THE HANDY VOLUME ATLAS OF THE WORLD

Author: Brentano's
Title: THE HANDY VOLUME ATLAS OF THE WORLD
Publication: New York: Brentano's, 1918
Edition: Twelfth Edition

Description: Leather-bound. 24mo. Full tan morocco (goatskin) (5 3/4 in. x 4 in.) ruled in gilt. Three compartments to spine, the top with gilt titling ("ATLAS") , the other to with gilt flowers, set off by gilt rules. All edges gilt. Some scuffing, discoloration and or rubbing to extremities. Gilt dentelles over marbled endpapers. 73 separate plates, with thorough explanatory prose, and index at rear. Many color maps. 114 pp. in all. Good Plus.

"...This wartime (WWI) edition "makes its appearance while the Great War is still being waged, and for this reason, while the maps have been carefuly revised, it has been thought advisable to show the political boundaries as these existed before the War, since the territorial changes which have occurred up to the present are bound to be largely modified by the Terms of Peace, and it is still too early to anticipate the lines on which the maps of Europe and the World will ultimately be redrawn..."

"Tol illlustrate the Western Battle Front a new map of Northern France and Belgium has been included in the present edition on an enlarged scale.

Seller ID: 88706

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