VAN LOON, HENDRIK WILLEM — The Arts

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1943. Sixth Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Publisher's full blue cloth, tan label on spine, gilt medallion on cover. Illustrated with 72 in text drawings and 80 full page illustrations in color & wash, all by Van Loon. In 63 chapters, Van Loon discusses the history of art, from Prehistoric man through the art of Claude Debussy. Van Loon's idiosyncratic style takes the reader from the painter's studio into the study of the composer. It took Hendrik van Loon 30 years to learn enough to write "The Arts," and then it took him 10 years to actually write it. The result is a book that cannot be duplicated anywhere in any language: a book about all the arts for all the people. His most ambitious work, it will probably prove the author's most useful one.. Spine and edges of book are sunned, one white spot on front cover, gilt on cover faded, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD. Color Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 677, (1) pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .