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Maps and Their Makers, An Introduction to the History of Cartography
by G. R. Crone
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson University Library, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1962. Second and Revised Edition. 192 pages. Dust jacket over black cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Faint foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Heavy annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over. Sticker to rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707907468LEE
- Title
- Maps and Their Makers, An Introduction to the History of Cartography
- Author
- G. R. Crone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson University Library
- Date Published
- 1962
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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