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1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Fine lge. octavo 512pp., illusts., index, Official report of the Expedition to Japan.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 16.5 x 24 cm.; 0.7 Kg; 305 pages with a few illustrations. Used with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket thats that show wear signs throughout and edge wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; A century ago Commodore Perry of the United States Navy opened Japan to the influence of the Western world when he stationed his squadron or ironclads and sailing vessels at the entrance to Tokyo Bay and insisted in disturbing a seclusion which the Japanese emperors had maintained since the seventeenth century. The resulting treaty in 1854 paved the way for Japan's swift rise to the status of the world power. In his 1952 Reich Lectures The World and the West Professor A.J. Toynbee had discussed as a historian the reasons why the Eastern world failed to resist this Western penetration in the nineteenth century and had touched on some of the tremendous consequences. The present narrative describes a most significant episode of this historical process, for it consists of Commodore Perry's own chronicle of the expedition, compiled at his request and under his supervision, which is here published for the first time in country and in a modern edition. It is a most intriguing and instructive chronicle, for the Commodore was a most tenacious diplomat, who took the trouble to ready forty books on Japan before he sailed on his mission., bearing the credentials of his President. The effect of this massive and picturesque personality upon and outwardly hostile but inwardly curious oriental hierarchy, with both sides unwilling to contemplate the use of force, provides an interesting commentary upon the methods and outlook of two very different forms of society, which, for good or ill, are now closely associated in the modern world.…

Hardcover. Large Thick Octavo, vii, 624 pages. In Fair condition. Bound in the publisher's dark blue cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including faint sunning, light scuffs and minor rubbing to the corners. Text block has slight plus wear including age toning to the edges, heavy foxing and damp staining to several pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and few instances notations. Conditions are 'as is'. Frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in locked Annex Area, ND-HV. 1412566. FP New Rockville Stock.…

28.5x23 cm. Original cloth, blind-stamped, hinges broken, backstrip torn at top and bottom, rear joint gone. 414 pp., 26 plates (20 colored or tinted), 17 maps as called for on list of maps at the back, (15 folded). The maps include the very large (103x103 cm.) Chart of the Coast of China and of the Japan Islands, including the Marianes and part of the Philippines. Printed by A. O. P. Nicholson, 33d Congress, 2d Session, House Ex. Doc. No. 97. This volume contains the scientific findings of the Perry Expedition to Japan, including text on natural history and meteorology. The meteorilogical section is "Observations in Relation to Cyclones of the Western Pacific" by William C. Redfield. "In March of 1852. Commodore Perry was appointed commander of a naval expedition to be sent to Japan to induce their government to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. Perry felt that the only way to force Japan to cease her isolationist foreign policy would be through exhibiting superior naval forces. After entering Araga Harbor on July 8, 1853, the Japanese were eventually forced to accept a treaty that stipulated better treatment of shipwrecked seamen and permitted American ships to obtain fuel and supplies at two Japanese ports. The most important result, however, was that the visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the modernization of Japan." - Hill, Pacific Voyages 1332. Bennett, p. 88, Sabin 3095.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 624 pp; 1st edition, 1st issue copy with original cloth stamped covers and errata slip. Cover spine sun faded, but gilt on spine and front still bright. Moderate to heavy shelf wear, with scuffing and wear along edges and corners. Back corner slightly bumped. Hinges and binding solid. Prev owner inscription on ffep, very faded but dated 1856. Pages clean, normal light age toning with slightly darker toning and faint foxing on foreedges. Heavily illustrated with engravings and engraved plates throughout, several fold-out maps, either undamaged or slight tear at joining. Very solid copy.…