Caucasus Russian Empire Travel Guide 1913 rare book w/ 24 maps & illustrations
Brian DiMambro(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Russian Empire, Caucasus, Illustrated Books, Books with Maps).
Illustrated Practical Guide to the Caucasus.
Published c.1912-13, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.
472 pages. Text in Russian. Contains 14 (mostly color litho) maps & 10 plans, 2 drawings, & 40 photo illustrations.
Rare Russian guide book.
Publisher's cloth binding, embossed title lettering.
Book is physically old, stained and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.
Binding well age worn from use, cloth splitting along rear joint, 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. All the maps are clean and nice, one has a panel separated (see pic).
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. 6 3/4" H x 4 1/4" W.
[B9338].