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The island of lost maps : a true story of cartographic crime / Miles Harvey.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harvey, Miles, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bland, Gilbert Lee Joseph.
- Libraries--United States--Special collections--Maps--History--20th century.
- Libraries.
- Map thefts--United States--History--20th century.
- Map thefts.
- Cartography--History.
- Cartography.
- History.
- Libraries--Special collections--Maps.
- Maps.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 390 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- First edition, Advance reader's edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [2000]
- Summary:
- "The Island of Lost Maps" tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable, centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. When all was said and done, Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., had become the Al Capone of cartography, the most prolific American map thief in history.
- Notes:
- "Advance uncorrected reader's edition"--Page 4 of cover.
- "September 2000 publication"--Page 4 of cover.
- Eighteen p. left blank for maps.
- Letter from publisher included on first page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-390).
- ISBN:
- 0375501517
- 9780375501517
- OCLC:
- 44722477
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