Van Loon, Hendrik Willem — MY SCHOOL BOOKS

Very Good+ E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Inc. Very light tape residue to the endpapers and back boards.; A little booklet produced for the New York World's Fair 1939 by Du Pont, to show off their newly introduced "Fabrikoid" material, that was used for their book bindings. "My School Books" was given away for free at the fair. A different version of that material, later sometimes also called fabricoid, was used for many of the WPA Guides (which were also printed around the same time). The footnote on the copyright page of the book states: "Fabrikoid" is Du Pont's Registered Trade Mark Designating its Pyroxylin coated and impregnated fabrics. - Beige/light green covers with gilt lettering. Linear design and pictorial design in several shades of blue.; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 24 pages Newburgh, NY