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Seller: Old Algonquin Books, LONE TREE, CO, U.S.A.Old Algonquin Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. The manuscript of a Jewish merchant who in 1270 traveled by sea from Italy to China, 4 years before Marco Polo's land journey, and described the city of Zaitun and society in Sung dynasty China just before the Mongol invasion. Map, index, illustrations. Well…-illustrated (illustrator).
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Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United KingdomLazarus Books Limited
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition, First Impression. 1997 first edition, first impression. Size quarto, 392 pages. Green hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, maps on end-papers, no dust jacket. Condition near fine, a very clean copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Well-illustrated (illustrator).
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Seller: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, United KingdomWashburn Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. y Very Good. y 1st Edition. London: Little, Brown and Company (UK), 1997. Book. Illus. by Alec Herzer (map). Near Fine. Paper Covered Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Translation of a manuscript by a 13th century Jewish merchant who travelled from Italy to China, arriving at the coa…stal city of Zaitun four years before the arrival of Marco Polo in Xanadu in 1275. 392pp with index, illustrated throughout in black and white, with maps to endpapers. Gilt lettering to spine. Minimal bumping to top corners, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edgewear, otherwise very good. Alec Herzer (map) (illustrator). Book.
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown and Company (UK), London UK, 1997
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United KingdomSarah Zaluckyj
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good +/++. First Published in This Form in Britain. 392 + vi pages, just under A4 size, many B&W illustrations. This book describes the voyage to the Chinese coastal metrolpolis of Zaitun (the "City of Light" of the title) between 1270-73 by a Jewish-Ital…ian merchant called Jacob d'Ancona, a few years before Marco Polo famous arrival at Xanadu. The book is Jacob s'Ancona's account of his own voyage - the original manuscript had been hidden from public view for over 700 years. Very clean dustjacket, hardback binding and pages. Well-illustrated (illustrator).
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Seller: K R CLARK, Oxford, United KingdomK R CLARK
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. "Before Marco Polo, a Jewish-Italian merchant embarked on a perilous voyage to the East, his destination a Chinese metropolis called The City of Light.". Well-illustrated (illustrator).
Published by Little, Brown & Company, London, 1997
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- First Edition
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United KingdomWheeler's Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 4to. With jacket. The 1270-73 travel journals of Jacob d'Ancona translated into english. 392 pp. B/w illustrated throughout. As-new. Book and jacket. FINE / FINE.
Published by Little, Brown and Company,, 1997
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- First Edition
Seller: Chapter House Books (Member of the PBFA), Sherborne, United KingdomChapter House Books (Member of the PBFA)
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Condition: Used
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Add to basket1st UK Edition. Very good plus in very good plus, slightly edge worn, d/w. Spine cocked and bumped. Heavy book, will require extra postage.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, London, 1997, 1997
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Seller: Missing Books (PBFA), Great Leighs, United KingdomMissing Books (PBFA)
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Add to basket1st edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 10ins x 7.75ins, endpapers as maps [viii], 392pp. Many illustrations within text. Book is an account of the journey by a Jewish merchant from Italy to Zaitun (City of Light) in China in 1271 - 4 years before Marco Polo came to Xanadu. VG / VG.
- Hardcover
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Seller: Eaglestones, Oudtshoorn, South AfricaEaglestones
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Before Marco Polo, a Jewish-Italian merchant embarked on a perilous voyage to the east, his destination a Chinese metropolis called The City of Light". An excellent, clean and tightly bound book. Size: 8" x 10". Well-illustrated (illustrator).
