Donn Byrne's novel features Marco Polo in an imagined romance with the daughter of Kubla Khan. Includes an unattributed biographical sketch of the author. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style g, verso lists 292 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1943 (though 1921 date appears in book). ML #43.3. --- With dulling to cover and spine gilding, prior owner's signature in pencil to half title page and a little age-toning to leaves, else a tightly-bound, sturdy copy. Fair-only, unclipped ($0.95) dust jacket with chips and tears to edges (especially at spine ends), but mostly intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (4), 147 pages
Title: Messer Marco Polo: A Love Story (Modern Library #43.3)
Location Published: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1943]
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good- in Fair dust jacket
Categories: >>Classic Fiction, Literature, >>Modern Library Editions
Stock No.: 86807
