- Seller Inventory #: 7531
- Format: Hardcover; 1st Printing
- Book condition: VG+/NONE
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Boni & Liveright
- Place: United States
- Date published: 1927
- Keywords: Hendrik Van Loon, Non-fiction, First Edition, American History, History, Government, Americana, Exploration
United States: Boni & Liveright. VG+/NONE. 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 43, 49, 51. 1st edition/1st printing. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front & spine, embossed gilt edged illustration on the front board. The front edges are rough-cut. The book is very clean, straight & tight. The gilt lettering is faded on the spine and spine cloth is lightly bumped at the ends from shelving. The interior is clean and free of marks or tears. Included are 12 full-page color plates, and illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by the author, both half-page and full page. The book is an account of American history, from the native inhabitants and the first invaders until the time of the First World War. ; B&W Illustrations; 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"; 470 pages .