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Man, the miracle maker / by Hendrik van Loon.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 V3284 928m
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inventions.
- Civilization--History--Juvenile literature.
- Civilization.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 252 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Story of Invention: Man the miracle maker
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Published by Horace Liveright, [1928]
- Contents:
- Man the inventor
- From skin to sky-scraper
- The taming hand
- From foot to flying machine
- The thousandwise varied mouth
- The nose
- The ear
- The eye.
- Notes:
- "Copyright, 1928, by Horace Liverigh, Inc."
- Orange textured cloth binding lettered in gilt with colored paper illustration in upper right hand corner of front cover.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy front free endpaper has embossed stamp Lindmark's Book Shop, Poughkeepsie, New York.
- OCLC:
- 1621467
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