Baedeker, Karl - Baedeker's Guide Books
£400
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Egypt and the Sudan. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908. Sixth (English) edition, 8vo, maps and plans, original red cloth gilt, very slight occasional spotting, cloth slightly faded, edges a little bumped; [Idem] Palestine et Syrie. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1906. Third (French) edition, 8vo, maps and plans, original red cloth gilt, spine slightly bumped and faded; and 12 other Baedeker guides covering Europe (full list avaliable upon request); Japanese Department of Railways An official guide to Eastern Asia... Tokyo: The Department of Railways, 1914 (volumes 2 and 3) - 1920 (volumes 1 and 5). Volumes 2 and 3 first edition, volumes 1 and 5 second edition, 8vo, 4 volumes, lacking volume 4, maps and plans, red cloth gilt, some maps slightly torn, spines a little bumped and faded, contents in volume 1 partially obscured with tape, one plate lacking in volume 3; And two others (20)
Footnote
Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh