Russia's railway advance into central Asia. Notes of a journey from St. Petersburg to Samarkand

London: W. H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, and at Calcutta, 1890. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxii, [2], 439, [1]; errata slip tipped in at p. [1]; frontispiece, 9 plates and 3 folding maps; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; binding slightly skewed, very light rubbing; all else very good and sound. George Dobson (1854-1938) was one of the first correspondents of The Times of London in Russia, serving in that capacity for better than 25 years. (Inventory #: 68809)