Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller - Old and Rare Books

The Travels of Marco Polo. 2 Vols. in Slipcase [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR NIKOLAI FYODOROVITCH LAPSHIN]

Polo, Marco; Manuel Komroff (ed.); Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin (illus.)

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited first edition thus. Hardcover. 252/1500. Octavo. xl [i], 226; [4] 227-477 [1]pp. Original black buckram with gilt lettering on orange labels of cover and spines, in original glassine, housed in publisher's black buckram slipcases with red and black lettering on tan paper label of spine. Top edges gilt. Title pages printed in orange and black. Color-illustrated headpieces and numerous in-text illustrations throughout. Signed & numbered on the limitation page by the illustrator Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin. Title in English and Chinese. The Travels of Marco Polo from 1271-1295. Slipcase with light rubbing and small chips to edges. Glassine jackets with light chipping along top edges. Minor stain at to top foredge of block of volume one. Slipcase in very good-, volumes in very good+ to near fine condition overall. vg- to near fine. Item #55021

Price: $450.00