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This was the last and most comprehensive edition in English.Issued c.1909.Fourth edition. cxxvi, 447pp, 16 maps (including folding map in rear poc...
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With censorship slip. Rare censorship slip advises the traveller to hide this guidebook in his pocket before crossing the Turkish frontier. Issued ...
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This was the last edition of Rhine and Northern Germany together in one volume.The last edition before the establishment of the German Empire. Str...
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This edition was issued in conjunction with the great International Exhibition in Vienna in 1873. This was the last edition to include the Eastern...
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This second and last edition was extended deep into Czechoslovakia as far as Pilsen, thereby including most of the southern part of the Sudetenlan...
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With original dust-wrapper. New maps include Assuan and Khartoum. Issued c.1911.Sixth edition. clxxxiv, 439pp, 24 maps, 76 plans, and 57 vignettes,...
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Last edition of this title. Issued c. 1909.Fifth edition; xxxvi, 454pp, 16 maps, 55 plans; publisher's red cloth gilt, gilt lettering bright; an e...
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With exhibition supplement and original dust wrapper.. This particular volume contains the rare supplement for the International Exhibition in Pari...
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First and only edition of this title in English. This volume covers a wide area including the Italian Riviera as well as the French.Issued c.1931....
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Baedeker reprint.. A rare Baedeker facsimile. All the maps and plans are reproduced in black and white.Reprint of 1914 edition. 8vo, lxiv, 590pp, 4...
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The second guide-book to be published by Baedeker after the War. An English edition was published in the same year but copies of this are rarely s...
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First and only edition of this title. " Indien " was only published in German and covers Burma, Java and Ceylon and contains a panorama of Himalay...
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This particular volume has the stamp ' Verkaufsfaehig nach Kart.Veroeff.VO 6.2.40 ' inside on the front endpaper. This means this volume had passe...
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First and only edition of this title published during World War II. Town plans include Strassburg, Kolmar (Colmar) and Mulhausen.First edition, pp...
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First separate edition of Northern Germany (previously i.e. in 1868 & 1870, included in the volume on the Rhine). First description of Berlin ...
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This volume describes a much wider area than just Dalmatia. It covers the Danube from Vienna to Roumania, including Budapest and Belgrade. This is...
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Last edition published in this series. Issued c.1931.Thirty-first edition. lxviii, 482pp, 34 maps, 22 plans, 12 floor plans and 2 panoramas, previ...
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Join us as we journey through time to discover some of the rarest books in the world. The following texts have shown an extraordinary ability to survive, with some books having survived the ravages of flood and fire, and others counting only a single surviving copy.
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling, imperial posturing, trade and warfare became the subjects of a significant artistic movement, aimed at depicting and dissecting the Company’s involvement in the political and social life of the period.
The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor. Join us this Easter as we travel through the imaginary places and winding roads of children’s literature.
Welcome to TEFAF Maastricht: the fair that plays host to some of the most memorable treasures in the art world. With artworks that span over 7000 years, the event has an illustrious history, welcoming collectors and art loves alike for more than three decades.
