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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: in publisher's shrinkwrap. Barbut, Victoria (jacket design) (illustrator). First Edition. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1984. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. In a pocket at the rear are huge foldout reproductions of early 19th century Admiralty charts of the Indian Ocean (1817) and Pacific Ocean (1859), where most of the islands mentioned in the text are located. The charts measure 46" wide by 26" tall when unfolded. The text is illustrated with 11 portraits and old prints plus 23 additional maps (4 double-page). Bound in the original light gray cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine. Published price was $45. From the Dust Jacket: "[During the 19th century and well into the 20th], nautical charts and general atlases showed many islands which today are known not to have existed Stommel describes how these little pin-pricks of land got on to the charts, who 'discovered' them, who expunged them, and why some were so long-lived. It is a chronicle of poor navigation, misprints, falsifications, optical illusions, wild whalers' tales, wistful hopes, and a few real islands which rose and fell beneath the waves.". First Edition. Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. Illus. by Barbut, Victoria (jacket design). xxi, 146pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 015793
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