Russian Empire Caucasus Sochi 1911 rare travel guide w/ 2 maps Krasnaya Polyana

(Old Books, 20th Century Books, Leather Books, Travel, Tourism, Russian Empire, Caucasus, Krasnaya Polyana, Coru, Books with Maps).Coru & Krasnaya Polyana with Surroundings.Published 1911, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire by Dorovatovsky and Charushnikov.248 pages plus index. Text in Russian. Large color litho folding map at rear plus a double page b&w urban map of Sochi.Attractive antiquarian 1/4 leather binding, smooth spine, embossed bands & title lettering, marbled covers.Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Binding age worn but still appealing, leather and joints dried, scuffed and rubbed but still supple, remains overall attractive as a rare Russian book of this era.Text block paper is gently age toned as typical, internally book remains mostly clean, tight and sound. A guide book which has been taken care of but may/ does not look like new.Still attractive on the shelf. Book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in rather nice an