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Man the Miracle Maker
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
United States: Horace Liveright, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. 1928 Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Binding of burnt-orange cloth with paper paste-on color illustration inset on the front and bold gilt titles on front and spine. Quite clean, no marks, light wear to corners and spine head, spine heel lightly scuffed. Tight and solid sewn binding. Rough cut on fore edge and bottom edge. Former owner inscription on endpaper. Contents page signature loose from binding. Frontis: colour illustration "Multiplex Man". Seven full color illustrations. Over 100 b/w illustrations throughout, by van Loon. Pages are clean, unmarked, no creases-heavy paper. A handsome volume. In his own inimitable style, van Loon tells and illustrates the history of inventions and its relation to man's progress on earth. Such a delightful treasure of a book! 252 pages. 9.6 x 6,25 inches. 1928, Horace Liveright, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018162
- Title
- Man the Miracle Maker
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Illustrator
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- INVENTIONS; FLYING MACHINES; THE HAND-MILL; WATER-MILL; FACTORIES; DIRIGIBLE; LAW OF GRAVITY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. General;
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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