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Auction 169, Lot 822
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"Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War", McElfresh, Earl B.

Subject: References

Period: 1999 (published)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
9.8 x 12 inches
24.9 x 30.5 cm
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This is a thorough examination of Civil War maps, mapmaking, and mapmakers and documents the techniques and travails of the mapmaker in the field. Lively anecdotes are retold alongside discussion of the practical effect of the cartographer's art on actual military operations. 272 pp., notes, bibliography, index, 180 illustrations, 150 in full-color, many never before reproduced. Hardbound with illustrated dust jacket.

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Condition: A

Edges slightly bumped, otherwise like new.

Estimate: $30 - $50

Sold for: $33

Closed on 9/12/2018

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