The Story of Mankind
de Van Loon, Hendrik
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good-
- Librería
-
San Diego, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
FIRST EDITION stated, 17th printing, 1922 in publisher's original Hardback binding, navy cloth with inlaid label on front cover, faded gilt title on spine. Binding is square and tight. "This book is fully illustrated with 8 three-color pages, over 100 black and white pictures and numerous animated maps and half-tones drawn by the author." The covers are clean with some shelf wear to the corners and edges and crown/heel of spine. Clean, unmarked pages, seemingly unread. Additional photos upon (email) request. For shipping, book will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a clean box. We ship internationally. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover;]
Notas y descripción extendida
The Story of Mankind is a book written and illustrated by Dutch American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon. It was published in 1921. In 1922, it was awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature. The Story of Mankind Collection from the origin of human beings to brilliant expositions of each historical period. Van Loon provides reflection and witty wisdom in this showing of human history, a fast-paced historical narrative. "This book is fully illustrated with 8 three-color pages, over 100 black and white pictures and numerous animated maps and half-tones drawn by the author."
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Detalles
- Librería
- Redeemed Rare Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2005HVL10F1922
- Título
- The Story of Mankind
- Autor
- Van Loon, Hendrik
- Ilustrador
- Van Loon, Hendrik
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback, cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good-
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, Seventeenth Printing, 1922
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Boni and Liveright
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, N.Y.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1922
- Páginas
- 489
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- History, Ancient History, World War I, Newbery Medal, Historical Narriative
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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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