Search Results: Cartography from Ainsworth Books

Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. DJ shows shelf wear, with soiling, tape-repaired tears. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. AA map of Great Britain laid in, in G- only condition ; Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 112 pages .

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2012. Second Printing. Hardcover. 1926812573 . Short tear bottom of DJ and book spine ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 13.5 X 10.2 X 1.5 inches; 368 pages; "British Columbia was among the last temperate places on Earth to appear on the map of the world, a function of its position-remote from Europe. When gold was finally discovered in quantity in 1858, leading to the gold rush that created British Columbia as a new colony, the interior was mostly unknown except for the routes blazed by the fur traders seeking the "soft gold" that characterized the exploration of much of Canada. The efforts of the explorers, the fur traders, the gold seekers, and the railway builders all involved the production of maps that showed what they had found, the routes and the settlements, the plans and the strategies that developed the province into what we know today. In British Columbia: A New Historical… Read More

Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0773732896 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, gift inscription on half-title page. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W and colour illustrations and colour maps ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 228 pages; "As a reference guide or as armchair escapism, The Canadian Military Atlas will fascinate and inform military buffs and history lovers for generations.From the Plains of Abraham to Vimy Ridge to peacekeeping efforts in Kosovo, Canadian soldiers have offered the greatest sacrifice. Now, for the first time, the battlefields on which our soldiers fought have been mapped out in a stunning full-color volume." .

Jerusalem: Carta. Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. 9652200514 . Red card covers show some shelf wear with minor creasing.; A bright, solid book. Illustrated with maps throughout. ; Maps; 7.80 X 5.12 X 1 inches; 80 pages; This volume illustrates how Israel has changed geographically from Biblical times to the late 20th century. .

New York: The Free Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684863650 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Color illustrations and maps throughout. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 329 pages; "A vividly illustrated chronicle of the Civil War, written by a Union mapmaker who witnessed the worst of the war firsthand, includes his experiences during a two-year stint at the notorious Andersonville prison. " The text, illustrations and maps were taken from a couple of Sneden's tattered notebooks found in a bank vault late in the 20th century. .

Sutton West: Paget Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920348246 . DJ shows light shelf wear, some creasing and one short tear top edge. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Maps and B&W photos; 157 pages; The highlights of this book are the number of street maps taken from Goad's 1884 Atlas of Toronto, architectural drawings of 19th century buildings and early photographs of buildings accompanied by a short history. .

Vancouver BC: Arsenal Pulp Press. Very Good+. 2006. First Edition. Softcover. 1551522160 . Card covers show very light shelf wear, some corner curl top fore corner.; A bright, solid book. Quirky colour maps throughout. ; Trade PB; 8.66 X 0.3 X 10.85 inches; 128 pages; Oh, Canada: a nation of hockey players, trailer park boys, and doughnut shop habitues; a nation that can claim Marshall McLuhan, Pamela Anderson, and Mr Dressup as among their own. Canada is one complex country all right, and what better way to document its character than an atlas of Canadian place names as compiled by Geist, the magazine of Canadian ideas and culture? This offbeat yet erudite collection of full-colour maps, many (but not all) of which have appeared in the magazine since 1995, includes a wide range of clearly Canadian subject matter from all points far and wide. The Meat Map of Canada features T-Bone Glacier, Yukon, Pork and Bean Point, Manitoba, and Burgerville, Ontario; the Angst Map of Canada locates… Read More

London: Sirocco. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 1844843890 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Full colour illustrations throughout ; Magnus Collection; Colour Illustrations; 12.6 X 9.6 X 1.7 inches; 256 pages; "The selection of maps in this book dates from the 12th to the 18th century. While they may appear quite primitive to our eyes, they reveal the steady progress of the earliest seafarers in their determination to conquer the sea. What they lack in geographical accuracy, they make up for in charm." .

Toronto: Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) Limited. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. circa 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show some shelf wear, with light soiling, sun-fading, some soiling to upper fore page edges. Dustjacket is a liile short for the book, shows chipping, short tear bottom edge. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W and colour maps throughout. Undated but estimated to be early 1960s. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 120 pages .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802024955 . DJ and boards show very light shelf ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. May require extra postage ; Colour Illustrations; 15.0 X 5.8 X 0.2 inches; 198 pages; "A uniquely beautiful record of Canada's early development, this volume of the Historical Atlas of Canada explores the relationship between what is now Canada and its people, from the earliest evidence of human habitation to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The early traces date back some 12000 years. From this starting point at the end of the late Wisconsinan glacial maximum, the atlas provides an unprecedented outline of Canadian prehistory and the early historic period. The first 18 remarkable maps describe the settlements, cultural development, agriculture, and economic systems of the Indian and Inuit peoples of Canada and their predecessors. The volume goes on to… Read More

Seattle, WA: Sasquatch Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1570613117 . Light wear to dustjacket; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 13.3 X 10.3 X 0.9 inches; 224 pages; "Over five hundred years of maps depicting the North Pacific Ocean and the lands that border it - the United States, Canada, Alaska, Russia, Japan, Korea, and China have been collected into this new atlas. From antique maps of the sixteenth century to modern satellite images, this volume covers all the major explorations, such as Magellan, Bering, Cook, and Vancouver; Perry's opening of Japan; and the U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition. It also includes modern maps that use the latest technology to show ocean currents, fault lines, and the seabed in astounding detail." .

