The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia : Volume III
Author:
GARRAN, ANDREW (ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B. (Illus superviser)
Title:
The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia : Volume III
Publisher:
The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited 1888
Description:
THIS VOL ONLY. New Zealand volume, loosely enclosed North Island and Middle Island railway, postal, and telegraph maps both present. Elephant folio, half bound leather boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spines & front boards, aeg, frontispiece with tissueguard, illus/maps (counted), viii+267pp (numbered 531 to 798 in this vol), VG (minor scuffing to spine & spine extrems, moderate fraying to lower spine, some surface loss to leather along hinges & board extrems, moderate soiling/scuffing to boards, minor soiling to page edges, 6cm closed tear to fep near lower gutter, moderate creasing to prelims, minor foxing sporadic throughout, minor 2-3cm tears near lower gutter sporadic throughout, 3cm closed tear on middle page edge on 751, 4cm closed tear to inner gutter on North Island map, 12cm closed tear to upper middle of middle island map, 2cm closed tear near gutter of Australia map, 3.5cm closed tear to lower middle of solar system map)
Keywords:
Australasia Australia New Zealand Pacific islands exploration travel illustrated maps history