The Travels Of Marco Polo

Polo, Marco Edited By William Marsden: The Travels of Marco Polo the Venetian, Doubleday 1948
Very Good Jon Corbino

The Travels of Marco Polo the Venetian Signed Doubleday, 1948. lst., 344 pages Signed by Corbino Hardback in good+ condition, NO DJ or Slip Case Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover clean overprinted black, gold and blue. Numerous B&W and Color drawings by Jon Corbino, signed by Corbino # 631 of 1000 he signed. This is a William Marsden translation updated by Thomas Wright. The classic tale of Marco Polo's travels to China. Early on called The Book of Wonders or The Million it covers his travels to the Orient, including Asia, Persia, Indonesia and China between 1271 and 1298. Learn of the court of Kublai Khan. A really nice addition to your personal library. Signed by Illustrator First Edition No Jacket Cloth

[SW: Polo, Travel, Adventure, Art]

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NA: The Travels of Marco Polo, New York The Orion Press 1950 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover
Very Good

Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition w/o dust jacket, with 25 illustrations in full color, with humor, charm, and beauty, from a 14th century manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. 356 pages. Light blue cloth with Marco Polo on a horse, in gilt, on front and red lettering on spine with gilt and red design. Quite clean with one pencil point dot on front and a light scratch; a touch of corner wear; tight, solid and square. Endpapers with maps of Travels of Marco Polo in Mediaeval Asia--'The Routes of Marco Polo 1271-1295', with red/white design. On rear paste-down, the information from the jacket flap has been affixed. On half-title page there is the remains of a sticker on the upper corner. Pages and illustrations are very clean, no markings, no tears. No Jacket Cloth 8vo - over 7A¾" - 9A¾" tall

[SW: MARCO POLO-TRAVELS-1271-1295; THE ORIENT; GENGHIS KHAN;]

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N. M. Penzer: The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo, The Argonaut Press 1929 1929

True Hardback | | [ vellum with yellow boards, gilt titling to spine and motif to front cover. Pleasant colour frontispiece. Fold out map plus 10 others with other illustrations throughout. Limited edition of 1050 of which this is number 522. The full title of the work being "The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo toether with the Travels of Nicolo De Conti. Edited from the Elizabethan Translation of John Frampton." 381pp. Size: 4to Large Post (10½" x 8 " approx.) ] C O N D I T I O N : Very Good. Spine slightly soiled and creased, boards also a little soiled. Bruied at head and tail. Roughcut foredeges.

[SW: xyz PENZER, N. M.]

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The Travels Of Marco Polo The Venetian. London: George Newnes, 1904 ; fester Einband / hard cover; 1. Ed.
No signatures. Slight rubbing to ends of spine and corners of boards. Tissue guard to frontis present but detached. ; [2], xxxix, [3], 461 pages + frontis. Blue cloth boards with gilt illustration. Top page edges gilt. Page dimensions: 167mm x 97mm. "The Most Notable And Famous Travels Of Marco Polo One of The Nobility Of The State Of Venice, Into The East Parts Of The World, As Armenia, Persia, Arabia, Tartary, With Many Other Kingdoms And Provinces." The Translation Of Marsden Revised By Thomas Wright. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall.

First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good with no dust jacket

[SW: NOISBN,]

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