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The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
by Harvey, Miles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375501517
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501517
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, green spine with copper titles, endpaper maps, xxiii, 405, [2] pp, illustrations, notes, index. Tail of spine rubbed, else fine. Price-clipped DJ is otherwise Fine; in Brodart archival cover. Harvey uncovers the crimes of Gilbert Bland, Jr., whose thefts of maps from rare books in research libraries across America were first exposed in 1995. Harvey investigated Bland's background, interviewed the victims of Bland's thefts, and writes about both early map making and the culture of map collectors to complete his story. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 19 X 14½ cm.
Synopsis
Miles Harvey began reporting on Gilbert Bland in 1996 for Outside magazine. He has worked for UPI and In These Times, and he was the book-review columnist for Outside. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and the University of Michigan, he has had a lifelong fascination with maps. He can be reached via the Internet at www.milesharvey.com. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBCL00005
- Title
- The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
- Author
- Harvey, Miles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375501517
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501517
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Libraries Special Collections Biblioklepts
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- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 19 X 14½ cm
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About Twin City Antiquarian Books
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