Vivian, Herbert — SERVIA; The Poor Man's Paradise

Very Good Longmans, Green & Co. First Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A bit of browning to first couple of pages. A handsome ex-lib copy with minimal markings.; Brown boards with the beautiful crest of Serbia in guilt, red and silver. Herbert Vivian was a (travel) writer and journalist. Among his friends were Winston Churchill and Oscar Wilde. He was very knowledgeable about Serbia. The book was written when Serbia still was a kingdom. Chapters include: Historical Introduction; The Court; Political Parties; Foreign Policy; The Army; The Church; Industry, Commerce and Communications; Agriculture; Administration; Beautiful Belgrade; Towns and Country. Including a rear large fold-out map of Serbia.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; lvi, 300, 32 pages New York And Bombay