St. Petersburg Petrograd Russian Travel Guide 1914 Moskvich book w/ maps

(Old Books, 20th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Russia, Black Sea, Illustarted Books, Books with Maps).

Guide to Petrograd, by Grigory Moskvich 
Published 1915, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.
224 pages. Text in Russian. Includes folding color litho map of St. Petersburg environs, folding views of theatre interiors, and 37 b&w photo illustrations. Fairly robust amount of advertising at front and rear.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt & embossed title lettering.

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

Binding gently age worn, scuffing and wear along joints and edges, crack to text block at title page, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The rare Russian guide 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 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. 6 1/2" H x 4 1/2" W.

[B9313].