A CRUISE IN JAPANESE WATERS
Osborn, Sherard, Capt.
Published by Edinburgh & London, 1859
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210pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and cloth, spine with raised bands, leather label. Bit rubbed, covers bit faded. Pencil corrections in the text, possibly by the author. Very good. The author was a captain in the Royal Navy. He describes travel from China to Japan, Japanese scenery in Nagasaki, the Dutch establishment in Japan, a visit by the governor of Nagasaki, an earthquake at Simoda, and a visit to Yedo, as well as the customs and attitudes of the Japanese toward westerners. An interesting account by a British naval officer just after the opening of Japan. CORDIER, BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA 541. Seller Inventory # WRCAM24865
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Title: A CRUISE IN JAPANESE WATERS
Publisher: Edinburgh & London
Publication Date: 1859
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Seller: Cavendish Rare Books, ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Second edition, 8vo, a fine copy in original gilt-lettered green cloth; pp. vi+210+16 (publisher's catalogue). Printed from the sheets of the first edition with a newly issued title-page and Contents leaf. Osborn was active during the First Opium War and aboard HMS 'Furious', the first steam vessel in Chinese waters, commanding the naval fleet during in the Second Opium War. He proved his ship's worth by sailing 600 mile of the Yangtze to Hankow. Following the signing of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1858 he and 'Furious' conveyed Lord Elgin from Tientsin and Shanghai to Japan on a trade mission. The Treaty signed between Britain and Japan granted privileges to land at Yedo [Tokyo Bay] and established trading rights. With preliminary comments on the Opium Wars, Shanghai, and the "unhealthy conditions" of the Treaty Ports, and with detailed chapters on Deshima, Nagasaki and Yedo. In praise of maritime commerce and lowered taxes on foreign imports to the Far East. Not in Cordier. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 1889
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A CRUISE IN JAPANESE WATERS.
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Edinburgh & London. 1859., 1859
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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Second edition, published same years as the first. Osborn was a captain in the Royal Navy. He describes travel from China to Japan, Japanese scenery at Nagasaki, the Dutch establishment in Japan, a visit by the governor of Nagasaki, an earthquake at Simoda, and a visit to Yedo, as well as Japanese customs and attitudes of the Japanese toward westerners. An interesting account by a British naval officer just after the opening of Japan. CORDIER, BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA 541. 210pp. plus 16pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Some wear to spine ends, inner hinges cracked but holding. A few fox marks on titlepage and in margins; small, neat bookplate. A good plus copy. Seller Inventory # 25348
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A CRUISE IN JAPANESE WATERS.
Published by
Edinburgh & London. 1859., 1859
Used
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
The author was a captain in the Royal Navy. He describes travel from China to Japan, Japanese scenery in Nagasaki, the Dutch establishment in Japan, a visit by the governor of Nagasaki, an earthquake at Simoda, and a visit to Yedo, as well as the customs and attitudes of the Japanese toward westerners. An interesting account by a British naval officer just after the opening of Japan. CORDIER, BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA 541. 210pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and cloth, spine with raised bands, leather label. Bit rubbed, covers bit faded. Pencil corrections in the text, possibly by the author. Very good. Seller Inventory # 24865
Quantity: 1 available