St. Petersburg

xii + 167pp. Yellow cloth, black-stamped decorative border and cover design with title lettering gilt; spine lettering & Czarist eagle spine decoration, gilt; top edge gilt. 16 colourplates and 16 b/w illustrations by F. de Haenen; folding map in colour. Bookplate on front pastedown and & previous owner’s blindstamp on title page; inner leaf split over front hinge, and small stain on front cover. Colourful propectus and order form for next volume of the series, laid in.