Van Loon's Geography: The Story of the World We Live In
by Van Loon, Hendrik, Willem
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
-
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY, USA: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1932. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Van Loon, Hendrik, Willem. [xx], 525pp w index. Many indexed illustrations in text; thirty-eight indexed, unpaginated colored and wash illustrations, all by the author. Red cloth w color plate tipped on front cover, bronze lettering on spine. Very light rubbing at corners and tail, no other edgewear. Binding square and sound. Illustrated wrapper shows surface wear to fore edges, chipping to corners, head and tail, surface wear to joints, and moderate soiling commensurate w age and handling. World map drawn by the author on DJ verso. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040276
- Title
- Van Loon's Geography: The Story of the World We Live In
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik, Willem
- Illustrator
- Van Loon, Hendrik, Willem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Van Loon, Hendrik, Willem, 1882-1944 General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History / Popular Science;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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