Hart Marco Polo

Hart, Henry H.. VENETIAN ADVENTURER Being an Account of the Life and Times and of the Book of Messer Marco Polo. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, c. 1947.
Brown cloth, green spine, light brown lettering. Fold-out frontispiece is a copy of Marco Polo's will. Bibliography. Index. 28p b/w illustrations. BIOGRAPHY. This book is an attempt to present the entire life of Marco Polo in relation to his times and his book, as distinguised from outlines and sketches found in prefaces and introductions to the various editions of the text of THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD. The author's concern has been to present the story of Messr Marco Polo as he has found it in Marco's own book, in documents and contemporary chronicles, in later books, and as the result of much personal study in Venice and elsewhere in Europe and the Far East. More specifically, he aims to release the man Marco from the mass of dusty documents and weighty scholarly tomes which have tended to obscure his personality. ; 10-1/4" Tall; 286 pages.

Hardcover, Very Good-; The book's spine is lightly rubbed, with color worn from the top and bottom of the spine. Otherwise very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Light age-browning of endpapers. Contents are clean and unmarked. No DJ..

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Hart, Henry H. . VENETIAN ADVENTURER . 1943 .
Hart, Henry H. VENETIAN ADVENTURER; BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND TIMES AND OF THE BOOK OF MESSER MARCO POLO. Stanford: Stanford University Press, c1942, second edition 1943. 284pp. index, illus. lg. 8vo. Inscription by author to Helen Seymour in both English and Chinese on free e.page. Typed letter from author, with hand-written corrections, in the envelope laid-in. Fine bright copy in d/w with only faint signs of wear95.00 .

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Hart, Henry H. Venetian Adventurer: Being an Account of the Life and Times and of the Book of Messer Marco Polo (Inscribed Copy) Stanford University Press 1947
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Inscribed by the author, "Inscribed for Marguerite Brack Smith, with pleasure, Henry H. Hart," and then with a saying in Chinese. Pages and binding are in great shape, though the cover shows minor bumping and shelfwear, and is somewhat rubbed, especially to spine. Signed First Edition No Jacket Full Cloth

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F.R.G.S. Henry H. Hart: Venetian Adventurer: Being an Account of the Life and Times and of the Book of Messer Marco Polo, Stanford University Press and Oxford University Press
Ex-library. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1942. Hardcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. EX-LIBRARY with typical library markings, attachments and wear. Some aging/yellowing of text pages. Cover has some wear on edges.

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