Mapping terra australis (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 192 pp, illustrated throughout in full colour, appendices, bibliography, index. Pictorial laminated boards in jacket. Some fading to edges of jacket, prev owner bookplate inside front cover. The book is in two parts: Old maps and their origins; and Key Maps--Australia, the Pacific and Antarctica with an epilogue: Post-Federation Maps (1901-1950). 'The maps are not only significant for the information they carry, but many of them are also fine works of art, reflecting the aesthetic values of the time. The book breaks new ground in cartographic presentation in that the maps are set in context, with valuable background information on such topics as the problems of navigation, the map makers and European map trade'. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine In A Near Fine Jacket Pp 192 Index Frontis Map Illustrated Throughout.

Hardcover (Printed Boards). Zustand: Good. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Over hundreds of years historic maps have revealed the changing face of Australia as the puzzle of discovery….

Large quarto, 192pp, illustrated (including many historical maps), original boards in dustwrapper, fine. First edition, signed gift inscription by the author.

hardcover. Zustand: As New. Looks unread but has previous onwer's name and date stamped to the flyleaf. Jacket shows touch of shelf wear. oversized and overweight. B52 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Zustand: A very good example. Publisher?s full colour-printed paper boards. Orange paste-on and free endpapers. With colour-printed dust jacket, unclipped., Size : 4to., Illustrated in colour.

Colour maps and illustrations, vii + 192pp, appendices, bibliography, index. 30.5 x 22cm. Top edge trifle foxed, hardback corners at head a little bumped, overall a very good copy in dustjacket.

Sydney : Universal Press, 1995. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (corners slightly bumped), pp. 192, illustrated. One of the standard references on collecting Australian maps. A very good copy.

(Sydney: Universal Press, 1995). 4to. Orig. illust. boards. Dustjacket. (192pp.). Profusely illust., most in col. 1st edition. NOTE: A guide to early printed maps of Australia, Antarctica and the South Pacific.