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Van Loon's Geography: The Story of the World We Live In
by Van Loon, Hendrik
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Van Loon, Hendrik. First Edition Hardcover Book, 1932. Book in Good Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket in archival protective sleeve. Geography by Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author with maps, color plates, illustrations, index. An unforgettable and informative story of the world and its people from five continents--over 150 typical Van Loon illustrations/maps, 38 in color and wash. Binding of red cloth with a paper illustration in color affixed to the front panel, gilt titles to spine. Very clean and unmarked, with tight and solid sewn binding, inner hinge cracked. Endpaper leaf loose from binding. Edges rubbed. Rough cut. Frontispiece illustration "The Will to Live". Title page with FACSIMILE Hendrik Willem Van Loon signature. Internals very clean and completely unmarked. NOTE: Unfold the wrapper and you will find a map of the world drawn by Hendrik Willem Van Loon--quite fabulous even if not in perfect condition Dust Jacket in two pieces within the protective sleeve . The jacket folds out into twice the size with a map in color--also in pieces put quite interesting and unique. Over 35 color and wash illustrations and over 100 b/w in text illustrations by Van Loon. 525 6.5" x 1.75 x 9.5" tall. 525 pages, indexed. 1932, Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, USANew
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029960
- Title
- Van Loon's Geography: The Story of the World We Live In
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik
- Illustrator
- Van Loon, Hendrik
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- GEOGRAPHY THE WORLD
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
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- Gilt
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