Road Cathay (28 results)

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Very Good. No dust jacket. (travel, voyages, Marco Polo, John of Plano Carpini, Friar Odoric, William of Rulwuquis, Ibn Itatuta the Moor).

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Asia, Travel, Voyages) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Condition: VG+/Good+. 1st. 8vo. 251pp. Interior tape-reinforcement top spine, DJ has 1/4" chips and tears, edgewear, soiling shows on white parts. Book itself nice. Survey history of the European exploration of Central Asia and China.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ (in mylar). William Siegel (illustrator). First Edition. Textblock and binding very clean and tight. The price clipped and heavily-sunned dust jacket is edge chipped, clear-taped along the head of the spine, and with a character-soiled rear panel, worn at the corners; 251p. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Macmillan, 1928. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with shelf wear to boards and light spotting to page ends. No dust jacket.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. 252p, 6x9 inch red cloth boards; minor rubbing along spine hinges, otherwise in very good condition. A novel following Marco Polo and his father along the Silk Road during the Middle Ages. They encounter Islam and Buddhism, and the Great Kubla Khan.

1928 Sherwood, Merriam and Elmer Mantz THE ROAD TO CATHAY NY: The Macmillan Company, 1928 Published October 1928 251pp illus William Siegel 8vo Black cloth stamped in gold Previous owner's signature Stuart Wyeth Campbell on front pastedown page Minor insect damage on outer edge of front cover, fading on spine, VG+ hardcover copy.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. TITLE: THE ROAD TO CATHAY By MERRIAM SHERWOOD AUTHOR: MERRIAM SHERWOOD and ELMER MANTZ PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, NY Published October 1928 EDITION: First Edition CATEGORY: First Edition, Adventure BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Black CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good minus condition. There is a brown large age shadow on the back of the half title page and frontispiece. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 251 pages. Good-/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, NY Published October 1928. WITH DECORATIONS By WILLIAM SIEGEL. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, books will ship immediately without email notification to customer (it's on the way), you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc 35 E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 005968. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp128 illus d/j worn at edges.

Orange - Brown Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. 128pp. From the Trade Route Series. Numerous b/w plates illustrate the text. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Rubbing to the wrapper along the edges and spine, with thinning of the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine. A couple of 3mm tears to the edge of the wrapper with a little creasing. Sligth soiling to the wrapper. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine of the book. A light bump to one corner, hidden under the wrappe. Internally fresh and clean. A very good copy.

Red-Brown Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st UK Edition. 125pp. Illustrate.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. William Siegel (illustrator). First Edition. Discussion of the tales of early travellers Friar John of Plano Carpini, Friar Odoric the Bohemian, Inb Batuta the Moor, William of Rubruquis & Marco Polo and lands they called Cambulac, Lhassa, Manzi, Cathay, Camadi, Ind & Tabriz: modern day China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Indonesia & the Middle East; Kubla Khan's Tartars; some of the tales of Sir John of Mandeville. First printing. Hardcover, full brown cloth, black titling & decoration; illustrated endsheets. Light wear, one corner lightly bumped; name on free endsheet; jacket price-clipped in two places, retaining one price, jacket rubbed with some light edge chipping, jacket spine faded & spotted. Text clean; xii, [2], 251 pages + errata page; list of the 'best' versions in English of the original works discussed; elegant line drawings, some full-page; two color maps.

Cloth in Dj. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Buono (good). First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Part of the trade route series, in very clean tight condition. Dust jacket w two small tears.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

1928, First edition. Condition: Very Good+; No dust jacket. Very clean, bright and tight. Inscription by original owner from 1929 on title page. A must-read for anyone who loves historical fiction with accounts of medieval exploration and epic adventure stories. It includes a vivid glimpse into the 13th-century Silk Road with stories and personal descriptions of five legendary travelers: Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Friar John of Plano Carpini, Friar Odoric, and William of Rubruck.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Decorations by William Siegel. Fine in near fine dust jacket with shallow chipping at the spinal extremities.

New York 1928, Macmillan. Brown decorated cloth, very good, 251p., frontis., 3 color maps, 43 b.w. illustrations, book- plate. Co-author Elmer Mantz, illustrations by W. Siegel. From the frontis: Here are told the stories of five great travelers, Friar John of Plano Carpini, Friar Odoric the Bohemian, William of Rubruquis, Ibn Batuta the Moor and Marco Polo of Venice, together with their own descriptions of the marvels of Cathay, the wonders of Ind, the four rivers of Paradise and the islands of the south, and the tales that are in the Book of Sir John de Mandeville.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original typescript on blue paper with holograph and typed corrections. A Very Good copy. 8 1/2" x 11." 251 leaves (some page numbers are missing but this could be due to the typescript being a draft; some page numbers are also divvied into subpages, such as Page 8 and Page 8a). No illustrations in this draft, but the published book included illustrations by William Siegel. Most of the holograph corrections are in pencil, a few are in black ink. Chapters I-VIII have the most holograph corrections that appear every other page or so. Chapters IX-XV have fewer handwritten corrections (a few per chapter) but several pages within each of these chapters have typed corrections. Typescript is clean and intact overall. Pages have edge wear and some are dog-eared. Some pages have slight dampstaining along the edges. Paper clips holding the pages of each chapter have left rust spots, some of which affect typed text and handwritten corrections; however, said text and corrections are still readable. "Chapter XV: Of the Lands Beyond Persia" or "Chapter XVI: Of the Lands Between the Black Sea and the Red" is missing from this draft (the last chapter is labeled as "Chapter XV" but has the title of Chapter XVI). This is an earlier draft of Merriam Sherwood's and Elmer Mantz's book, The Road to Cathay. Merriam Sherwood (1892-1961) was an author of children's literature. The co-author, Elmer Mantz, was also Sherwood's husband. Mantz had an extensive writing career and specialized in scholarly literature. The Road to Cathay is aimed toward a juvenile audience and is about thirteenth- and fourteenth-century explorers and their travels to China and other parts of Asia and surrounding areas. Explorers named in The Road to Cathay include Friar John of Piano Carpini, Friar Odoric of Pordenone, William of Rubruck, Ibn Battuta, and Marco Polo. Table of Contents included which lists the following chapters: "The Wayfarers," "The Moving City," "The Golden Horde," "The Road to Karakorum," "The Road to Cambaluc," "Of the Great City of Cambaluc," "Cathayan Marvels," "Of What Lay South-West of Cambaluc," "What the Travelers Saw When They Went South from Cambaluc Along the Sea," "Of the Great Cities of Manzi," "Of the Islands of the South," "The Four Rivers of Paradise," "The Wonders of Ind," "Of the Land of Persia," "Of the Lands Beyond Persia," and "Of the Lands Between the Black Sea and the Red.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1927. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 292, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 292 292.