1896 Australian Handbook Shippers and Importers Directory and Business Guide.
Published by Gordon & Gotch, London 1896. 632pp. plus 156 pages of advertising/business directory with many engraved illustrated advertisements.
A very detailed compendium divided by state, with accompanying maps. See image of Contents. Includes Fiji and New Guinea. If you are interested in the number of letters posted in Tasmania in 1894 (4,804,695) this will provide the answer.
Gilt embossed advertising red cloth boards are a little marked and edge worn.
Foxing and toning of endpapers and some maps, overall text is edge toned but clean, unhandled, and well bound. (25x17cm)


Estimate $70-100