Philips' Australian Commonwealth Atlas containing 60 Physical, Political and Economic Maps . Index of Nearly 6000 Names . Over 200 Illustrations. by Goodall, George, ed.

Rare find, with many period photos, charts and maps, quite a few of the maps in color, reproductions of portraits of famous Australians; frontis. "Astral Geography" map; approx. 126 p., clean and completely unmarked--paper mildly age-toned but strong; binding fairly firm although front gutter is cracked; patterned red wrapper with clear black lettering and ornamentation is faded at back edges and has stains and smudges. This invaluable historical reference would reward rebinding. Contents as declared on front cover: "66 Physical, Political and Economic Maps; 7 Pages of Economic Maps and Diagrams; 7 Pages of Physical, Rainfall, Vegetation, Economic and Population Maps of the Australian States; 12 Climate and Vegetation maps of the Continents; Index of Nearly 6000 Names; over 200 Illustrations.