Victoria, BC: Touchwood Editions. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1771510153 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and colour maps throughout ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 232 pages; "With 130 maps, dating between 1593 and 1915, this cartographic history tells the story of how Vancouver Island and the surrounding area came to be mapped. The book shows local cartographic milestones, marking progress in our knowledge through the island’s rich, although comparatively short, recorded history. However, the maps, by themselves and without context, cannot tell the whole story. The accompanying text reveals the motives, constraints, agendas, and intrigues that underpin their making. The narrative, roughly chronological, begins before the arrival of Europeans and concludes at the outset of the First World War and includes an introduction on the history and significance of… Read More

Cambridge, MA: Basic Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0738208086 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 352 pages .

New York: Chartwell Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2016. Reprint. Hardcover. 0785834354 . DJ shows light shelf wear, 1" tear top fore edge.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers, color and B&W maps throughout ; 11.0 X 9.0 X 1.1 inches; 304 pages; "From the earliest onslaught of troops in the Invasion of Poland to the D-Day and the Liberation of France. Features historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian. The events of the battles are detailed and illustrated, artfully telling a story of what occurred through maps with handwritten notes from the front lines. Complete with detailed courses of action for air strikes and naval battles along with annotated maps that illustrated the planned supply routes and attacks for soldiers is pictures of ruins, troops, world leaders, newspaper clippings, and more! Types of maps featured: Maps cover key battles and offensives on major… Read More

Vancouver BC: McElhanney Group, Limited, The. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 0981255612 . Gift inscription on FFEP has been pasted over with paper. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W and colour photos and maps throughout.; 9.6 X 6.9 X 1.0 inches; 303 pages .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297646656 . Light wear to top edge of dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, map endpapers ; B&W and color plates; 9.29 X 6.46 X 1.42 inches; 348 pages; "Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) was born at the dawn of the Age of Discovery, when the world was beginning to be discovered and carved up by navigators, geographers and cartographers. Mercator was the greatest and most ingenious cartographer of them all: it was he who coined the word 'atlas' and solved the riddle of converting the three-dimensional globe into a two-dimensional map while retaining true compass bearings. It is Mercator's Projection that NASA is using today to map Mars. How did Mercator reconcile his religious beliefs with a science that would make Christian maps obsolete? How did a man whose imagination roamed continents endure imprisonment by the Inquisition? Crane brings… Read More

New York: Gotham Books. Very Good+. 2013. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 1592407803 . Shallow crease on front card cover ; A bright, solid book. B&W maps throughout. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages; "Featuring a foreword by Dava Sobel and packed with fascinating tales of cartographic intrigue, outsize personalities, and amusing “pocket maps” on an array of subjects from how to fold a map to the strangest maps on the Internet, On the Map is a rich historical tapestry infused with Garfield’s signature narrative flair. Map-obsessives and everyone who loved Just My Type will be lining up to join Garfield on his audacious journey through time and around the globe." .

London: George Philip & Son. Very Good. ca 1949. Card Covers. Green card covers are creased with some edge wear but are fully intact. Only minimal wear to the map; This linen backed foldout map is bound with card covers and has an Index bound in at the back. The scale is 1 mile to the inch ; Royal Automobile Club; Colour map; 0 pages; This fold out map is undated but appears to be mid 20th century. .

New York: Harry N. Abrams. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0810967154 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W and color illustrations and maps throughout ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 304 pages; "an account of the mosaic that constitutes the United States, and of the variety of names given to its constituent parts. Dr. Schwartz guides us step by step along the journey through the establishment and growth of our country, from the first explorations of the peninsula that the Spanish called Florida (based on their name for Easter) to the American acquisition, nearly four centuries later, of Puerto Rico" .

Banff, AB: Summerthought. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1978. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0919934072 . Previous owner's name on FFEP, wear to top of DJ, small tears, back of DJ scuffed, 2 sticker pulls. ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 164 pages; "Born in Ireland in 1860, Wheeler emigrated to Canada at an early age with his parents and brothers and sisters. He was the first surveyor to provide a complete map of the icefields and peaks of the Rogers Pass region, Beginning in 1913 he was instrumental in initiating and completing the mapping and surveying of the backbone of the Rockies from the US border to Mount Robson. In 1906 he was instrumental in establishing the Alpine Club of Canada." .