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Ships & How They Sailed the Seven Seas (5000 B.C. - A.D. 1935)
by VAN LOON, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6593
- Title
- Ships & How They Sailed the Seven Seas (5000 B.C. - A.D. 1935)
- Author
- VAN LOON, Hendrik Willem
- Illustrator
- Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- FFEP
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Sunned
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