Guide to Great Siberian Railway.
Drake, 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover, both book and dust jacket are in very good condition, with minor wear but no significant flaws, and no writing or previous owners names or marks. Reprinted from the 1900 original, profusely illustrated with B&W photos and maps, including a large fold-out map of the train route. From the dust jacket flap: " Here is a book that was translated and printed in Russia (dedicated to Tsar Nicholas II) to encourage American and British tourists and businessmen to patronize the Trans-Siberian Railway. (originally) Published in 1900and including over 350 illustrations, it painstakingly describes not only the vast railroad and its connections, and the towns, villages and ports and farmlands on the route, but incidently tells us much about the attitudes and hopes and fears of the time..." 520pp. Very good. Item #248884
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