New York, New York, U.S.A.: Roy Publishers, Inc., 1968. CE2 - DJ is mylar protected. A hard cover 2nd printing book in very good+ condition with a dust jacket in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in red textured paper covered boards with black lettering and graphics on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with some light label staining on the front fixed endpaper plus there is some very, very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom edges which is heavier with some very, very light chipping along the top and bototm spine edges and the right corners plus some very light scattered overall rubbing and soiling. plus there is a small closed tear (about 0.25") on the top spine edge. A book that is a collection of retellings of the experiences of European explorers and travelers form the 13th century to the 19th century. The events depicted rane from the court of Kublai Khan during the first European visit to China by Marco Polo, the world of Mozambique when Vasco da Gama in the 16th century, the Hawaiian Islands when Captain Cook saw them in the 18th century, and the Africa experienced by David Livingstone. Illustrated with line drawn maps. 245p.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5.25"x7.5".

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Bookseller: Bookmarc's (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SCW11640
Title: Exploring the World
Author: Davies, Stella
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Printing
Publisher: Roy Publishers, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: Nonfiction Non-fiction World History Exploration Explorer Explorers Cathay Marco Polo Columbus New World Vasco Da Gama Cape Good Hope Captain Cook New Zealand Livingstone David Kingsley Mary Africa Kublai Khan Court China 13th Century Thirteenth Century M
Bookseller catalogs: History: World; Exploration & Discovery; Children & Juvenile / Young Adult Nonfiction; Exploration & Discovery / Exploration; Exploration & Discovery / Explorers;
Size: 5.25"x7.5"

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.