Author: AUTHOR NOT STATED
Title: The Canadian Thresherman and Farmer Handy Atlas of the World
Description: Winnipeg: E.H. Heath Company Ltd, 1912. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 120 pages consisting of 89 pages of colour maps of the world, several colour diagramatic graphs, etc, and 25 pages of textual data including distances, historical items, cities and towns. The Canadian Thresherman and Farmer was published in Winnipeg from 1910 to 1919 by E.H. Heath and billed itself as 'Canada's Farm Machinery Magazine'. One can well imagine this atlas was intended to offer a view of the distant world to isolated farmers toiling on the vast expanse of Canadian prairie. Includes a detailed two-page map and profile of the newly completed engineering marvel known as the Panama Canal. Occasional ink writing to contents. Hinges open. Name atop front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's maroon cloth. A worthy and uncommon surviving copy of this vintage Canadian atlas.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Atlases, Maps, Canada, Panama Canal. Fair .

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