Great Britain Handbook for Travellers
by Karl Baedeker
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leipsic : Karl Baedeker, 1890. Cloth. Good. 6" by 4". Not Stated. A second edition copy of this handy travel book for Great Britain, with folding maps. A second edition copy.This is a handy guide to Great Britain for travellers, with details on money, routes to and from England, railways, hotels, sports and pastimes and with commentary on the history of the architecture of England and ancient monuments. With fifteen maps, thirty plans and a panorama. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally very smart with some fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Page xv-xvi is loosening from the binding. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 850B87
- Title
- Great Britain Handbook for Travellers
- Author
- Karl Baedeker
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Karl Baedeker
- Place of Publication
- Leipsic
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 6" by 4"
- Keywords
- Great Britain Handbook for Travellers travel europe Great Britain travel
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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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