CONSTANTINOPLE - PAINTED BY WARWICK GOBLE - DESCRIBED BY ALEXANDER VAN MILLINGEN
Book Details + Condition: Adam & Charles Black (London). First Edition, 1906. Hardcover with gilt-decorated boards. 276 pages, with Map and Index. Also includes 63 Illustrations, all retaining their original protective tissues, from original paintings by Warwick Goble. Part of the Adam and Charles Black 20 shilling series, which used the newly invented three-color printing technique to create their illustrated color plates. Alexander van Millingen's book provides an historical and cultural overview of Constantinople, now Istanbul. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards; chipping to spine ends, with top spine covering missing; toning to pages; interior is clean and free of markings.
