MAPPING THE WORLD: A History of Exploration
by Whitfield, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 2000. 263 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine and elaborate gilt illustration on front cover. Very bright and clean. Illust. w/ numerous color and b/w drawings and plates. Comes in fine slipcase. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18548DA
- Title
- MAPPING THE WORLD: A History of Exploration
- Author
- Whitfield, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- DECORATIVE ARTS MAPS MAP CARTOGRAPHY HISTORY EXPLORATION ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY EAST 1250 1550 NEW WORLD 1490 1630 PACIFIC AUSTRALIA 1520 1800 CONTINENTS EXPLORED 1500 1900 MODERN WORLD EXPLORING ADVENTURE HOBBIES COLLECTIBLES GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorative Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....