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Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography

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Sale 273: Maps & Atlases: The Collection of Ernst W. Gerber, Part I (#273) 10/23/2003 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 10/23/2003 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #56 Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$406.25

Estimate: $400 - $700

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Description

Title:

Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography

Author:

Johnston, Alex[ander] Keith

Place Published:

Edinburgh and London

Publisher:

William Blackwood

Date Published:

1873

Description:

With double-page frontispiece "North Polar Chart" and 45 double-page maps hand-colored in outline. (small folio) 14½x9¾, original red half-morocco, all edges gilt.

The chart of the North Pole is new to this edition, along with ammendations to the maps of Central Asia, Tibet, India, America, Australia, and New Zealand.

Condition:

Moderately worn binding, hinges reinforced; light foxing (mostly marginal) to frontispiece and first 9 maps, some coloring offset; very good or better.

Item#:

144245
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