{"product_id":"the-trail-of-marco-polo-by-jean-bowie-shor","title":"The Trail of Marco Polo by Jean Bowie Shor","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe Trail of Marco Polo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eby Jean Bowie Shor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe Travel Book Club, undated\u003cbr\u003eBlack and white photographic plates, graphs and diagrams, illustrated endpapers (maps)\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, dustjacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eCondition: Very Good \u003cbr\u003ea little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and covers, previous owners’ inscription and details on front flyleaf, age toned pages, a little foxing, a little discolouration to covers and spine.  Dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some discolouration, some chipping and tears, some insect damage along folds and edges (see photographs) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFranc and Jean Shor, a young American couple, set out to follow the seven-century-old trail of Marco Polo, form Venice to Peiping, which lies along the boundary of no man’s land where Iran, Russia, Afghanistan and China meet.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOnly a handful of Westerners had crossed these high passes and unexplored valleys: border skirmishes were frequent; strangers were automatically assumed to be enemies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shors’ adventures matched in fascination and variety those of their predecessor.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThey were the privileged guests of the Shah of Iran, and were given direct permission by the King of Afghanistan to cross the forbidden and forbidding Wakhan Corridor.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThey crossed deserts and mountain ranges: were entertained by the great and the savage.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJean almost drowned; Franc contracted a deadly fever in the snow-bound High Pamirs; one of their “trusted” guides turned out to be a bandit and a murderer.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThey drove off wolves at night with flash-bulbs; slept in their clothes during sand and snow storms; travelled by Yak, horse, foot and ancient bus.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eUltimately, they lost their way in the high passes.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eUnable to reach the Chinese border, ill and hungry, they literally staggered into the fabled Hunza valley, a true Shangri-la of the East.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44658895388742,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2727\/7942\/files\/TheTrailofMarcoPolo_1.jpg?v=1771295674","url":"https:\/\/www.morgansrarebooks.com\/products\/the-trail-of-marco-polo-by-jean-bowie-shor","provider":"Morgan's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}