The Picturesque Atlas Of Australasia (3 Volumes)
by Garran, Hon. Andrew
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Wellington, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney, Australia: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company Ltd., 1886. First printing. Leather_bound. Very Good. illustrated including maps, full burgundy morocco with gilt dentelles, raised bands, patterned endpapers, Coloured plates and maps. Bound by The Press Company, Bookbinders, Christchurch, NZ. Vol I. Has frontispiece of Captain James Cook with tissue guard. Pages 1 to 254 Pages; Australia, Index to Railway, postal and telegraph map of New South Wales at page 177, Volume II Frontis. of Archbishop of Sydney, Coloured two page map of Australia, then pages 255 - 530 plus Two page col. map and index of Tasmania to rear. Contains Index to Railway, postal and telegraph map of Queensland after p 508. Index to Railway, postal and telegraph map of Victoria, before p 313.; Volume III The Maori King Frontis. New Zealand, Australian Aborigines, New Guinea, Fiji, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Samoa, New Britain Group, Tonga, Solomons, Pitcairn, Norfolk, Lord Howes, Flora and Fauna of Australasia, Geolological map in colour of Australia, pages 531 - 800 plus 1pp postscript. Map of Middle Island has a tear 8cm at edge into empty sea. edges all gilded with cross hatch decoration to page edges. Australasia Illustrated (The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia): First edition of this profusely illustrated late 19th-century history of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, with 23 colour-printed maps (seven double page), 41 full-page wood-engravings, and hundreds of fine in-text wood-engravings of historical scenes and personages, local customs, natural history and landscapes in three bound volumes. In very good to fine condition - occasional small page tears, very occasional foxing, Some wear and small scuffs to the leather covers. Extremely heavy: about 19 kg packed, and shipping abroad will be expensive, especially to Northern Hemisphere . $215 NZD ($132 USD) to Australia feb 2024
Illusts. with 100's of wood-engravings. (size measures 360 x 460 mm) black faux-leather bindings, gilt lettering. LARGE FOLIO SIZE. HARDCOVER. (1470 pages). HARD COVER
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- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3719
- Title
- The Picturesque Atlas Of Australasia (3 Volumes)
- Author
- Garran, Hon. Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, Australia
- Date Published
- 1886
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Collectable;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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