Karl Baedeker — Osterreich Handbuch Fur Reisende

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1926. Cloth. A smart travel guide to Inter-war Austria , richly illustrated, with folding and colour maps throughout. A smart copy of this travel guide to Austria, in the original German. From the popular German-published travel guide series, which provided It's readers with information on worthwhile sights, museums, facilities such as hotels and shops, routes, and a range of attractions. In the publisher's original red cloth, with publisher's catalogue and a colour map to endpapers. Heavily illustrated, this work features a colour folding frontispiece, fifteen further colour folding maps, three double-sided colour folding maps, thirty colour plates, six double-sided colour plates, one monochrome folding map, two double-sided plates featuring a mixture of colour and monochrome illustrations, one double-sided folding plate in both colour and monochrome, and additional monochrome vignette illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. Bound in original red cloth. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. Very slight starting to rear joint extremities, but firmly holding. Mild fading to spine. Book has a slight backwards lean. The odd minor mark to boards. Mild marks and cockling to endpapers. Front hinge very slightly starting towards head, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Infrequent mild to moderate strain. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Occasional moderate creasing and age toning to folding plate extremities. Ink inscription to half title. The odd minor closed tear to folding plate. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .