properly folded and free of tears. Hinrichsen D460. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own guide. He thus created a new type of guidebook, which was widely copied throughout Europe and opened up tourism to a new class of visitor. The reliability of the information was… Leer más

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1913. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. Second (and final) Edition (first appeared in 1901), published only in German, with details of a new arrangement of paintings at the Hermitage recently completed. Small, slim 8vo: xxii,134pp, with 5 maps (including one of Russia on rear end papers), 11 plans, and 4 floor plans. Publisher's red flexible cloth, all edges marbled, green and red silk page-makers. Front end papers and half-title toned, but a superb, virtually pristine example: contents clean throughout, no marks, tears, marginalia, foxing, or stains; completely unfaded, crisp, and bright. Hinrichsen D465. "In 1828, [Karl] Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and, after the death of the author, Baedeker himself revised and updated the work, recreating it for a new market. Using his own travel experiences, he guided the tourist to the principal attractions in each place, saving travellers the expense of hiring their own… Leer más