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 by Walsh, Richard J. (editor) - 1948

New York: John Day Company 1948. (4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 193pp. Illustrated endpapers, color plates, illustrations, maps, index. Previous owner's inscription. Edited by Richard J. Walsh. Illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. Introduction by Pearl S. Buck. Locale: ; China. (History, Explorers).

The John Day Company , 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Unclipped. This Special Edition was planned by Richard Ellis and Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge;" 196 p., plus index, clean and unmarked anywhere; beautiful ill., some sepia vignettes but also full-page, full-color ill., map, and end pages; binding tight; sepia-colored boards are well-protected by pictorial d.j. that has only slight edge wear itself (small closed tear on lower margin of front panel and chip at crown of spine panel) has light bumping of corners.

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.

An Asia Book / the John Day Company, January 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good.

New York: The John Day Company, 1948. Special Edition Stated . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. Reverse of title page states, " This Special Edition was planned by Richard Ellis and Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge; Manufactured by Kingsport Press Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee; United States of America. Boards are covered in red cloth. Front is blind stamped ' The Adventures of Marco Polo '. Spine has black label with gilt print. Top page edges are dyed red. Bottom edge of spine is faded. DJ shows picture of travelers on camel and horseback traversing a mountain pass. Small 3/8" tear on front cover under 'o' in Marco and corners are bumped and scuffed. Back is yellowed and provides pictures and biographical information of both Walsh and Baldridge. Back corners have small pieces missing. The book( 194 pp & index) features full-color paintings and the many drawings of Baldridge. Drawings and chapter headings… Read More