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Marco Polo, if You Can
by Buckley, Jr. , William F
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385152329
- ISBN 13
- 9780385152327
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0385152329 . A Later printing in Near Fine condition excepting some soiling to the upper spine in a Fine dust-jacket; It is 1894, and Marco Polo is on the cusp of becoming a household name. His adventures in Asia, detailed in his famous travelogue, are the talk of the town. But the publisher who commissioned the book has other plans for Polo. He wants a travelogue that will bolster American nationalism. Polo is reluctant at first, but he eventually agrees to make some changes to the manuscript. The result is a travelogue that is both entertaining and informative.; 8vo; 233 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55428
- Title
- Marco Polo, if You Can
- Author
- Buckley, Jr. , William F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385152329
- ISBN 13
- 9780385152327
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1982
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