Handy Reference Atlas of the World with Complete Index and Geographical Statistics

Bartholomew, J. G.

Published by John Walker & Co. Ltd., London, 1896

About this Item

At a much smaller size than is usual for an atlas, this edition was produced in order to provide a reference work that can be kept on a desk or shelf nearby and consulted with ease when required. With lists of plates and geographical information at the front and an index at the rear, pp. iv, 48, [i], 160 plates, 56. Red leather binding with gilt stamped titles and design to front board and to spine, gilt edges and marbled endpapers, bound with maps adhesively attached to meeting guards in order to allow the maps to open flat and without the centre fold being obscured. Octavo, 19 x 13 cm. Shows signs of shelfweare in bumping to corners and fading to spine, split in leather at front hinge to the top and bottom two compartments, textblock strong.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handy Reference Atlas of the World with Complete Index and Geographical Statistics
• Publisher: John Walker & Co. Ltd., London
• Publication Date: 1896
• Binding: Hardcover
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