The Arts

The Arts by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardbound, no DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Good. Orig owners bookplate inside front cover. Spine slightly sun faded, frontispiece pg separated at spine, balance in excellent condition. 677 Pgs. Illustrated by the author. This book was written to give the general reader a better understanding and a greater appreciation of everything that has been done within the realm of painting and architecture and music and sculpture and the theater and most of the so-called minor arts from the beginning of time until the moment we come so close to them that we begin to lose our perspective. Black and white and color illustrations. Description text copyright 2003 www.BooksForComfort.net. Item ID 7246.