The Arts
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1937. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presumed first edition. 8vo. Cloth. 677 p. Color and black and white illustrations by the author. An exhaustive history of art, music, and architecture throughout the ages, with hundreds of full-page and in-text illustrations. Van Loon was a prolific author and journalist, perhaps best known for his book The Story of Mankind. Minor shelfwear and fading to spine. Very good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LL-b971-05
- Title
- The Arts
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ART ARTS MUSIC PAINTING SCULPTURE OPERA ARCHITECTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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