My School Books
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Tape stains on endpapers, a few tick marks in margins.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Wilmington, DE: E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Tape stains on endpapers, a few tick marks . in margins.. 1939. Hardcover. A chapter from van Loon's forthcoming book given out as a premium by the duPont Company at the 1939 World's Fair. Several line illustrations by the author. The book is bound in grey "Fabrikoid" cloth manufactured by duPont. Front cover has illustration and lettering stamped in silver, light blue, royal blue and navy blue. An interesting piece of memorabilia for any fan of the prolific van Loon or any World's Fair collector. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 24 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37190
- Title
- My School Books
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Illustrator
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Tape stains on endpapers, a few tick marks in margins.
- Publisher
- E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, DE
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- FABRIKOID, TEXTILES, 1939, WORLD'S, FAIR, HENDRIK, WILLEM, VAN, LOON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...