Search Results: ships and how they sailed the by hendrik willem van

G. G. Harrap & Co, London, 1935. Hardcover. Good. 1935. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

George G. Harrap & Co., 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. Reprinted. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.

London: George G. Harrap, 1935. First Edition . A very good copy in the original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Previous owner's blind stamp. A little fore-edge foxing. 304pp. Profusely illustrated.

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

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.

George G. Harrap & Co, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 304 pages (complete). The jacket is edge worn, chipped, torn and marked. The boards are slightly edge worn. Internally lightly tanned and foxed and other minor marks. All text is clear and presentable. Well bound. Good copy. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Harrap, London, 1935. 21st Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Used hardback in good+ condition. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Minor foxing to early & last pages. Spotting to closed edges. Some minor rubbing/wear down front and back at spine. Green boards with gold lettering. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 000885. .

Simon and Schuster, 1935. Hardcover. Good. 1935. No edition remarks. 311 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with light foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Visible thumb-marking present. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

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

N .Y.: Somerset Books Inc., 1935. First. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. pp.311, illustrated. clean tight copy d/j top spine 1/2" spine missing in side near front cover with a 2 1/2" tear running down front cover, small tears, creases to lower spine, front cover 1" tear on top corner running down edge, 2 small tears lower front edge, slight bumping to corners and top/bottom spine boards with front lower corner 1/2" tear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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