Norway, Sweden and Denmark, with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen. Handbook for Travellers by.. de BAEDEKER, Karl - 1912.

Baedeker,, 1/1/1909. 9th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Red cloth. English : 9 rev. ed. lx, 468 pages, 1 leaf, 38 pages : frontispiece, illustrations (plans) maps (some folded) ; 16 cm. 43 maps, 26 plans, several panoramas. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name on title page. <br><br> Founded in 1827, Baedeker guides gained popularity during the second half of the 19th century (so much so that Baedekering became part of everyday language). They were an invaluable and essential part of "civilized travel" in the fin-de-siecle. Baedeker was known for both its accuracy and attention to detail. Included in each are intricate colored fold-out maps and floor plans. Baedeker's comments and recommendations open a fascinating window into the mores of a world now past. <br><br>An interesting side note: Literary references to Baedeker's abound, from E. M. Forester's A Room with a View to Mark Twain's A Tramp Abroad. T.E.… Leer más

Baedeker,, January 1909. Leatherette. VG. used copy, lacking a dust jacket (as issued). light shelfwear, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight, and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. RED LEATHERETTE INCLUDES ALL MAPS.

Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1909. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Ninth Edition.. 468 + 38pp. + maps. Sgn. to fep., & additional inscription to rear relating to former owner (photographer.) O/w clean copy internally. Red rigid card covers with some rubbing. Still remains tidy. Gilt lettering remains bright to frt. cover & spine. Faded marbling to external edges & additional bookmark cord. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Overall: a tidy functional copy. Size: 16mo - over 53/4" - 63/4" tall.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1912. A handsome copy in Very Near Fine condition. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. 11cm wide by 16cm tall. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Complete with 62 maps, 42 plans and ground-plans, and 3 panoramas. The maps are in color, and several fold-out. With two ribbon bookmarks sewn into the headband. All page edges are attractively marbled, as issued. Bound-in at the end is the 38-page "Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish Grammar, with Vocabulary and List of Phrases." Index. Bound in the publisher's red cloth, gilt.. Tenth Edition, Revised and Augmented. Hardcover. Very Near Fine condition. 478pp. + 38 page vocabulary.

Tenth edition, revised and augmented. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. T. Fisher Unwin. London. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1912. Octavo. lx, 478pp. All maps and plans as published. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. All edges marbled. Double bookmarks. A little wear to head and small tear to tail of spine, and rubbing to corners. First four pages with tiny dogears. No misfolding or tears. Lacks the grammar booklet which was designed for removal. Flyer for Sifton, Pread & Co. The Map House, printed in red, tipped in to ffep.Hinrichsen E233a

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1912. Tenth Edition. lx;478(38)pp. 16mo. Bound in original blind stamped red cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Marble edges on textblock. Two ribbon markers. Yellow coated front end papers with advertisements. Map of Sweden and Norway on rear end papers. Includes 62 maps and 42 plans. Also contains a booklet at the rear on Norwegian and Swedish grammar. Wear to the spine and corners. Slightly cracked hinge. Some underlining in orange pencil. In good condition. Owner's inscription on front free end paper. 1912

Leipzig : Karl Baedeker, 1912. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. A tenth edition copy of this handbook for Norway, Sweden, and Denmark with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen, with folding maps. A tenth edition copy. This is a handbook for travellers to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen by Karl Baedeker. The handbook gives information about the beautiful and interesting scenery of the area, characteristics of the countries with notes on their histories, languages and customs. With sixty two maps, forty two plans and three panoramas. Collated, complete. With a pamphlet of a Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish Grammar with Vocabulary and List of phrases to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light fading to the spine and bumping to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good

, 1903, lxxii, 486, 40 pages, 37 maps and 22 plans. 1909, lx, 468, 38 pages, 43 maps and 26 plans, both volumes also contain a 'Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish Grammar, with Vocabulary and List of Phrases

Leipzig : Karl Baedeker, 1912. 10th Edition (Revised and Augmented). Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Baedeker's guide books. Physical description: lx, 478 pages : illustrations, maps (some folded), plans ; 16cm. Subjects: Scandinavia -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. & New York: Chas. Scribner’s Sons, 1912. Tenth Edition, Revised and Augmented. Hinrichsen E233a. 16mo. pp. lx, 478 + 38-page ‘Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish Grammar, with Vocabulary and List of Phrases’ (with separate wrs.). with half-title. 62 maps, 42 town plans & building plans (incl. 2 maps on rear endpapers, many coloured, double-page or folding, some in text) & 3 panoramas (1 folding, 2 in text). index. original cloth (head of spine damaged, rear joint partly split, front free-endpaper detached, some scattered pencil notes). elala6071