Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
1923. First Edition. 204 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavy foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and water marks with noticeable bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and light rubbing to spine.