Published by Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, New York, 2007
ISBN 10: 140004345X ISBN 13: 9781400043453
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 415 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits; 25 cm. SIGNED by the author on a literary society bookplate pasted onto the front free endpaper. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from the acclaimed author of Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe . comes the first fully authoritative biography of one of the most enchanting figures in world history. / Laurence Bergreen is the prize-winning author of Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe, as well as James Agee: A Life; Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life; Capone: The Man and the Era; and As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin, each considered the definitive work on its subject. A graduate of Harvard University, he lives in New York City. As part of the research for this book, he traveled Marco Polo's route across Mongolia and China." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. SIGNED. Collectible.