Author: Karl Baedeker
Title: The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska; the United States with an Excursion Into Mexico
Description: Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1900-1904. Cloth. Early editions of Baedeker's guides to Canada and the United States, illustrated with folding maps. The second revised edition of Baedeker's guide to Canada (1900), and the third revised edition of Baedeker's guide to the United States (1904), in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Illustrated with ten maps and seven plans to the Canada guide, many of which are folding. Loosely inserted to the Canada guide is a 1911 map to the Canadian Northern Railway System. Illustrated with twenty-five maps and thirty-five plans to the US guide, many of which are folding. Collated, complete.Two smart volumes of Baedeker's travel guides, one for the Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and Alaska, and the other for the United States with Mexico. These guides include historical and topographical information, and also practical information on transport and accommodation, with detailed descriptions of the top tourist destinations. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart, with just a few faint marks to the front board of the US guide. Gilt remains bright. Ink inscriptions to front free end paper and to page xix of US guide. Previous owner's label to front free end paper of Canada guide. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to pages facing maps. 8cm closed tear to the front folding map of the US guide. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Travel Canada USA Baedeker Canada Alaska Newfoundland Not Stated


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