The Arts

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937. FIRST EDITION THUS, THIRD PRINTING STATED. Includes HANDWRITTEN NOTE AND SIGNATURE FROM VAN LOON. Hardcover. NEAR FINE/GOOD+. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE ARTS by Hendrik Willem van Loon. This RARE COPY includes the following HANDWRITTEN NOTE from Van Loon on back of dust jacket, referring to his… Read more about this item

NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, decorative label on spine, embossed gilt medallion on cover. Illustrated with color and B&W drawings by the author. Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and award-winning children's… Read more about this item

NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition Thus. Eleventh Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, color illustration on label on spine, gilt medallion on cover. 8vo. 677, (1) pp. Illustrated with 72 in text drawings and 80 full page illustrations in color & wash,… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937 677 pages. Red cloth with paper pastedown to spine, slight rubbing to corners; illustrated dust jacket with light wear, a few chips at folds where jacket unfolds to a map. Large book about art, music, etc, factual but not without van Loon's wryness.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Hendrik… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Simon & Schuster, 1937. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. Type: Hardback 1937 Hardcover Book in Condition. No Jacket. The red cloth binding is scraped on the lower half of the front panel, otherwise in very good condition. Clean with gilt decoration on front, gilt titles on spine.… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Fifth printing. Illustrated by the author. Corners a little bumped, near fine in good chipped dustwrapper with a tanned spine.

New York =: Simon and Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 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… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A single volume, written and illlustrated by the author.677 pages, the DJ has a yellow background, with some darkening to the spine. Bright red cloth binding, with gilt lettering on the spine and a color paste on illustration. The story of painting and sculpture and architecture… Read more about this item

Pages 675 pp.8vo. Cloth. 1st printing. Illustrations by the author throughout. Near fine in dust jacket with minor wear which folds out to become a time-line of the history of art in Europe.

Simon & Schuster, NY, 1937. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Art; Beautifully Illustrated in color and black and white plates. This gifted master has written this text to offer a better understanding and a greater appreciation of everything that has been done within the realm of painting and architecture and sculpture and the theater and most of the so-called minor arts… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. 1937. BOMC Book-Of-the-Month-Club. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Chipping to spine crown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Simon and Schuster, 1937. Cloth. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, thick, heavy book, quality shiny red cloth, gilt design bright at top front, spine very slightly faded, color-illustration of palette, brushes and violin, 677 lightly browned pages, full-page illusrations throughout, most in color. First front end paper torn out, pencil numbers written on… Read more about this item

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1937. Book. Illus. by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 677pp, illustrated in color and b&w. The story of painting and sculpture and architecture and music as well as all the so-called Minor Arts from the days of the cave man until the present time. Done into one single volume, written and illustrated… Read more about this item

NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, color illustration on label on spine, gilt decoration on cover, B&W illustrations on endpapers.. Spine faded, shelf worn, gilt dulled, label on spine peeling, bookplate in front, previous owner's writing on blank page, pages… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. 1939. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Some minor wear to jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1946. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. .

This is the hardcover only stated S&S Edition from 1939. Both the cover and the book are in very good condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include… Read more about this item

Simon and Schuster, 1946. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. First edition, 13th printing. All pages are bright, clean and unmarked aside from previous owner's address sticker on first free paper. Publisher's black top stain and deckled fore-edge. Binding and hinges are tight and secure. Jacket protected in mylar and remains vibrant. Minor chipping and loss at spine ends and… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1937. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Dustjacket has minor edge wear and soiling.; ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 677 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster Pages yellowing, boards are worn and loose but still attached. Great colorful illustrations. Nice readers copy. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.