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Hendrik Willem Van Loon.
The Arts
New York, Simon and Schuster,
1939, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, Dr. Van Loon's vastly researched and ambitious work on the backround, and history to understanding the arts. Wonderful illustrations, many in full color. He covers: painting, architecture, music, sculpture, and the minor arts. Beginning with the Cave drawings of 25,000 B.C., through the art of Egypt, Babylon, and Chaldea; at the Athens of Pericles; amid the mysterious remains of Etruscan art; in Byzantium and medieval Russia; in the desert of the Islamites and the gardens of beautiful Persia; in Provence, Renaissance Italy, Rembrandt's Holland, Beethoven's Vienna, etc. From how violins were made to how a German grocer rediscovered early Mediterranean civilization for us. Troubadours, minnesingers, monks, saints, criminals, bohemians, generals: all troop in a colorful cavalcade. DW yellow, illustrated, darkend spine, chips to upper and lower spine corners, dw spine repaired at hinge with professional filmoplast. Closed tear, price to lower rear flap edge, with stamped mark down price, not obscuring original. Rear has a hand written not to S&S. DW reverses to a map "To locate and date the most important events in the history of The Arts, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon-1937". Red cloth binding, illustrated end papers. Mild toning, no writing, solidly bound. DW in mylar. tall 8 vo, 677 pp
(Van, Loon, S, The Arts, Cave, Drawings, Prehistoric, Art, Etruscan, Art, Medieval, Russian, Art, History, Of, Art, Troubadours, Minnesingers, Monks) Cat No. 4009.
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Smith, Lloyd Edwin, B.S; Edited By Frederick K. Branom.
New International Atlas of the World; Including "Chrinicle of Conquest" Supplement, A Composite Resume of the Rise and Fall of Nations
Chicago, Geographical Publishing Company,
1937, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Close to 200 maps and illustrations, in this detailed Atlas; with descriptive text on all nations and states; comparative figures of the Census Bureau giving 1930 count, contrasted to 1935 estimated by States. Chronicle of conquest: The Phoenicians, Hanno the Carthaginian, The Greeks, Discovery of Iceland, Barbarian Invasion, The Mohammedan Empire, and many others. Descriptive, political and statistical on all nations and states. Black textured cloth boards, stamped design of globe, date and title. Title panel to front board and spine in gold. All full page maps in color. Few very pale spots on pages XVI to XIX, all else very clean and clear text, no writing, solidly bound. Folio size, 260 pp
(International, World, Atlas, World, Maps, In Color, Conquest, Of, Nations, Medieval, Warfare, Age, Of, Chivalry, Map, Of, Hannibal, S, March, North, World, Map, 1500, A, D, Vintage, World, Atlas, World, Commerce, Growing, Coffee, Maps, Of, World, Commerce, World, Map, 500, B, C, Map, Of, North, Polar, Expeditions, March, Of, Alexander, Vintage, World, Geography, Topography, Of, Early, Civilization) Cat No. 4010.
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Smith, Lloyd Edwin, B.S; Edited By Frederick K. Branom.
New International Atlas of the World; Including "Chrinicle of Conquest" Supplement, A Composite Resume of the Rise and Fall of Nations
Chicago, Geographical Publishing Company,
1937, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Close to 200 maps and illustrations, in this detailed Atlas; with descriptive text on all nations and states; comparative figures of the Census Bureau giving 1930 count, contrasted to 1935 estimated by States. Chronicle of conquest: The Phoenicians, Hanno the Carthaginian, The Greeks, Discovery of Iceland, Barbarian Invasion, The Mohammedan Empire, and many others. Descriptive, political and statistical on all nations and states. Black textured cloth boards, stamped design of globe, date and title. Title panel to front board and spine in gold. All full page maps in color. Few very pale spots on pages XVI to XIX, all else very clean and clear text, no writing, solidly bound. Folio size, 260 pp
(International, World, Atlas, World, Maps, In Color, Conquest, Of, Nations, Medieval, Warfare, Age, Of, Chivalry, Map, Of, Hannibal, S, March, North, World, Map, 1500, A, D, Vintage, World, Atlas, World, Commerce, Growing, Coffee, Maps, Of, World, Commerce, World, Map, 500, B, C, Map, Of, North, Polar, Expeditions, March, Of, Alexander, Vintage, World, Geography, Topography, Of, Early, Civilization) Cat No. 4010.
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Smith, Lloyd Edwin, B.S; Edited By Frederick K. Branom.
New International Atlas of the World; Including "Chrinicle of Conquest" Supplement, A Composite Resume of the Rise and Fall of Nations
Chicago, Geographical Publishing Company,
1937, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Close to 200 maps and illustrations, in this detailed Atlas; with descriptive text on all nations and states; comparative figures of the Census Bureau giving 1930 count, contrasted to 1935 estimated by States. Chronicle of conquest: The Phoenicians, Hanno the Carthaginian, The Greeks, Discovery of Iceland, Barbarian Invasion, The Mohammedan Empire, and many others. Descriptive, political and statistical on all nations and states. Black textured cloth boards, stamped design of globe, date and title. Title panel to front board and spine in gold. All full page maps in color. Few very pale spots on pages XVI to XIX, all else very clean and clear text, no writing, solidly bound. Folio size, 260 pp
(International, World, Atlas, World, Maps, In Color, Conquest, Of, Nations, Medieval, Warfare, Age, Of, Chivalry, Map, Of, Hannibal, S, March, North, World, Map, 1500, A, D, Vintage, World, Atlas, World, Commerce, Growing, Coffee, Maps, Of, World, Commerce, World, Map, 500, B, C, Map, Of, North, Polar, Expeditions, March, Of, Alexander, Vintage, World, Geography, Topography, Of, Early, Civilization) Cat No. 4010.
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Smith, Lloyd Edwin, B.S; Edited By Frederick K. Branom.
New International Atlas of the World; Including "Chrinicle of Conquest" Supplement, A Composite Resume of the Rise and Fall of Nations
Chicago, Geographical Publishing Company,
1937, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Close to 200 maps and illustrations, in this detailed Atlas; with descriptive text on all nations and states; comparative figures of the Census Bureau giving 1930 count, contrasted to 1935 estimated by States. Chronicle of conquest: The Phoenicians, Hanno the Carthaginian, The Greeks, Discovery of Iceland, Barbarian Invasion, The Mohammedan Empire, and many others. Descriptive, political and statistical on all nations and states. Black textured cloth boards, stamped design of globe, date and title. Title panel to front board and spine in gold. All full page maps in color. Few very pale spots on pages XVI to XIX, all else very clean and clear text, no writing, solidly bound. Folio size, 260 pp
(International, World, Atlas, World, Maps, In Color, Conquest, Of, Nations, Medieval, Warfare, Age, Of, Chivalry, Map, Of, Hannibal, S, March, North, World, Map, 1500, A, D, Vintage, World, Atlas, World, Commerce, Growing, Coffee, Maps, Of, World, Commerce, World, Map, 500, B, C, Map, Of, North, Polar, Expeditions, March, Of, Alexander, Vintage, World, Geography, Topography, Of, Early, Civilization) Cat No. 4010.
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