The Travels of Marco Polo
by Polo, Marco (translated and Edited By William M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co, 1948. Solid copy. Tight and square. 1948 listed on title page so early printing of this. . Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Jon Corbino . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Books of the Marvels of the World or Description of the World (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed Il Milione ("The Million") or Oriente Poliano and commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue by Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo, describing the supposed travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1298. It was a very famous and popular book in the 13th century.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010314
- Title
- The Travels of Marco Polo
- Author
- Polo, Marco (translated and Edited By William M
- Illustrator
- Jon Corbino
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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