History with a Match: Being an Account of the Earliest Navigators and the Discovery of America
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
Item Price
$32.00$25.60
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay Publisher, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Hendrik Van Loon. First Edition. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean but tanned pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with heavier wear at corners, which are bumped. Pictorial paper on front is soiled with wear and small hole at lower right corner. ; Early work by author-illustrator Van Loon with full-page color renderings of his distinctive artwork. 10.25" tall; 127 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3310054
- Title
- History with a Match: Being an Account of the Earliest Navigators and the Discovery of America
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Hendrik Van Loon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- AMERICA, UNITED STATES, HISTORY, ART, COLUMBUS, ADVENTURE, EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Americana; Art and Artists;
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Cat's Cradle Books
Shipment immediately upon payment. Returns cheerfully accepted. If return results from our error, we refund price of book plus all shipping costs. if return is for any other reason, buyer pays cost of return shipping.
About the Seller
Cat's Cradle Books
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High Point, North Carolina
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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