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The Mapmakers The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography-from Antiquity to the Space Age
by John Noble Wilford
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0394461940
- ISBN 13
- 9780394461946
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Gilt lettering on brown & tan covers in a tan pictorial dust jacket. Map end papers. 8vo, 414pp. The dust jacket is torn at the top of the spine. Remainder mark on the bottom edge.
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- Bookseller
- NWJBOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008898
- Title
- The Mapmakers The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography-from Antiquity to the Space Age
- Author
- John Noble Wilford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394461940
- ISBN 13
- 9780394461946
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 414
- Keywords
- nonfiction; maps; mapmakers; history; cartography
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