Finland 1914 guide book Imperial Russia WWI-era tourist book many maps & views

(Old Books, Early 20th Century Books, WWI Era Books, Imperial Russia, Finland, Travel, Tourism, Illustrated Books, Books with Maps).

Guide to Finland. Second Edition, Augmented and corrected.
Published 1914, St. Petersburg, Russia.
349 pages. Text in Russian. Well illustrated throughout w/ numerous single page b&w maps (including urban plans) & many offset photographic views of monuments, buildings, scenic urban and natural locations, etc.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering. 

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time, slightly "cocked". Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding rubbed, soiled and age worn, hinges completely cracked so covers loosened and held by webbing, text block shaken with some loosened pages, paper uniformly age toned, book remains overall attractive as an object. Scarce in any condition.

Paper is uniformly age toned, still clean, mostly sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this rare guide book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 7" H x 4 1/2" W.

[B9272-BR125-GC3].