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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1942
Seller: Emily's Books, Brainerd, MN, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The corners of the covers and head and heel of the spine are scuffed otherwise there is light wear and soiling. This is an ex-library book with the usual markings, stamps and card pocket and the book is in good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by Other, Other
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Records of the US Surveying Expedition to the North Pacific Ocean 1853-1856. Princeton, 1947.
New York [1968], Greenwood. Brown cloth, reprint of 1947, edition, very good, crisp copy, 116p., b. w. illustrations. The primary source of the earliest mapping expedition to Japan by Americans. Based on the letters of the survey expedition members: John Rodgers, Commander to the Secretary of the Navy, Hon. James C. Dubbin.Including his commentaries of visits to Hong Kong, Kyushu, Honshu, Okinawa, Hokodati as well as Hawaii & San Francisco. * They mapped the harbors, coasts, anchorages, rocks &c. * An excellent primary source.
Published by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill:, 1947,, 1947
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
First Edition
(MORROW, James, Dr.). Edited by Allan B. Cole. A Scientist with Perry in Japan : The Journal of Dr. James Morrow. Chapel Hill: The University of NorthCarolina Press, 1947. First Edition. Pp 307, including portrait frontis.,+ 8 pp of plates. 8vo, tan cloth. Dr. Morrow, as Perry's "agriculturalist,".describes plantations in the tropics, market scenes and farming methodsin the Canton area; he gives a full account of the people, products, and agriculture of Okinawa.In Japan it was Morrow's duty to arrange and demonstrate the agricultural and related implements which were presented to the Shogunate. He tells of the avid curiosity of the Japanese and the rapidity with which they "caught on" to the use of occidental gadgets." -from the dustjacket. Boards slightly soiled, glue residue to lower edge of rear cover,ow vg in chipped and price-clipped (all four corners clipped) dustjacket. 175.00.