Vintage 1936 A Child's Geography Of The World V M Hillyer 1st Ed HC DJ USA Maps

by Virgil Mores Hillyer

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First edition · In dust jacket

Vintage 1936 A Child's Geography Of The World V M Hillyer 1st Ed HC DJ USA Maps Original dust jacket has heavy edge and corner wear Jacket surfaces show rubbing, see pics fopr details Title: A Child's Geography of the World Author: V. M. Hillyer (Virgil Mores Hillyer) Illustrator: Mary Sherwood Wright Jones (maps and line drawings throughout) Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., New York and London Publication year: 1936; first edition Copyright: 1935 by D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.; 1929 by The Century Co. Format: Vintage hardcover book with original illustrated dust jacket Genre/Topic: Children's geography; world cultures and places presented through narrative "tattle tales" Language: English Country of origin: Printed in the United States of America Physical description: Green cloth boards with color pictorial dust jacket featuring silhouetted children walking across a pastel world map; black-and-white text with many in-text illustrations, decorative vignettes, and whimsical cartographic maps. Contents: 71 short chapters or "tattle tales" introducing geographic concepts, United States regions, and countries around the world; sample chapter titles include "The World Through a Spy-Glass," "Yankee Land," "The Land of the Angles," "Made in Germany," "The Ship of the Desert," and "Pirate Seas." Illustrations: Line drawings by Mary Sherwood Wright Jones throughout, including maps, landscapes, historical scenes, and fanciful character vignettes, plus full-page illus

• Publisher: D. Appleton & Company
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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