The Island of Lost Maps: a True story of Cartographic Crime
by Harvey, Miles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375501517
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501517
- Seller
-
Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 2000. Clean Tight Volume in like Dust Jackcet >no names or marks or dings. The true story of Gilbert Bland Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from south Florida whose slash and dash operation went virtually undetected until he was caught in December 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Miles Harvey began reporting on Gilbert Bland in 1996 for Outside magazine. He has worked for UPI and In These Times, and he was the book-review columnist for Outside. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and the University of Michigan, he has had a lifelong fascination with maps. He can be reached via the Internet at www.milesharvey.com. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Vintage Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011355
- Title
- The Island of Lost Maps: a True story of Cartographic Crime
- Author
- Harvey, Miles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375501517
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501517
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- MAPS, THEFT, NON-FICTION, CARTOGRAPHY, USA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Studies;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
The Vintage Bookstore
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About the Seller
The Vintage Bookstore
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Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania
About The Vintage Bookstore
We are an internet only seller specializing in used, rare and out of print items. Lots of Children's books, Poetry, Literature and Antiquarian titles in Decorative Bindings.All books are on premises and usually ship, carefully wrapped, within 24 hours.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...