St. Petersburg Gatchinsky Park Petrograd Soviet Union 1921 guidebook w/ park map
Brian DiMambro(Old Books, 20th Century Books, Russian Books, Soviet Union, St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Gatchinsky Park, Illustrated Books, Books with Maps).
Gatchinsky Park.
Published 1921, Petrograd, USSR by the State Publishing House.
30 pages. Text in Russian. Illustrated throughout with full page b&w photos. Folding color litho map at rear.
Publisher's 1/4 cloth binding, marbled covers. Ex-libris, with old stamps or labels to title page and cover.
Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.
Binding well age worn, shaken with some pages loose or detached, 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 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. 9" H x 6 1/4" W.
[B9333].