Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. First Edition. 164 pages. Pictorial jacket over purple cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates throughout, with a map also. Pages and plates remain bright and clear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and crushing to ends. Spine is slightly sunned with visible bleach spotting. Heavy rubbing to boards. Unclipped jacket. Moderate tanning to spine and panel edges. Small water stains to spine. Light edgewear with chipping to spine ends, and a small section of loss to centre of spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1668610159GDO
Title: Tracking Marco Polo
Author: Timothy Severin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC
Date Published: 1964

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Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...