Description: Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Karl Baedeker Publisher, Leipzig, Germany. 1927. xxxiv, 612 pgs. Illustrated With 65 maps, 19 town plans and 11 panoramas. 13th Edition Text in English. Last pre-WWII edition in English. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (closed tears present to the spine). Bound in flexible red cloth with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Marbled page edges. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker, known universally as Karl Baedeker (3 November 1801 - 4 October 1859), was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. Karl Baedeker 1927 Tyrol and the Dolomites 13th Edition Hardcover w/Dustjacket Click images to enlarge Description Up For Sale Today is Tyrol and the Dolomites Including the Bavarian Alps A Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Karl Baedeker Publisher, Leipzig, Germany. 1927. xxxiv, 612 pgs. Illustrated With 65 maps, 19 town plans and 11 panoramas. 13th Edition Text in English. Last pre-WWII edition in English. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (closed tears present to the spine). Bound in flexible red cloth with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Marbled page edges. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid FROM WIKIPEDIA: Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker, known universally as Karl Baedeker (3 November 1801 - 4 October 1859), was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. Karl Baedeker was descended from a long line of printers, booksellers and publishers. He was the eldest of ten children of Gottschalk Diederich Bädeker (1778–1841), who had inherited the publishing house founded by his own father, Zacharias Gerhard Bädeker (1750–1800). The company also published the local newspaper, the Essendische Zeitung, and the family expected that Karl, too, would eventually join the firm. Karl changed the spelling of the family name from Bädeker with the umlaut to Baedeker around 1850. Karl Baedeker's list : 1828: Rheinreise von Mainz bis Cöln; Ein Handbuch für Schnellreisende This was the travel guide written by Klein that Karl Baedeker inherited when he bought the firm of Röhling. Baedeker reissued the guide in 1832. In 1835 he published a revised edition but in 1839, he brought out a comprehensively revised and augmented edition, which bore little resemblance to Klein's original work. Many regard this to be the first true Baedeker which set the standards for what lay ahead. 1829: Extract from 'Rheinreise'. 1829: Voyage du Rhin de Mayence à Cologne 1829: Coblence; an extract from 'Le Rhin'. 1839: Moselreise von Trier bis Koblenz mit geschichtlichen Bemerkungen 1835: Holland 1835: Belgien 1842: Handbuch für Reisende durch Deutschland und den Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaat 1844: Schweiz This edition was Baedeker's pièce de résistance and the turning point in his career as a publisher of travel guides. One of the most popular Baedeker handbooks, it ran into 39 revised editions until 1937. La Suisse, its French counterpart, appeared in 1852 and ran into 20 editions until 1928. The English edition (Switzerland) appeared, after Baedeker died, in 1863 under Karl Baedeker II and ran into 28 editions until 1938.The founding father's guides and handbooks are only in German and French. 1847: Bad Bertrich im Uesbachthale an der Mosel 1851: Handbuch für Reisende in Deutschland, Erster Theil: Oesterreich, Süd- und West-Deutschland 1852: La Suisse 1853: Handbuch für Reisende in Oesterreich 1855: Südbayern, Tirol und Salzburg, Oberitalien 1855: Paris und Umgebung. nebst Rouen, Havre, Dieppe, Boulogne und den Eisenbahn-Strassen vom Rhein bis Paris Paris became another highly popular title. 1859: La Hollande et la Belgique 1860: Allemagne et quelques parties les pays limitrophes jusqu'à Strasbourg, Metz, Luxembourg, Coprnhague, Cracovie, Bude-Pesth, Venise, Milan, etc. From the beginning, Baedeker realised the importance of including quality, reliable maps in his travel guides, which were black-and-white initially. To this end, he engaged the services of Eduard Wagner of Darmstadt, a specialist in cartography, and the maps he produced for Baedeker were way ahead of the times. Towards the end of his life, Baedeker told friends that he regretted not having accomplished more in his life and wondered whether his work would survive. Little did he know that the name Baedeker would one day become a synonym for a travel guide, whatever its provenance, and that Verlag Karl Baedeker, which still exists and continues to bear his name, would, in its heyday which lay ahead, become the premier and most successful travel guide publishing house in the world. Karl Baedeker died in Koblenz on October 4, 1859. He was only 57. In The New Yorker profile of the House of Baedeker Herbert Warren Wind wrote: "For years, he had attempted to do the work of several men, preparing the new guidebooks single-handedly and periodically revising the older ones. At length, his sturdy physical endowment had worn out under the strain." Michael Wild wrote in his article mentioned earlier: "It is a moot point whether he invented tourism or tourism invented him." Baedeker lies buried at the main cemetery (Hauptfriedhof) in Koblenz OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. We understand that you have more choices than ever to buy books, so we strive to provide the best service, accurate descriptions, the cheapest shipping and the best customer service in the realm of bookselling. Thank you for visiting this listing and we hope to see you again soon! 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Author: Karl Baedeker
Binding: Hardcover
Character Family: Tyrol and the Dolomites & Bavarian Alps
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Leipzig, Germany
Publisher: Karl Baedeker
Region: North America
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Maps, Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker Travel Guides, Tyrol and the Dolomites & Bavarian Alps, 13th Edition
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Topic: Karl Baedeker Travel Guides
Year Printed: 1927
