Search Results: norway and sweden by baedeker

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.… Read More

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good+. 1909. Hardcover. lx, 468, 38 pages; Ninth edition revised and expanded, with 43 maps and 26 plans and several panoramas. Clean and tight in red cloth binding with bright gilt lettering. Includes a 38 page, pamphlet "Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish Grammar with list of vocabulary and Phrases" in printed wrappers, bound in. Verlag Karl Baedeker, founded by Karl Baedeker in 1827, is a German publisher that pioneered worldwide travel guides. Usually referred to simply as "Baedekers", these excellent guidebooks contain important introductions to various regions of the world, along with specific information about routes and travel facilities; and historical descriptions of important buildings, sights, attractions and museums. For the convenience of travellers, they contain many reliable maps and town plans all bound in a convenient pocket format. .

Leipsic Karl Baedeker, 1899, hardcover. Seventh edition in English, revised and augmented. With 32 maps, 21 plans, and 3 small panoramas [many are fold-out]. -- Custom bookplate of Thomas W. Lawson (1857-1925) author, entrepreneur, shipbuilder. -- Limp hardcover, a uniform personal fine binding, black leather with raised spine bands, ruled edges, gilt dentelle border around blue marbled endsheets, AEG all-edges gilt. Condition: near fine (couple tiny rub spots).

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.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Limp cloth. Very Good. Third revised edition. Leipsic (Karl Baedeker/London (Dulau) 1885. A little spine wear else a very good copy.

16mo (4 1/4" x 6 1/2"), red cloth, gilt title and spine, illustrated with maps, 461, [40] pp. Spine a little faded, slight extremity wear, minor aging, some slight staining, one folding map a little folded and with margin chips because of off center fold, which makes it extend a little beyond text block; otherwise very good. Karl Baedeker (1801-1959) was born in Essen, and attended Heidelberg University. His family was involved in the publishing and bookselling business, and around 1828 he entered the travel guide business. Baedeker created a different kind of travel book that opened up tourism for a new class of travelers, by guiding the tourist to the principal attractions in a country or area. This information was often edited by Baedeker himself, and sons would take over and expand the business after his death. This edition provides detailed information, including money tables, rail and steamship options, along with many folding maps and plates of Norway and Sweden. Also includes a 40 page sketch… Read More

Leipsig / London: Karl Baedeker, 1903. Eighth Edition Revised and Augmented. Hardcover. Good+. Wagner & Debes. 16mo. Pp. lxxxii, 486, 40. Illustrated with 37 maps, 22 plans and 3 panoramas, several in colors and/or folding out. Index, appendix: Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish Grammar with Vocabulary and List of Phrases. Publisher's textured red cloth over flexible boards, titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine, blind stamped decorations, red and black silk bookmark ribbons, edges marbled, publisher's advertising on front endpapers, map index on back endpapers. Edges rubbed and bumped, with half-inch abrasion on spine edge; red bookmark ribbon detached but present; owner ink signature on front endpaper; light pencil annotations on rear endpapers. A presentable copy. The first version of this travel guide was published in 1879. By WWII, considerable use was made of Baedeker guides, their accuracy, per travel writer Eric Newby, was "made as if by spies for spies." In the spring of 1940, when hen… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Karl Baedeker. Collectible - Good. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker; London: T. Fisher Unwin; New York: Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1912. 16mo. lx,478,38pp. Illus., maps. Good book. Clear wrap added. Bookseller's name embossed on title page. From the library of political advisor and former Director of the CIA Robert James Woolsey Jr. (guidebooks) Inquire if you need further information.

Baedeker, 1889. clean and tight, foxed. first map is detached, front binding is broken and held on by two tabs, book plate and other notes