Leipsic and London Karl Baedeker, 1902, hardcover. Fourteenth revised edition in English. With 45 maps and 25 plans [many are fold-out]. -- Custom bookplate of Thomas W. Lawson (1857-1925) who was an author, a millionaire entrepreneur, famous for the eponymous huge schooner. -- Limp hardcover, a uniform personal fine binding, black leather with raised spine bands, ruled edges, gilt dentelle border around striking marbled endsheets, AEG all-edges gilt. Condition: very good plus (sliver chip 0.7 inch at spine crown).

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Bookseller: Bucks County Bookshop IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 40503
Title: The Rhine, From Rotterdam to Constance; Handbook for Travellers.
Author: Baedeker, Karl
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: Karl Baedeker
Place of Publication: Leipsic and London
Date Published: 1902
Bookseller catalogs: Travel & Places;

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Fine Binding: An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Dentelle: Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
AEG: All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...