The Story of Mankind. This item is unavailable.The Story of Mankind

A smart reprint of van Loon"s illustrated popular history tracing human civilisation from prehistory to the modern world, with colour plates. In the original pictorial cloth binding.First published in September, 1922, this is a later reprint, issued July 1939.Illustrated with eight half-tone plates, seven colour plates, and a colour frontispiece. Unfortunately, the colour plate "Moscow", facing page 306 is absent from this copy. With this exception, collated, complete.This is a sweeping popular history of civilisation, tracing humanity from prehistory through the modern era.Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and illustrator. He became the first recipient of the Newbery Medal in 1922 for The Story of Mankind, recognising its significance as a children"s and general history book.Bookplate of F. G. Miles loosely inserted. Frederick George Miles (1903-1976), British aircraft designer and manufacturer known for founding and leading Miles Aircraft and later F.G. Miles Ltd In the original pictorial cloth binding.Externally, very smart. Slight fading to spine. The odd very minor spot of damp staining to front board towards upper perimeter. One or two very minor handling marks to boards. Bookplate of F. G. Miles loosely inserted.Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Lakcing colour plate facing page 306. Very Good Indeed.…