International Maps and Atlases in Print

Summary

The visible opening and closing material of International Maps and Atlases in Print, second edition (1976), describes the bibliography’s purpose, scope, organization, and retrieval aids. Originating in the Stanford Reference Catalogue, it brings together information dispersed across bibliographies, publishers’ and agents’ catalogues, journals, and library accession lists to provide a practical guide to maps then available for sale. Its stated coverage includes maps and atlases of countries worldwide, space, and the planets, while excluding aeronautical and nautical navigation charts and maps produced for advertising or internal use. The editor acknowledges that insufficient information or publicity could lead to omissions. Publications are arranged by the regional and country notations of the Universal Decimal Classification, then divided into maps and atlases and subdivided by subject. Revisions for the second edition include updated entries, complete resetting, restored foreign-language accents, and renewed or updated map index diagrams. The closing geographical-name index supplies classification numbers, page references, and cross-references linking alternative and historical names to relevant entries. Because the supplied excerpts do not show the main bibliographic entries, they do not establish the catalogue’s actual completeness or accuracy.