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Published by Boni & Liveright
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95.
Published by Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. xxxii+370 pages with index. (8 3./4" x 6") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. Revised from Marsden's translation and edited with introduction by Manuel Komroff. Third edition. Description of the World" in English commonly called "The Travels of Marco Polo", is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo's travels through Asia between 1271 and 1295, and his experiences at the court of Kublai Khan. The book was written in Old French by romance writer Rustichello da Pisa, who worked from accounts which he had heard from Marco Polo when they were imprisoned together in Genoa. From the beginning, there has been incredulity over Polo's sometimes fabulous stories, as well as a scholarly debate in recent times. Some have questioned whether Marco had actually traveled to China or was just repeating stories that he had heard from other travelers. Economic historian Mark Elvin concludes that recent work "demonstrates by specific example the ultimately overwhelming probability of the broad authenticity" of Polo's account, and that the book is, "in essence, authentic, and, when used with care, in broad terms to be trusted as a serious though obviously not always final, witness. Condition: Jacket edges chipped, 2" loss to spine heal, fold over edges chipped and rubbed with loss, soiled.
Published by Garden City Pub 1926,1930, NY, 1926
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, U.S.A.
5th ptg. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by GORDON, WITOLD ILUST (illustrator). HARDCOVER. VERY GOOD Condition , CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.BIT LOSS LUSTER TO GOLD SPINE TITLES.; GOLD spine titles on dark black cloth hard covers. Turquoise & black & white decorated MAP OF MARCO POLO'S travels double endpaper art. BLUE, BLACK & WHITE full page ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT. 32 page Introduction ".Polo's account of the difficlties & terrors , as wel as of the strange superstitions of tribes living o its borders.".KUBLA KHAN; JENGHIZ KHAN; MONGOLS; TARTARS; . Pope Innocent IV. ; 370pg thick pages; Famous 1200s Italian Traveler to Orient ".
Published by Boni & Liveright, 1926
Seller: Mr. Koreander Bookstore, Cortland, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing March 1926. Well-preserved copy in black cloth with map endpapers. No markings seen. Sticker scar on front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Shipped in box with tracking number.
Published by Garden City Pub. Co. / Horace Liveright, Inc, Garden City, N. Y, 1930
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Gordon, Witold (Illustrated by). (illustrator). xxxii, 370 p., Introduction; 24 cm. Turquoise & black silkscreen style Illustrations, Plates. Also B&W. Illustrated endpapers: turquoise, black, white. Index. Spine, gold block with decorations, gold titles. With his father and uncle, after 26 years away, Marco Polo returned to Venice from the court of Kublai Khan. It was 1295, and his tales were not believed. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover finish compromised with 3-in. irregular blemish, not discolored. Gold on spine slightly rubbed. 0 0.0.