first edition Hardcover
(c.1925) · New York
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
New York: Horace B. Liveright (Boni & Liveright). Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1925). First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice copy, with just a touch of wear to the bottom edge; jacket has some minor spotting on the front panel, short closed tears at front hinges, another tiny closed tear at bottom of front panel, light soiling to rear panel]. (color illustrations) "A true account of the strange things which sometimes happen in a part of the world which does not exist." An almost indescribable book, "written and drawn for the fun of it" by Van Loon, whose "The Story of Mankind" had been the Newbury Medal winner a few years earlier. A hat (sort (truncated)