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3 books of the world, incl. a map of the Rhine

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
3 books of the world, incl. a map of the Rhine
Lot of 3 books: 1. NEUES PANORAMA DES RHEINS VON MAINZ BIS CoLN. Frankfurt am Main: Friedrich Wilhelm Delkeskamp's Verlage, n.d. [c. 1850s]. Blue paper with pictorial decorative printing on boards (7 x 10 1/2 in.), red paper over spine. Contains attached engraved map of the Rhine River, which folds out to about 9 ft. in length. Good. Only remnant of ribbon tie remaining. Map has toning and foxing; only one or two small tears at folds. 2. THE WORLD: ITS CITIES AND PEOPLES [M. F. SWEETSER AND OTHERS].  London, Paris, New York, & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, n.d. [c. late 1800s]. Original brown cloth with black and gilt-stamped decoration, including pictorial band; blind-stamped decoration on back; brown endpapers. 4to. Engraved illustrations throughout. Good. Edgewear, corners bumped and worn, light staining and rubbing, head and foot of spine worn. Some foxing but pages generally clean. Inner loosening of spine.  3. KNOX, GEORGE WILLIAM. Chinese Life in Town and Country. Our Asiatic Neighbors series. New York and London: G. P. Putnam and Son's, the Knickerbocker Press, 1905. Seventh printing. Original red cloth with black and gilt-stamped decoration with tipped-on paper photographic image. Good. Dampstaining to front and back covers, cover label rubbed, spine rubbed and faded, head and foot of spine worn, cataloging number inked to pastedown.