CONSTANTINOPLE

First edition. Publisher's original beige cloth, with gilt titles and illustration to the upper board and spine, in the matching illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with 63 colour plates by Warwick Goble. Folding map to the rear. An excellent near fine copy, the binding tight and square, with a little bumping to the spine ends and corners, the cloth and colour illustration remain bright and fresh. The contents, with a little toning to the endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. All plates and the map are in fine condition. Complete with the very good, rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has several short closed tears mostly to the top edge and a longer tear to the rear spine fold. The spine is a little toned and there are a few pieces of tape to the underside. Scarce in the original dustwrapper.

Part of Adam and Charles Black 20 shilling series, which used the newly invented three colour printing technique to create their illustrated colour plates. Provides a historical and cultural overview of Constantinople, now Istanbul.