Search Results: Palestine and Syria Handbook For Travellers by Karl Baedeker

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker 1894, 2nd edition, revised and augmented. (Limp cloth) 444pp. Good to very good. With 17 maps, 44 plans, and a panorama of Jerusalem. The covers are worn and the book is dampstained on the top and bottom edges through about half of the book (including the panorama). The maps are generally clean. The half-title page has a two-inch horizontal tear. Locale: Palestine; Syria. (Travel/Adventure, Guidebooks).

Leipzig : Karl Baedeker, 1906. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4". Not Stated. A fourth edition copy of this guide to Palestine and Syria with folding maps and plans. A fourth edition guide to Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia. This handbook guide the traveller through the Middle East, with notes on hotels, transport, money, equipment and with commentary on the history, language and geography. With the rare slip bound to the title page that states "The excessive zeal of the Turkish censorship sometimes even extends to the confiscation of guide-books. The traveller is therefore advised to place this volume in his pocket before crossing the Turkish frontier or entering a Turkish port".With twenty maps, fifty two plans and a panorama of Jerusalem.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally lovely with some light fading to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper… Read More

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. Good+. 1876. First Edition. Flexible cloth. Red flexible cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Illustrated with 18 maps, 43 plans and 10 views. Text is tight and intact.. Spine ends and front corners are lightly rubbed. Front internal hinge has a paper tear with cover firmly attached. Prior owners signature and 1895 date. First two pages have a small chip from bottom front corner. Rare . Mid-East; Maps & Views; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 610 pages .