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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1935. fifth printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Blue cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends worn, covers rubbed, spine a bit sunned. Binding tight and text unmarked. PO's stamp on front pastedown. Naut. Stax.

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. B&W illus. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners bumped, mild edge wear, covers clean, spine sunned. Binding tight and text clean with gift message on ffep. Nautical. Stax.

New York: Somerset. Good in Very Good dust jacket. unk. Reprint. Hardcover. Previous owner's name written front flyleaf. .

Hardcover. Good. Dust jacket worn and torn. Book is clean and unmarked

N. Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1935. cloth hard cover is in very good condition with light wear to extremeties and the dust jacket is in good plus condition with some chipping to bottom edge and some wear to extremeties which unfolds to be a world map. is a stated fith printing. copy is unmarked and tightly bound. 318 pages includes index.. 5th Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1935. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good, book has slight rubbing of spine and edges of cover, minor foxing of pages. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. 4th printing. Hardcover. Good condition chipped d.j./fair. 318p., illus. Jacket is double-folded & has a colored world map inside.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1935. 1st printing; dj w/chipping, lite ltoning and sunning, yellow c w/red titles; 309 clean, unmarked pages/index. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Van Loon, Hendrik William. 8 Vo; 2 Pounds.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. Fifth Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. Hendrik Willem van Loon. Large 8vo. Pp. xv, 318. Frontis. illustration. Illustrated with numerous ink drawings by the author. Illustrated title page in red and black. Blue cloth, titles and illustration in gilt on the spine, pale blue topstain: edges minimally rubbed, gift inscription in ink on ffep dated Christmas 1935 and later ink price marking, pencil marks on back endpaper, bookseller tag of Charles E. Lauriat Sea Books Boston, leaves crisp and binding tight. In the color van Loon-illustrated dust jacket, which unfolds to reveal a color world map printed verso: edges chipped, sunned and stained, short closed tears, spine darkened. The success of journalist and historian Van Loon's unconventional 1921 The Story of Mankind led to many subsequent books for young people with his informal prose and illustrations. A charming production. Dust jacket preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Simon & Schuster, 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Color Idj With Color Foling Map; B/W Illustrations. Xv, 311 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Printing With 1935 Date On Title Page. Light Usage, Inscription. Dust Jacket Priced #3.0O, Light Wear But Wear Along Top Edge Has Caused A Long Horizontal Split In The Folding Color Map Inside The Dust Jacket.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1935. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Hendrik Willem Van Loon (Author & Illustrator). Text/As NEW & Bright. 1935 First Edition, 3rd Printing. Blue linen boards/VG w/trace rubs to corner tips & fading to gilt embossed spine. Unique fold-out DJ/VG --- 18" x 20" map of world's Great Discoveries showing 28 historical sea routes ---, sound & intact w/rubs to edges & folds reinforced w/archival tape; front cover surface showing marked soiling & discoloration. History of man told, and illustrated, through the story of the sea and ships from 5,000 B.C. to 1935 A.D. (covering 7,000 years) by Dutch-American historian, journalist & author Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1882 - 1944). Book is a history of warfare for as Van Loon says: "Man is a predatory animal. He lives by eating other animals and he enriches himself by stealing that which belongs to his neighbors. Hence the history of the world is the history… Read More

New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. 311 pages: 5.25 x 7.75 in.: 1.2: KB#005573: "New York Readers' League of America. " Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owner's name and date - 5/4/42 neatly inscribed at top of front flyleaf) , bright (with overall even page tanning) , tightly bound and sharp cornered. Contains many line drawings throughout. Content Chapters include: In The Beginning * The Early Ships of the River Nile and of the Eastern Mediterranean * The Beginning of Shipbuilding in the Eastern Half of the Mediterranean * The Beginning of Navigation in Northern Europe * Ships of the Mediterranean During the Middle Ages * What Finally Became of the Old Mediterranean Galleys and Why They Disappeared * The Ancient World Comes to an End Insofar as its Ships are Concerned and a New Floating World Makes Its Appearance * The Ships That Explored the Surface… Read More

Simon and Schuster. Good in Good dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. E--Cover may be different than that pictured. This book has a blue cloth cover with a plain front cover. On the spine is the title in gilt with some gilt decoration. Covers are moderately worn with heavier wear at corners, along edges and at spine ends. DJ is of heavy white paper and pictures color drawings of ships on the front and back with flags on the spine. DJ is double thickness and unfolds to a colored illustration inside of a map of the world. There are major tears and some chipping along the fold of the map which would also be the top edge of the folded DJ. DJ now in protective jacket. A little damp staining visible in the gutters of a few pages. Age toning to end pages. Many black and white illustrations. Signed by Hendrik Willem van Loon on front end page. Binding sound, text clean. Due to size and/or weight of the book I can only ship it domestic mail. Most orders shipped within 24 hours. A Little… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good. Lot of Books by Hendrik Willem Van Loon - The Arts (c.1939); The Fall of the Dutch Republic (c.1924); The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators (c.1916); An Indiscreet Itinerary (c.1933) (INSCRIBED); The Message of the Bells, or What Happened to Us on Christmas Eve (c.1942); My School Books (c.1939); R. v. R., being an Account of the Last Years and the Death of One Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (c.1930); Report to Saint Peter (c.1947); The Romance of Discovery: Being an Account of the Earliest Navigators and the Discovery of America (c.1917); Ships & How They Sailed the Seven Seas (5000 B.C. - A.D. 1935) (c.1935); The Story of America (c.1927); The Story of Mankind (c.1938); Tolerance (c.1925); Van Loon's Geography (c.1932) (2 copies); Van Loon's Lives (c.1942) (2 copies); The Story of Hendrik Willem Van Loon by gerard Willem Van Loon (c.1972). All vols. are hardcover, various printings. Most vols. are lacking dustjackets. Very Good / very Good (minus). Heavy sets may require… Read More

NY, SIMON, 1935. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. F.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [3], vi-xv, [1], 1-311, [3] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine; navy topstain. Price of $3.00 on the rear flap of the dust jacket. Title page illustrated with a pictorial border. Illustrated with several in-text and full-page drawings. The reverse of the dust jacket folds open and reveals a colorful map of the world, illustrating the history of navigation by ship (this colorful illustration done by the author). An engaging history of maritime matters. A tiny spot of discoloration to the fore-edge; jacket shows toning to its edges and its spine panel.