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The Home of Mankind
by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George G. Harrap, 1937. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Some lovely line drawings. Green cloth boards.Reverse marked. Bottom page edges deckled. Cracked front hinge. Prize bookplate to front endpaper. Awarded to W. H. M. Baker, winner of the Albert Fry prize by Bristol University, an award still made today. 288 pages. Item Type: Book. No Dust Jacket. Category: Geography & Maps; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 017569. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- H4o Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017569
- Title
- The Home of Mankind
- Author
- Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- BZDB69 Geography Geography & Maps; The Home of Mankind
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography & Maps;
Terms of Sale
H4o Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
H4o Books
Biblio member since 2015
Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
About H4o Books
Online only dealership established in 2005. We have a varied general stock but specialise in Military and other History, Modern Fiction and Science Fiction, and Children's books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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