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Small volume (6.5 by 5.5 by .5 inches, 70 pages) in soft red leather binding, which is slightly curled at the edges. No date but there is a bookmark dated 1910. Dodge Publishing Company, was founded in 1895 in San Francisco as the Dodge Book and Stationery Store. The business moved to New York 1989, and continued there until 1928. The title page of "Compensation" contains the description: Makers of Unique Books.

Binding in full leather with five raised bands on the spine. Cover edges and corners are worn. The hinges are broken but the cords are holding the covers well. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown: "William Charles De Meudon Earl Fitzwilliam." Also, inked letters at top left of pastedown: B: 5: 51 (marked through) E. VI. 5. No title on spine. Gently effaced library ownershp stamps on bottom title page and first text page. Paper clean and unfoxed. 147 pages followed by a 2-page index, and an appendix of 30 pages plus 12 plates illustrating gold coins of the kings of England.

This is a story, lovingly told and heavily illustrated with black and white and color photographs about the Mercedes FGP cars after they dominated the major races of 1914 and 1915. As the title says, the story is also about drivers Christian Lautenschlager and Ralph De Palma. The book itself is in pristine condition; the dust jacket is worn at the top and bottom with a few small tears.

English architect and artist Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799–1861) received approval from Tsar Nicholas I to travel and describe the Asiatic domains of the Russian Empire. Beginning in 1847, Atkinson spent seven years on the road and rivers of Central Asia and Siberia. "Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor" is the second of his two accounts. This heavily illustrated story of these travels shines a light on the natural history and ethnography of the region. Former owner's library plate on first pastedown page; two former owner's names and dates (one 1888, the next 1981) scrawled on first free fly leaf. Serious condition problems: Water damage to top of front cover and spine; corners worn; foldout map present but in fragile condition with one tape repair; binding beginning to crack. Interior pages are clean with no extraneous writing or marks.