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American Maps and Mapmakers: Commercial Cartography in the Nineteenth Century.
by RISTOW, Walter W. (1908-2006)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0814317685
- ISBN 13
- 9780814317686
- Seller
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About This Item
Detroit:: Wayne State University Press, 1985., 1985. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 8vo. 488 pp. Illustrations, index. Brown cloth, black stamped spine title, dust-jacket; jacket a bit worn, else fine. Burndy bookplate. ISBN: 0814317685 Walter William Ristow was the head librarian of the map library at the New York Public Library and later the Library of Congress.
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Weber Rare Books
(CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL1277
- Title
- American Maps and Mapmakers: Commercial Cartography in the Nineteenth Century.
- Author
- RISTOW, Walter W. (1908-2006)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0814317685
- ISBN 13
- 9780814317686
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press, 1985.
- Place of Publication
- Detroit:
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Cartography
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