Books on Transcaucasia, Russia & Georgia. (4). Haxthausen, Baron Von. Transcaucasia. Sketches of the Nations and Races between the Black Sea and the Caspian. with Illustrations by Graeb.London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. First edition.8 colour plates, foxed, in 'Leighton's Process', folding map,xxiii,448pp., 8vo., publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine a little faded and spotted with a tiny chip on rear spine hinge. Abbey 'Travel..' 356.The plates printed by Leighton Brothers are similar to chromolithographs. For a description of the process see the entry in Abbey. the foxing on the plates has offset slightly on to the adjacent pages, otherwise a very good, crisp copy; Oliphant, Laurence.The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852. with a Voyage down the Volga, and a tour through the country of the Don Cossacks. second Edition - Revised and Enlarged.Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1853.Tinted litho frontispiece, 2 maps (one folding), wood-engraved vignettes in text, (16),380pp., 16pp. adverts., 8vo., publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt vignette on front board. the frontis. has a pale dampstain on the lower corner, just touching image, and the fore-edge of the folding map is reinforced with conservation tissue. Otherwise a very clean copy; Ravenstein, E.G.The Russians on the Amur; Its Discovery, Conquest, and Colonisation, with a description of the country, its inhabitants, productions, and commercial capabilities; and personal accounts of Russian travellers.London, Trubner & Co., 1861.4 tinted litho plates including frontis., 3 maps, one folding, 58 wood-engraved illustrations in text, 4pp. publisher's adverts before half-title,xx,467,(1)pp., edges uncut, some browning and discolouration of inferior paper stock throughout, with intermittent foxing, 8vo., recent 1/2 calf and marbled boards to style. Very uncommon; Allen, W.E.D. a History of the Georgian People, from the Beginning Down to the Russian Conquest in the Nineteenth century.London, Kegan Paul..., 1932.31 plates, illustrations in text, 2 maps in text, 3 large folding maps, xxiv,429pp., partly unopened, large 8vo., cloth, dustwrapper a bit marked. a very good copy.