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A Large Collection of Baedekers

Twenty Baedeker's Travel Guides Published Between 1894 and 1928, Including a First Edition of the Russian Guide Book.

All volumes published in Leipsic by Karl Baedeker between 1894 and 1928. Twenty twelvemo travel handbooks, in publisher's limp red cloth boards with gilt lettering. A few maps are detached but present. Almost all maps appear to be accounted for. The previous owners' names are in most, if not all, books, and all belonged to the same impressively tireless world-traveling couple from Des Moines who have made a few inoffensive notes throughout some of these volumes. All are in very good condition.

Travel destinations included in this collection are: Austria, Including Hungary, Transylvania, Dalmatia, and Bosnia. 1900. Ninth edition, revised and augmented. [and:] Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. 1897. Twelfth edition, revised and augmented. [and:] The Dominion of Canada, With Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. 1907. Third revised and augmented edition. Back board creased. [and:]Egypt. 1902. Fifth "remodelled" edition. [and:] Great Britain. 1927. Eighth revised edition. [and:] Greece. 1894. Second revised edition. Penciled name to front cover. [and:] Italy; First Part: Northern Italy, Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, and Routes Through Switzerland and Austria. 1899. Eleventh "remodelled" edition. First map may be missing. [and:] Italy; Second Part: Central Italy and Rome. 1900. Thirteenth revised edition. [and:] Italy, From the Alps to Naples. ("Abridged.") 1928. Third revised edition. [and:] London and Its Environs. 1900. Twelfth revised edition. [and:] Northern Germany, As Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers. 1900. Thirteenth revised edition. [and:] Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, with Excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen. 1912. Tenth edition, revised and augmented. Some color illustrations pasted in. [and:] Palestine and Syria. 1898. Third edition, revised and augmented. [and:] Paris and Its Environs. 1900. Fourteenth revised edition. [and:] The Rhine, From Rotterdam to Constance. 1900. Fourteenth revised edition. [and:] Russia, with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking. 1914. With no additional editions noted, this appears to be a first edition. Closed tear to front fold-out map. A newspaper notice detailing the upcoming new Russia guide book is pasted onto the blank page facing the half-title page. A few pencil notations throughout. A very nice, crisp copy. [and:] South-Eastern France, Including Corsica. 1898. Third edition. [and:] Southern Germany, Including Wurtemberg and Bavaria. 1895. Eighth revised edition. Gouge to front cover. [and:] Spain and Portugal. 1901. Second edition. [and:] United States. 1909. Fourth revised edition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford.