Rand McNally Atlas of World History

Title: Rand McNally Atlas of World History
Genre: Reference/History, War & Politics
Editor: Robert Roswell Palmer (1909-2002)
Illustrator: Unknown
Publisher: Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, Illinois
Series: “Rand McNally History Series”
Year: 1957
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover, with dust jacket.
Provenance: Previous owner wrapped the dust jacket in protective cellophane.
Map Examples: Ancient Palestine; Roman Empire About 400 A.D.; The English Revolution 1640-1690; Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1776-1826; India 250 B.C. and 400 A.D.; Indian America; The Civil War; The World About 1900; The World After World War II.
Preface Opening: “In this book we have tried to produce an atlas illustrating the history of all parts of the world since ancient times, within limits of size and cost that may make it available and convenient to a large number of readers. There are about 120 maps, large and small, including the insets.”
Random Passage: “The Shang possessed many of the basic elements of later Chinese civilization, including a fully developed written language and a sophisticated system of ancestor worship; and they produced bronze, sculpture, and handicrafts of the highest technical quality.” (from Ancient India and China)
Notes: Sporting excellent endpapers (see below) and a neat cover illustration, this particular edition of Atlas of World History was the first of several printings Rand McNally did of this reference book.