This is a large Atlas — a substantial 1968 edition of The Times Atlas of the World, featuring over 120 pages of full-colour maps and geographical data.
The Times Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Edition (1968) is a landmark mid-20th-century reference work renowned for its precise cartography and comprehensive global coverage. This substantial volume features over 120 pages of full-colour maps, including political boundaries, physical geography, and detailed insets of major regions and cities.
Produced by The Times of London and printed in Great Britain, this edition also contains thematic sections on climate, population, and economic activity, as well as an extensive index of place names. A vintage note from 1970 is handwritten on the inside front page (image 3).
In the 20th Century you would often find one of these authoritative and beloved atlases in a good library on its own desk, or atlas lectern. Sometimes they were even chained to a desk. This is a valuable piece for collectors of atlases or vintage geography reference works.
