Crimea Ukraine Russian Empire Travel Guide 1902 pictorial tourist book w/ 8 maps

(Old Books, Early 20th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Russian Empire, Ukraine, Crimea, Illustrated Books, Books with Maps).

Guide Across Crimea.
Published 1902, Moscow, by Kushnerov.
468 pages. Text in Russian. Illustrated throughout 8 folding maps (may lack a map or two), folding views, many small b&w photos.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering. Rare in any condition.

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

Binding heavily age worn, staining, cloth splitting along joints, some of the large folding color maps with long tears, one city plan slightly defective at edge, some pages detached, etc.

Paper is uniformly toned, still clean, tight, 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 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.

[B9335].