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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First edition. pp. xxiv, 309, 8 plans and one general map in two parts at the rear; bound in the publisher's original yellow pictorial biedermeier boards, slightly bumped and worn at corners; overall an excellent copy.
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Third edition. xii, 370 pp, 6 maps and 13 plans, ( lacks one part of street plan at rear); restored preserving most of the publisher's red cloth gilt. overall a good copy.
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Sixth edition. xxviii, 406 pp, 14 maps, 15 town plans, one panorama; publisher's red cloth, original buff coloured dust wrapper; a good bright copy.
£70 -
Third edition. xcvi, 429pp, 20 maps, 52 plans, a panorama of Jerusalem, some spotting throughout, censorship slip attached, ink signature inside, new endpapers; restored preserving most of the publisher's red cloth gilt; a good copy.
£200 -
Seventeenth edition. lx, 611pp, 30 maps, 31 town plans, 10 small plans and one panorama several pieces of ephemera ( entrance tickets) inserted loose; publisher's red cloth gilt, original buff coloured dust wrapper ; overall a very good copy
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Eighteenth edition. lx, 690pp, 36 maps, 36 town plans, 10 museum plans and a panorama; publisher's red cloth gilt; original pictorial dust wrapper, torn in parts; overall a good firm copy.
£50 -
Tenth edition. xxviii, 280 pp, 18 maps and 30 town plans; publisher's red cloth gilt, original buff coloured dust wrapper, spine darkened ; a very good copy.
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Third edition. xliv, 455pp, 25 maps, 29 town plans, 23 museums and architectural plans, some minor browning on a few pages; publisher's red cloth ,gilt lettering dull, original buff coloured printed dust wrapper; a good copy.
£50 -
Ninth edition.. xxvi, 547pp, 23 maps, 28 town plans, 2 panoramas; publisher's red cloth gilt, original buff coloured dust wrapper; a very good copy.
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Third edition. xliv, 338 pp , 11 maps and 19 plans; publisher's variant pink cloth gilt, slightly stained, original buff coloured dust wrapper, torn on spine; a very good copy.
£100
