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Southern Germany (Baden, Black Forest, Wurtemberg, and Bavaria) Handbook for Travellers
by Karl Baedeker
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1929. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Various. A detailed and authoritative guidebook on Southern Germany written and published by the notable German publisher Karl Baedeker, whose travel works set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists in the nineteenth century. A thirteenth revised edition copy. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with attractive mapped rear endpapers and marbled textblock. This copy is lacking its original dustwrapper, as usual. Copiously illustrated throughout with one hundred and eighteen maps and plans, many of which are coloured and or folding. In the publisher's original cloth binding with marbled textblock. Externally, minor shelfwear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Slight fading and loss of gilt to spine. Marking to rear board. Faint tidemark to gutter and upper extremity of front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Page slightly age toned to extremities but bright and clean, with the odd spot and handling mark. Small closed tear to gutter of folding map facing title page. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 629M4
- Title
- Southern Germany (Baden, Black Forest, Wurtemberg, and Bavaria) Handbook for Travellers
- Author
- Karl Baedeker
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Karl Baedeker, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 6.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Baedeker Germany Folding Maps Illustrated Germany Travel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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