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1	The Story of Mankind more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $5.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The story of the Bible more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist 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
3	The Arts more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Story of America more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Life & Times of Rembrandt more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist 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 $31.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	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 add to wishlist see all copies from $3.59! first editions \| SVS
7	Van Loon's Lives more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! first editions
8	Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist 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 $10.26! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Van Loon's geography; the story of the world we live in by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $4.45! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Ancient Man more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist 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 $4.95! new only from $13.74! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Story of the Bible more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van, Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.21! \| first editions
12	Ships And How They Sailed The Seven Seas (5000 B.C. -A.D. 1935) by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $6.16! new only from $24.95! \| first editions
13	Sty Mankind Rev by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	Ancient Man more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist Here, in simple, readable, lucid languagesuitable for a child but delightful for adults, toois the history of humanity from the first proto-humanoids to the development of the earliest alphabets. Though the details have been refined since this enchanting primer was first published in 1920, this account of the early millennia of civilization as ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $20.71! \| first editions
15	Wonder Book of Travellers' Tales more books like this by Henry C Adams, Hendrik Willem van Loon (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.40! 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 add to wishlist 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 $3.40! new only from $19.08! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Golden Book of Dutch Navigators more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist 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 $19.75! new only from $23.71! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Witches and Witch-Finders more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist 1923. An article from the June 1923 Mentor Magazine. see all copies from $10.12! new only from $10.12! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist [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 $17.95! new only from $17.95! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Story of Mankind, Original Edition (Yesterday's Classics) more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. ... see all copies from $16.20! new only from $22.99! \| SVS
21	The Story of the Bible (1st. Edition) by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $4.73!
22	Book of Fairs more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon (Designer), Helen Augur, James McDonald (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
23 view cover	The Fall of the Dutch Republic more books like this by Hendrik Willem van Loon add to wishlist 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 $26.66! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Ships & how they sailed the seven seas (5000 B.C.-A.D. 1935) more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $4.95! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	The story of the Pacific more books like this by Hendrik Willem Van Loon add to wishlist see all copies from $3.75! signed copies \| first editions

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