420 pp, 6 1/4" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled, two ribbon book marks. 14 maps (some fold-out) and 12 plans (all present). The fourth and final edition. A paper label pasted on the title page gives addresses for George Allen & Unwin and Chas. Scribner's Sons. The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The following sections (routes) comprise: Approaches to Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland; Quebec; Ontario; Western and North-Western Provinces; Alaska and the Yukon. Information on rail, steamer and coach routes, hotels, restaurants, local history, etc. A previous owner's green ink notation on the front pastedown text and notes in pencil on the rear endpapers, small bookstore label on the front free endpaper, light browning to endpapers, small corner creases on the first map, two pages with a fore-edge tear archivally taped, erased pencil notation on page 131, one several pages with margin notes in pencil in the 'Quebec' section, internal staples are rusty, browning to edges of the text block, minor edge wear to the covers, some soiling/dakening to the spine - partially migrates into both covers.
Title: THE DOMINION OF CANADA WITH NEWFOUNDLAND AND AN EXCURSION TO ALASKA. HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS. FOURTH REVISED AND AUGMENTED EDITION. (BAEDEKER'S CANADA.)
Edition: Fourth Revised and Augmented Edition.
Location Published: Leipzig, Karl Baedeker: 1922
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Categories: American History & Travel, Canada - Ontario, Canada - Maritime Provinces, Canada - British Columbia, Canada - Toronto, Canada - Railways, Canada - Prairie Provinces, Canada - Quebec, Canada - Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada - Territories / Arctic, Canada - General
Seller ID: 28979
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