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History with a match, being an account of the earliest navigators and the discovery of America;

Title
History with a match, being an account of the earliest navigators and the discovery of America; written and drawn and done into color by Hendrik Willem Van Loon ...
Author
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944.
Publication
Philadelphia : David McKay, 1917.

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Description
126 p., 1 . col. illus.; 26 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Short history of discovery from the earliest times to the founding of colonies on the American continent
  • Short history of discovery.
Subject
  • Discoveries in geography > Juvenile literature
  • America > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile literature
Note
  • Inscription and drawing on front free endpaper by author/illustrator 'Thomas Raleigh Good for one imprint of the first drypoint (if so we may call it) - OK [?] Hendrik Willem Van Loon [illegible date].'
  • Inscription on front free endpaper.
  • White Cotsen family book plate with acquisition information noted in JoAnne Cotsen's hand.
Provenance (note)
  • Van Loon, Henrik Willem, inscriber
  • Cotsen, JoAnne, inscriber
  • Inscription signed by the author.
Binding (note)
  • Pub. green cloth and ivory color-printed pictorial onlay.
LCCN
17027993
OCLC
  • ocm04093820
  • SCSB-658107
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library