UNITED STATES SHOWING ROUTES OF PRINCIPAL EXPLORERS AND EARLY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
by DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Minor Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington, D.C.: General Land Office, 1937. Large folding map, 36 3/4" x 25 1/2', cloth-backed, routes in many different colors. Folds into black cloth cover. Engraved by R.F. Bartle and Company, Washington, D.C. First issued in 1907. This edition was issued under the direction of Harold L.Ickes. Inserts along bottom of the map of Hawaiian Islands, Philippines, Alaska, Porto Rico, and the Canal Zone. Just the slightest toning around edges, map and backing are in excellent condition. Gilt lettering on front of map cover is rubbed but easily readable. See photos. . Fourth Edition. Black Cloth. Minor Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014356
- Title
- UNITED STATES SHOWING ROUTES OF PRINCIPAL EXPLORERS AND EARLY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
- Author
- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- General Land Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- Thin Octavo
- Keywords
- Maps, United States Maps, Exploration, American History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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