BOOKS by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Sometimes it pays off to expand your search to view all available copies of items matching your search terms.

Page 1 of 3

sort by

1	The Story of Mankind more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon First published in 1921 The Story of Mankind has charmed generations of readers of all ages with its warmth simplicity and wisdom. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history Hendrik van Loon's incomparable prose enlivens the characters and events of every age His unique ability to convey history as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.89! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Arts more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The story of the Bible more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon 1923. European born and educated, van Loon was a professor at Antioch College and lectured at Harvard, Cornell, and the University of Munich. He was the winner of the first John Newbery Medal and received worldwide acclaim for the many books that he both wrote and illustrated. Among his most beloved are The Story of America, The Life and Times of ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
4	Story of America more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Story of the Bible more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van, Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $2.93! first editions
6	Life & Times of Rembrandt more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon 1930. Van Loon gives us the thrilling story of the great artist whose famous signature R.V.R. on any picture makes it priceless. He tells about the son of a Dutch miller who rose to fame, who tasted the fruits of success and prosperity and sank to the trials of bankruptcy and utter want. A lavish spender, a generous giver, a constant friend to all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Van Loon's Lives, being a true and faithful account of a number of highly interesting meetings with certain historical personages, from Confucius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about whom we had always felt a great deal of curiosity and... more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $3.00! first editions
8	Van Loon's geography; the story of the world we live in by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $5.00! signed copies \| first editions
9	Ancient man; the beginning of civilizations more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) was a Dutch-American historian and journalist. He went to the United States in 1903 to study at Cornell University. He was a correspondent during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. He later became a professor of history at Cornell University (1915-17) and in 1919 ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.51! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Ancient Man more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon As for art and the sciences, these did not interest them very much. They regarded with suspicion a man who could play the lute or who could write a poem about Spring and only thought him little better than the clever fellow who could walk the tightrope or who had trained his poodle dog to stand on its hind legs. They left such things to the Greeks ... see all copies from $3.04! new only from $14.62! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Fall of the Dutch Republic more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon When the unexpected happened, and the British were beaten by the Americans, van Goens, who as we have mentioned before considered himself half an Englishman, was very angry, and his anger directed itself against the first persons with whom he could connect with the cause of his annoyance. Amsterdam's secret negotiations with America had just then ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $28.58! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $1.99!
13	Van Loon's Lives more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $3.00! first editions
14	Ships And How They Sailed The Seven Seas (5000 B.C. -A.D. 1935) by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $3.97! first editions
15	Wonder Book of Travellers' Tales more books like this by Henry C Adams, Hendrik Willem van Loon (Illustrator) see all copies from $4.99! first editions
16	A Short History of Discovery: From the Earliest Times to the Founding of Colonies in the American Continent more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon The inimitable style of Hendrik Willem van Loon, the renowned early-20th-century popularizer of all things historical, is at its best in this 1917 book for children. His language is more than merely simple and readable: he brings to life distant times and remote places with an enthusiasm that inspires. The Greeks "lived in a beautiful land of ... see all copies from $19.23! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon [W]ho is there that has studied the events of those years between 1795-1815 who did not feel the utter indignation, the terrible shame, of so much cowardice, of such hopeless vacillation in the hour of need, of such indifference to civic duties?... And who that has studied the history of the early nineteenth century does not know how for two whole ... see all copies from $23.94! new only from $23.94! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Story of Mankind (the Bestsellers of 1922) by Hendrik Willem Van; Loon Loon, Hendrik Willem Van Written in 1921, this book traces the history of the human race from evolution and our earliest ancestors up to and including World War I. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Winner of the 1922 Newbery Medal, the first book to be so honored. see all copies from $3.19! first editions
19	Sty Mankind Rev by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20	The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $1.99!
21 view cover	The Golden Book of Dutch Navigators more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon The one permanent move for obtaining peace, which has not yet been suggested, with any reasonable chance of attaining its object, is by an agreement among the great powers, in which each should pledge itself not only to abide by the decisions of a common tribunal but to back with force the decisions of that common tribunal. The great civilized ... see all copies from $26.34! new only from $26.34! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Ships & how they sailed the seven seas (5000 B.C.-A.D. 1935) more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $4.95! signed copies \| first editions
23	The story of the Pacific more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $3.95! signed copies \| first editions
24	How to look at pictures; a short history of painting more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon see all copies from $2.75! first editions
25	Observations on the mystery of print and the work of Johann Gutenberg more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Bruce Rogers, Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress) see all copies from $4.95! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

Page 1 of 3: 1 2 3 Next>

Browse authors

Browse subjects

Our Money-Back Guarantee

We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.