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Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917. Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Ex-library with faint spine notation and pocket in the back, bookplate on the front paste-down. Bound in green cloth with pictorial front cover; 10 inches tall; 127 pages with a color humorous illustration on each verso [right side page] by Hendrik Willem van Loon. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with a scuff at the top of the spine edge, small loss of paper on the lower corner of the front paste-on, some loss of cloth color on the lower corners.. The inimitable style of Hendrik Willem van Loon, the renowned early-20th-century popularizer of all things historical, is at its best in this 1917 book for children. His language is more than merely simple and readable: he brings to life distant times and remote places with an enthusiasm that inspires. Hendrik Willem van Loon was a prolific Dutch American author, historian and illustrator. During his early professional years,… Read More

Cosimo Classics, 2007-09-01. Paperback. Good.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, with color illustrations by the author, Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Short, informative stories for children on different voyages and voyagers from throughout history. Very good book in green cloth boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Cloth worn at edges and along joints, spine darkened. Some foxing to preliminaries, else clean internally. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Cosimo Inc, 2007. Paperback. New. 132 pages. 10.50x7.25x0.25 inches.

Dave McKay. Used - Very Good. 1917. First. hardcover. First edition, scarce early book written and illustrated by Van Loon. Cloth with pictorial inset. Quarto. 127 pp. Some shelf wear and smudging to boards. Lower corners bumped. Previous owner's stamp to front and rear pastedowns. Pages lightly toned. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: American History).

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A Short History of Discovery: From the Earliest Times to the Founding of Colonies in the American Continent.

Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1917. Hardcover. Large Octavo; Good; pea green spine with white text; no jacket; exterior cloth has some soiling wear; chipped spine edges; worn fore corners; ex-library sticker to spine; good, straight boards; text block exterior edges have age toned; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; cracked front hinge with shaken binding; minor ex-library markings to copyright page; interior pages have mild wear; illustrated; pp 126. 1363198. FP New Rockville Stock.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

604-608 So. Washington Square Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher (c.1917). Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Hendrik Willem Van Loon. a 7.5 X 10 inch hardcover in green boards with black title to spine, large colored illustrated label to front board, no DJ, no edition stated, 127 pages with full page colored illustrations, well preserved inner hinges with gift inscription dated 1923 to FEP with ink address stamp of previous owner, inner looseness to binding, light soil to front board illustrated label