Soviet Union USSR Tourist Travel Guide 1929 Berlin w/ maps Leningrad Moscow etc

(Old Books, 20th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Soviet Union, Russia, Books with Maps).

Guide-Book of the Soviet Union, Compiled by A. Rado.
Published 1929, Berlin by Society for Cultural Relations of the Soviet Union with Foreign Countries.
855 [856] pages. Text in English. Contains six folding color lithographed maps plus other b&w maps & plans within the text. 

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, gilt pictorial cover decoration.

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

Binding age worn, joints scuffed, worn and with some splitting to the cloth, 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. Some of the paper used within has age toned heavily and has some edge splitting, the folding maps all clean and fresh.

Still attractive on the shelf. The scarce 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. 7 3/4" H x 4 1/2" W.

[B9269].