Baedeker's United States.
by Baedeker, Karl
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
16mo (4 1/4" x 6 1/2"), red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated with maps, 516 pp. Binding a little faded, very slight extremity wear, rear map of U.S. detached, back hinge a little weak, some aging and a little browning, rear endpaper browned and brittle, normal aging overall; otherwise about 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 considerable information and many maps and plans of parts of the United States. Includes maps of the New York City, San Francisco, Northern Florida, Southern California, the Catskill Mountains, and Boston, and general map of the United States. ODB.
$200
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106561
- Title
- Baedeker's United States.
- Author
- Baedeker, Karl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FirstEdition.
- Publisher
- Karl Baedeker,
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig:
- Date Published
- 1893
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel Guide. Baedeker.
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