Volga river travel guide Russian Empire 1908 pictorial w/ 9 lg. color maps

Erscheinungsdatum: 1908

Beschreibung

(Old Books, Early 20th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Russian Empire, Volga River, Astrakhan, Illustrated Books, Books with Maps). A Guide Along the Volga. Published 1908, Moscow, Russian Empire.146 pages. Text in Russian. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos. Includes nine large folding color lithographed maps & plans. Rare. Rebound in somewhat recent past (?) in a decorative woven cloth binding, paisley covers & spine decorations. Guide book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition. Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object. Paper is toned, some scattered small stains and spotting, several maps with splits along fold lines or near the insets, text block thumbed and soiled with a couple pages with tears across them, still overall mostly clean, tight, sound internally. Still attractive on the shelf. The rare 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. 9" H x 6" W.[B9331]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers B9331

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Titel: Volga river travel guide Russian Empire 1908...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1908

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: good