Mapping Boston by Alex Krieger (68 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very good +. Stated First printing. Foreword by Norman B. Leventhal. Oblong 4to. Illustrated wrappers. 278 pages, with Appendix. Illustrated throughout with color and b/w maps, photographic images, and drawings. No names or marks. Due to size and weight, international shipping at cost.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. a nice, clean copy, like new, quarto paperback, 278 pages.

Paperback. Condition: VG+ or better. First Paperback Printing. Oversize paperback with only light wear, clean and well bound with no spine creasing, clean and unmarked text. A very nice copy. Ships media mail only, unless contacted for airmail shipping. Ships in a box.

Paperback. Condition: Used-Very Good. Illustrated. Pap. Minor shelf-wear.

Condition: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Condition: Used: Like New.

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 278pp ISBN 0262611732 Includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Second Printing. Minor shelf wear to binding. Foxing on edges of text block & endpapers. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly handled with small stains on top edge & small abrasions at bottom in a mylar cover. **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will require substantial additional shipping fees to international or expedited addresses.**. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. Pp: xiv + 278. Titles: frt. & sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ colour & b/w maps, plans, prints, portraits, facsimile docs. & photos. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Historical essays about the mapping of Boston and vicinity. Includes appendix & index. Beautifully illustrated with period cartography. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An informative-and beautiful-exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps.To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness-bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth.The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city. An informativeand beautifulexploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light turquoise cloth, lettered in gold foil. A few slight surface marks to cover cloth, nearly as issued. Lacking dust jacket. xiv,278 pp. 2nd ptg. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Like New! xiii+278pp; detailed index. Measures 11.5x12." No name or writing. CLEAN.

Condition: Fair.

Condition: very_good.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. New oversized softcover in matte printed wraps. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. (11.77 x 1.02 x 12.07 inches) Includes an index, glossary, chronology, photos, and illustrations. 272 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. An informative-and beautiful-exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness-bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth. The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city.…

Condition: New. pp. 292 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. ### Near Fine book is clean, tight, unclipped and unmarked. Second printing. Dust jacket is Near Fine with some shelf and edge wear, a small closed tear on the spine. Turquoise cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Small tear in spine. Illustrated with unique color and B&W photographs, drawings, and maps. Gift inscription on half title page. Pages have slight wave and are beginning to tone from edges. No marks in or on book except as noted. NOT A REMAINDER. Not ex library. Size: c. 12 1/4 by 11 3/4 inches. 278 pages. Heavy. Index. Dust jacket protected in a new crystal clear MYLAR cover. Bubble wrapped and custom boxed for standard shipping. The book is a wonder even for jaded Bostonians like myself. Near Fine.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps.To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness--bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth.The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. MIT, Cambridge, 2001/, pp. 261, Color illust., text. (Oversized: dj/hc-new). Spendid history of old Boston in maps. ISBN 9780262611732.

Hardback. Condition: Good. An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps.To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness--bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth.The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Light turquoise cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 278 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "This book includes both historical maps of the city of Boston and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full-description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. Also the book contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. (maps, cartography, US history, massachusetss, MA) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Paperback. Condition: New. still in publisher shrink wrap.

hardcover. Condition: Very GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. 2nd printing. vERY LARGE unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. 12 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 7/8 inches. No wear to DJ or boards -bumped corners. Impressive in size and content of maps and portraits.