Mapping Boston (101 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 6 color images and many B&W. 92-pages, oversize. Extra clean! No marks in text. Not a library book. Ships in a cardboard enclosure. Tim's Used Books, Provincetown USA, providing good books at reasonable prices, on the same spot since 1991. Shelf M/blue.

Condition: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Front and back cover somewhat worn around the edges, but pages remain unmarked and undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very good +. Stated First printing. Foreword by Norman B. Leventhal. Oblong 4to. Illustrated wrappers. 278 pages, with Appendix. Illustrated throughout with color and b/w maps, photographic images, and drawings. No names or marks. Due to size and weight, international shipping at cost.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. a nice, clean copy, like new, quarto paperback, 278 pages.

Paperback. Condition: VG+ or better. First Paperback Printing. Oversize paperback with only light wear, clean and well bound with no spine creasing, clean and unmarked text. A very nice copy. Ships media mail only, unless contacted for airmail shipping. Ships in a box.

Paperback. Condition: Used-Very Good. Illustrated. Pap. Minor shelf-wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This former library book is intact and quite clean. It has the usual library markings and stamps. The dust cover has a mylar covering over it.

Condition: Used: Like New.

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 278pp ISBN 0262611732 Includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Second Printing. Minor shelf wear to binding. Foxing on edges of text block & endpapers. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly handled with small stains on top edge & small abrasions at bottom in a mylar cover. **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will require substantial additional shipping fees to international or expedited addresses.**. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps.To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness--bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth.The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. Pp: xiv + 278. Titles: frt. & sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ colour & b/w maps, plans, prints, portraits, facsimile docs. & photos. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Historical essays about the mapping of Boston and vicinity. Includes appendix & index. Beautifully illustrated with period cartography. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An informative-and beautiful-exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps.To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness-bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth.The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city. An informativeand beautifulexploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps.To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness--bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth.The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city.…

Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light turquoise cloth, lettered in gold foil. A few slight surface marks to cover cloth, nearly as issued. Lacking dust jacket. xiv,278 pp. 2nd ptg. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: very_good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Like New! xiii+278pp; detailed index. Measures 11.5x12." No name or writing. CLEAN.