The Story of the Pacific

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the half title page. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge chips and nicks, along with spots of rubbing and a couple of smallish spots of discoloration. "From the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books, illustrating them himself. Best remembered among these is The Story of Mankind (1921) , a history of the world intended for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. The book was later updated by Van Loon, then again by his son, and later still by other historians. He wrote many popular books aimed at young adults. As a writer he was known for emphasizing crucial historical events and giving a full picture of individual characters, as well as the role of the arts in history. He had an informal and thought-provoking style which, particularly in The Story of Mankind, included personal anecdotes. As an illustrator of his own books, he was known for his lively black-and-white drawings and his chronological diagrams. " (from Wikipedia) .