THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO; As Dictated in Prison to a Scribe in the Year 1298 / What he experienced and heard during his twenty-four years spent in travel through Asia and at the Court of Kublai-Khan / Edited for the Modern Reader by Richard J. Walsh / With an Introduction by Pearl S. Buck / Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge
by Walsh, Richard J., editor
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- Condition
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The John Day Company / An Asia Book, 1948. Special Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. 4to, reddish cloth with black and gold "label" on spine and large blind--stamped title on cover, profusely illustrated with full color plates and numerous vignettes by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge, pictorial endpapers of a Chinese lagoon, [xviii] + [196] pages + [12] Index. SCARCE attractively illustrated edition of this famous travelogue by Marco Polo to the court of the Great Kublai Khan. Exceptional Condition. This copy would make a special illustrated gift book.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1730
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO; As Dictated in Prison to a Scribe in the Year 1298 / What he experienced and heard during his twenty-four years spent in travel through Asia and at the Court of Kublai-Khan / Edited for the Modern Reader by Richard J. Walsh / With an Introduction by Pearl S. Buck / Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge
- Author
- Walsh, Richard J., editor
- Illustrator
- Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The John Day Company / An Asia Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Venice, ocean, Silk Road, illustrated, China, Mongolia, Asia, trade, war, spices
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
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