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First and only edition. Small 8vo. xxxvi, 607pp. 38 maps, 49 plans. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board, blind tooled. All edges marbled. Double silk bookmarks in red and yellow. Upper hinge slightly strained at title. Short closed tear to attachment of frontis. map. Occasional spotting/toning. Includes the only description of Constantinople in an English Baedeker. Hinrichsen E179.

First edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. 1936. Small 8vo. lxiv, 528pp. 108 maps and plans. Folding double sided road map in rear pocket. All maps and plans are in mint condition, as listed in the contents. Original variant coarse grained red cloth, slightly faded and rubbed to edges; dull gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Publisher's ads to feps, map to reps. All edges marbled. Woven book mark. A nice crisp copy.
The first and only edition in English to describe Germany as a whole. Translated by H.A.Piehler.Hinrichsen E66

Fourth revised and augmented edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. 1922. [London: George Allen & Unwin. New York: Chas Scribner's Sons tipped in below]. lxx, 420pp. 14 folding maps, 12 plans. Original red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Marbled edges. Bookmarker. Publisher's ads to front endpapers. Edward Stanford Ltd Cartographers to the King bookseller's plate to fep. Proud edge of frontispiece map toned and slightly chipped, map unaffected; Maritime Provinces map misfolded. A few minor specks to boards. A nice crisp copy. The last edition of this title. Hinrichson E266.

Twelfth revised edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. T. Fisher Unwin, 1 Adelphi Terrace. London. Charles Scribner's Sons, 597 Fifth Avenue. New York. 1914. Octavo. xxx, 388pp. Folding frontis. coloured map, 36 further maps and 50 plans, several folding. Original red cloth, in original dust wrapper. All edges marbled. Two silk bookmarks. Adverts to front endpapers, map to rear endpapers. Short closed tear to attachment of first map, no loss. All other maps pristine. Dust wrapper chipped to edges and folds.The last pre first world war edition.
Hinrichsen E43

Thirteenth revised edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipsic. Dulau and Co. London. 1900. 8vo. xxxiv, 430pp. Folding coloured map frontispiece, 33 further maps, some folding, and 65 plans. Original red cloth, slightly mottled to edges, in original brown dust wrapper, with paper label to spine. Chip to one corner and head of dustwrapper spine. Adverts to fep. Book plate (Noble) to free endpaper map. All edges marbled. Green bookmark. Some toning to free endpapers. Last map sits a little proud, and edge is creased. A crisp copy. Scarce in dust wrapper.
Hinrichsen E27

[First edition thus] Fifth edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. Paul Ollendorff. Paris. 1895. Octavo. xxix, 361pp. 8 maps, 22 plans, several folding. Original red cloth, mottled to edges of both boards. In original dust wrapper, chipped to edges and spine. All edges marbled. Green bookmarker. Signature Robinson to ffep. Small paper fault excess folded corner to title. A crisp copy, in the scarce dust wrapper.
This is the first edition thus. The fourth and final edition of Nord de la France of 1893 was divided into Nord Este and Nord Ouest in this and the subsequent editions from 1895.
Hinrichsen F179.

Karl Baedeker. Leipsic. 1893. 5 maps. 1pp street index. Original wraps. Two corners chipped with marginal loss. Partial split to spine. Published as an appendix to Baedeker's Northern Germany (English edition) of 1893, the interest of this lies not only in its printed content, but in the signatures and notes on the last blank. Signatures of C. Clado; J.W. Earle; Clyde Fitch; and Thomas G. Stevenson. Notes: "Moscow to Warsaw Aug. 31, 1900". "Leanfuerstenheim (?) Brussel 271 Avenue Louise"... directions to "Heilbronner Strasse 25 - II Etage" Berlin. Notes in three different hands. Clyde Fitch (1865 -1909) was the most successful Broadway dramatist of his time. "There was a radiance about him always, and the same glow dominated his circle of friendships". He had a passionate affair with Oscar Wilde. Fitch was Wilde's "Faun" in Wilde's first draft of "In the Forest". "A notorious dandy with a penchant for foreign arts and sartorial luxury" his homosexuality and transsexuality was at odds with the… Read more

Sixteenth revised edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. 1931. Octavo. xv, 366pp. All maps and plans pristine. Original red cloth, slight wear to head and tail of spine, small mark to spine. Publisher's adverts to feps., map to reps. All edges marbled. Double book marks. Rarely used, text crisp and bright.This was the first and only edition on Belgium and Luxemburg. (Previous editions included Holland). As such it is the most comprehensive volume on these countries.Hinrichsen E195

Tenth edition, revised and augmented. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. T. Fisher Unwin. London. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1912. Octavo. lx, 478pp. All maps and plans as published. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. All edges marbled. Double bookmarks. A little wear to head and small tear to tail of spine, and rubbing to corners. First four pages with tiny dogears. No misfolding or tears. Lacks the grammar booklet which was designed for removal. Flyer for Sifton, Pread & Co. The Map House, printed in red, tipped in to ffep.Hinrichsen E233a

Fourth revised edition. Leipzig. 1909. cxxvi, 447pp. 16 maps, 30 plans, 2 diagrams, panorama of Athens. Original red cloth, gilt. All edges marbled. Double silk bookmarks. Publisher's adverts to feps. Map to rear eps. Pocket to rear with folding map. Lightly sunned to spine. Occasional spotting/light toning. A crisp copy with the maps neatly folded. Signature of F H A Booth dated April 1909 to ffep. Hinrichsen E237.

Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. George Allen & Unwin. London. Chas. Scribner's Sons. New York. 1936. Octavo. lxiv, 528pp. All maps and plans pristine, (Munchen I placed a little proud with extreme edge darkened). Rear pocket holding the road map and the Reichssportfeld Plan, both pristine. Original darker smooth variant cloth (issued in conjunction with the Berlin Olympics). A little shelf wear, bumped corners. Two small spots to upper board. Publisher's adverts to feps., map to reps. All edges marbled. Woven bookmark.
The first and only English edition to describe Germany under the Nazi regime. The 1936 Olympics in Berlin provided Hitler with a showcase for his political beliefs in Aryan supremacy and nationalism. The Berlin Olympics were the first ever to be televised, and to host the torch relay. The Plan included here is uncommon, and was not included with the post-Olympics issues of this edition.
"Many Jewish athletes who either competed in the Olympics prior to 1936 or the 1936 Olympics itself would… Read more

14th edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. 1906. x, 234pp. Maps and plans as listed. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. All edges marbled. Double bookmark. Final map placed a little proud, but all folded correctly and little, if ever, used. Publisher's adverts to feps., map to reps. Minor shelf wear. Signature of B. H. Whitley to verso ffep, dated August 1906Hinrichsen D213
Benjamin Heywood Whitley (1879 – 1916) Ulverston. BA Dublin. FRCC Modern languages master at St Cuthberts, Worksop and at Loretto. 2nd Lieut. 3rd Royal Scots. Killed in action on the Somme July 17 1916. Commemorated on the Great Gable War Memorial.

Fifth edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. T. Fisher Unwin. London. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1912. Octavo. x, 254pp. All maps and plans as published: two placed a little proud with subsequent slight creasing and marginal discolouration to extreme edges. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Publisher's adverts to feps. Map to reps. All edges marbled. Double bookmarks. Small booksellers plate to rep W. A. Brown Westminster.The last edition before the First World War, and thus the last description of Imperial Berlin, the residence of the German Emperor, the seat of the Imperial government.Hinrichsen E64

Third edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipsic. 1908. Octavo. x, 247pp. All maps and plans as published. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Marbled edges. Publisher's adverts to feps. Map to reps. Double woven bookmarks. Lightly rubbed to head and tail of spine. Neat signature 'George Williams' to top of half-title. Dulau & Co. 37, Soho Square, London, W. booksellers imprint to lower title page.Hinrichsen E62

Third revised and augmented edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. Dulau and Co. London. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1907. Octavo. lxiv, 331pp. All maps and plans pristine as published. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. All edges marbled. Publisher's adverts to feps. Double bookmark. Lightly rubbed to head and tail of spine.
Hinrichsen E265

Second edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. Paul Ollendorff. Paris. 1905. Octavo. lxii, 620pp. Maps and plans as published. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Publisher's adverts to fep. All edges marbled. Double woven bookmark in green and red. First and last maps a little toned, all others pristine, with no misfolding or protrusion. Frontispiece map tear repaired to verso, with short closed fold tear. Slightly faded. Light water stain to extreme top edge of a few pages.Only two editions published in French, this being the last.Hinrichsen F226

Twelfth revised edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. George Allen and Unwin. London. Chas. Scribner's Sons. New York. 1929. Octavo. lxiv, [16], 518pp. All maps and plans as published, no misfolding or protrusions. Short closed attachment tear to frontispiece map. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine (faded) and to upper board. All edges marbled. Woven bookmark. Publisher's adverts to feps. Map to reps. Small indentation from elastic band to lower edge of upper board.Hinrichsen E59

Second edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. T. Fisher Unwin. London. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1909. Octavo. xxxviii, 398pp. All maps and plans as published, all pristine. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. All edges marbled. Double woven bookmarks. Publisher's adverts to feps. Map to reps. Two pink tickets Trieste - Fasana (Societa di Navigazione a Vapora "Istria Trieste") loosely inserted. The last pre WWI edition.Hinrichsen E177

Second edition. Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London. nd. [1919] Quarto. xxiii, 422pp, 2pp ads. Colour frontis tipped in, colour plate tipped in, numerous further monochrome plates and illustrations. Contemporary quarter calf, green cloth. Spine in six compartments, with red and green leather labels, gilt lettering. Corner of frontis. slightly creased. A nice copy.
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Green-Price to fep.
The Green-Price Baronetcy, of Norton Manor in the parish of Norton in the County of Radnor.

Presentation Edition, limited to fifty copies of which this is Number 46. Printed for the Government of Southern Rhodesia at the University Press, Glasgow. Chatto & Windus. London. 1946. 3 volumes. 4to. xxxviii, 277pp. 4 colour plates, 5 half-tone plates, 2 folding maps; viii, -598pp. 3 colour plates, 12 half tone plates, folding map; viii, -855pp. 8 half tone plates, 2 maps (one folding). Original blue leather, gilt to spines and to board armorial vignettes. Slightly faded to spines, bumped and rubbed. Top edges gilt. Edges untrimmed.

Provenance: Bookplates of Sir Campbell Stuart G.C.M.G K.B.E to ffeps.

Sir Campbell Stuart (1885-1972) 'His tall, lean figure and eager, expressive face, quick to break into smiles, were familiar in Embassies and drawing-rooms in Mayfair and in Montreal, Cape Town and other centres of the old Empire' (The Times, 15 Sept 1972). At dinner parties at his seventeenth-century Highgate house, The Grove, he brought together leading figures from the worlds of journalism,… Read more