Numerous wonderful, full-color, fold-out illustrations.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP30279003
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Corner unclipped, wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges chipped, ripped, creased and worn, some small pieces missing, surface a little grubby and marked, some wear to covers and spine, corners a little bumped and worn, edges worn in a few places, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear. The price includes postage and packing to a UK Mainland address, due to the weight (2.5kg) there will be an additional charge to everywhere else, please ask for a quote. Seller Inventory # 050449
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
1st UK edition of the 1968 original published by Elsevier-Sequoia. Preface by Gerald Roe Crone. 276 PP with over 350 illustrations, including 6 illustrations in four colours, 4 fold-out maps printed in two colours and 10 fold-out maps in facsimile printed in six colours. FEP: Decoration of the title page of a Dutch edition of the Mariners Guide (1592). REP: Engraving from Theory and Practice of the Geometric Quadrant (1594), by Levinus Hulsius. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title and devices on a cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 40 x 28. Seller Inventory # 42020
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Phaidon edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 276 p. : ill.(some col.), facsims., maps(chiefly col.), ports. ; 41 cm. Subject; Cartography History. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 276620
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Phaidon edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 276 p. : ill.(some col.), facsims., maps(chiefly col.), ports. ; 41 cm. Subject; Cartography History. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 276620
Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Oxford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. R.V Tooley (illustrator). First English Edition. 276 pp., 350 maps & plates in colour and b/w , 4 folding, maps chosen and displayed by R. V. Tooley, preface by Gerald Roe Crone, half-title, title, endpaper plates, biblio, cloth backed boards in slightly rubbed round edges d/w, otherwise copy clean and in very good condition. Over 200 years of cartography are covered in this fascinating study. The author describes chronologically, in separate chapters, the exploration and mapping of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the America. A special reference is made to Muslim contribution to cartography in the middle ages. #8645. Seller Inventory # 010425
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
REPRINT. LARGE OCTAVO. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. MAPS CHOSEN AND DISPLAYED BY R.V. TOOLEY. PREFACE BY FERALD ROE CRONE. Seller Inventory # 42859
Quantity: 1 available