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The Island of Lost Maps. A True Story of Cartographic Crime
by Harvey, Miles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 029784234X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297842347
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001) 029784234X. Squarish 8vo; original maroon boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. 405, incl. index. Near-fine condition. "In December 1995 Gilbert Bland was chased from the Peabody Library of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, clutching four 232-year-old maps. He turned out to be one of the greatest map thieves in history. Miles Harvey has spent four years tracing Bland's journey from middle-class anomymity to dark criminality, attempting to understand what drove Bland to steal some of the rarest cartographic treasures in the world. ... In The Island of Lost Maps Harvey with great panache and wit conveys an intriguing subculture of map junkies whose cartomania is an obsession both surreal and sublime, who see maps as 'power-imbued fetishes'. It is a sparkling story of artisans, villainy and riveting adventures into the unknown." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12592
- Title
- The Island of Lost Maps. A True Story of Cartographic Crime
- Author
- Harvey, Miles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 029784234X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297842347
- Publisher
- (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001) 029784234X
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- This edition first published
- February 1, 2001
- Keywords
- Maps. Cartography. Atlases. Art Maps
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maps;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...