The travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian

A beautiful edition of this classic piece of literature, bound in boards with real wood veneer, quarter black cloth with stamped gold lettering on spine, in a black paper-covered slipcase. Translated and Introduced by Ronald Latham. Illustrated with maps, full color illustrations. Map-illustrated endpapers. 304 pages; size 10" x 6-1/4". Very small return address label at base of front fixed endpaper; also a circular blind-stamped ownership seal in lower corner of half-title page. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. All pages and edges are clean. Slipcase is clean and unfaded; small publisher's description taped to bottom edge.