Author: VAN LOON, HENDRIK WILLEM
Title: The Arts
Description: New York =: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Hardcover. Author and illustrator Hendrik Willem van Loon shares with the reader, in words and with his pictures, the sweeping history of art. Beginning with cave drawings, he describes the history of paintings, sculpture, architecture, music and other "minor" arts, through the 19th century. Illustrated throughout by Mr. van Loon. With general outline of the history of art to endpapers, and a fold-out dust jacket with map of the history of art. --- In full red-orange cloth-covered boards with shield design in gilt to cover, pasted-on color illustration to spine with gilt-stamped spine titling; black topstain. Dust jacket with color van Loon painting to front panel. --- A well-preserved copy: bright and lacking significant damages. Fold-out dust jacket/map with a few tears but mostly in good shape.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxiii, 677, (2) pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: >>History >>Art / Architecture / Fashion
Title: The Arts
Description: New York =: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Hardcover. Author and illustrator Hendrik Willem van Loon shares with the reader, in words and with his pictures, the sweeping history of art. Beginning with cave drawings, he describes the history of paintings, sculpture, architecture, music and other "minor" arts, through the 19th century. Illustrated throughout by Mr. van Loon. With general outline of the history of art to endpapers, and a fold-out dust jacket with map of the history of art. --- In full red-orange cloth-covered boards with shield design in gilt to cover, pasted-on color illustration to spine with gilt-stamped spine titling; black topstain. Dust jacket with color van Loon painting to front panel. --- A well-preserved copy: bright and lacking significant damages. Fold-out dust jacket/map with a few tears but mostly in good shape.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxiii, 677, (2) pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: >>History >>Art / Architecture / Fashion
Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 86120
- Book number: 86120