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HISTORY OF TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS: Symbols, Pictures and Surveys
by Harvey, P. D. A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0500241058
- ISBN 13
- 9780500241059
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Thames and Hudson (1980) 200 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration on front cover. Faint sunning to edges; modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ has modest edge wear. Includes 116 illustrations, 10 in color. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23467WHMISC
- Title
- HISTORY OF TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS: Symbols, Pictures and Surveys
- Author
- Harvey, P. D. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0500241058
- ISBN 13
- 9780500241059
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1980
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL CARTOGRAPHY HISTORY TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS HISTORY TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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