Along with modern first editions, guide books are one of the most accessible places to start a collection of rare books. The classic guide books (Baedeker’s, Murray’s and Thomas Cook handbooks) were published at the beginning of the industrial revolution. As transport became easier, the nouveau riche sought to undertake grand tours of Europe and the Baedeker was an invaluable accompaniment, just as Lonely Planet guided young gap year students in the 80s and 90s.
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Guidebooks
As one of the internationally preeminent dealers in guidebooks we welcome all enquiries about such books; please contact Lucinda Boyle for more information.
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Fourth edition. clxxxvi, 442pp, 21 maps, 85 plans, 55 vignettes, pages browned, purple stamp on title-page, bookseller's label on front paste-down, inner hinges slightly cracked; publisher's red cloth gilt; a good copy
£110 -
Second edition. Small 8vo (18 x 12 cms) pp.[4] publisher's advert, [4], 517, 2 folding maps, 12 engraved views, some pages browned, some minor spotting, both folding maps torn and split into three parts,
, 8 preliminary pages including the title page detached, pages browned, pencilling inside on endpapapers; publisher's green cloth badly worn and rubbed ; a fair copy.£2,200 -
Third edition. lxiv, 331pp, 13 maps and 12 plans, publisher's red cloth gilt, chipped at top of spine; otherwise a very good copy.
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Second edition. xxviii, 298pp, 30 maps and 32 plans, bookseller's label on front pastedown, front map repaired with sellotape on the reverse, previous owner's stamp; publisher's red cloth gilt, gilt lettering ; overall a fine copy
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Seventh edition. lxii, 502pp, 16 maps ( front map with large tear ( 12 cm) ), 29 plans, some browning on title-page; publisher's original pink variant binding, slightly marked with ink spots on upper cover; overall a very good firm copy.
£120 -
First edition. x, 267pp, 20 maps, 26 plans, adverts at rear, several wild flowers and other ephemera inserted inside ; publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered, rubbed and worn, corners slightly bumped and worn; otherwise a good firm copy.
£150 -
Seventh edition. viii,pp 360pp, 3 maps and 15 plans, 45pp street index at rear, loose front free endpaper, previous owner's signature in ink; publisher's variant pink cloth binding, slightly worn, upper board partly detached; a good copy.
£150 -
Fourth edition. cciv, 395 pp, 22 maps,(one map detached), 55 plans, and 66 views and vignettes, ink signature on endpaper; publisher's red cloth gilt, faded to pale brown and slightly worn; otherwise a good copy.
£200 -
Fourth edition. c, 436 pp, 20 maps, 52 plans and a panorama of Jerusalem, censorship tipped in before title-page; publisher's red cloth gilt; a near fine copy.
£250 -
Twenty-eighth edition. lviii, 600pp, 103 maps and plans, 18 panoramas; publisher's original red cloth coarse-grained binding, slightly faded; overall a very good copy.
£100
