The Story of Mankind
by Van Loon, Hendrik
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London : George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1961. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Octavo (standard book size). The author. Numerous black and white illustrations plus some coloured illustrations. Written to appeal to children this book is a comprehensive work on mankind and civilization. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 480 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. Endpapers slightly browned, text clean. Dust jacket is in good condition with some wear on the edges.. Previous owner’s signature in ink. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Condition of boards not apparent as the dustjacket is a library dustjacket lined with brown paper and stuck down.. Several library stickers on endpapers and spine and dustjacket, date stamp sticker, cancelled stamps on endpaper plus mark where sticker removed and tape marks on endpapers. Illustrator: The author. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; World History ; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52353. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers slightly browned, text clean Edges very slightly spotted or marked Several library stickers on endpapers and spine and dustjacket, date stamp sticker, cancelled stamps on endpaper plus mark where sticker removed and tape marks on endpapers Condition of boards not apparent as the dustjacket is a library dustjacket lined with brown paper and stuck down.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52353
- Title
- The Story of Mankind
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik
- Illustrator
- The author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G Harrap & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 480
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World History BZDB397 history, mankind, civilization History; World History ; The Story of Mankind
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- G
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- Octavo
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- Cocked
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.