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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 151 pages. Signed by the author on the first blank sheet in the book. Size: 7 x 9 Inches. Perry, Matthew (illustrator). Signed by Author.
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Condition: Collectible; Like New. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fine book & jacket. Warmly inscribed. Perry, Matthew (illustrator).
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A few very small faint stains to page-edges. ; Signed by the author on the title page, just above the signature "HAPPY HALLOWEEN!" ; 282 pages; Signed by Author. Perry, Matthew (illustrator).
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" by Matthew Perry. A memoir that provides an intimate look into the life of the actor. 272 pages and is published by Flatiron Books. First edition 2022 Signed by Matthew Perry himself and is a great collectors ite…m for any fan of Friends. Signed by Author(s).
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Signed by Matthew Perry on the half-title page. "Signed Edition" sticker affixed to jacket cover. Book and jacket graded FINE condition, clean pages, sturdy boards, beautiful copy. Signed by Author(s).
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Perry, Matthew ,Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, Rare, Signed Book, Matthew Perry will be sent boxed and via a signed for method of postage Extra postage will be needed for overseas orders if the weight exceeds one kilo book is signed without dedication unless sta…ted otherwise. All books come with a lifetime guarantee No Coa's issued unless the book originally came with one then it will be included with the book. Tracking Information will be added with your order on abe books once available. Signed by Author.
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Seller: Foster Books, Board of Directors FABA, Davie, FL, U.S.A.Foster Books, Board of Directors FABA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST PRINTING! Signed by Matthew Perry on the front endpaper. Hardback book with dust jacket is near fine. The jacket is protected under a fresh mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesfig-1: 50 Projects in 50 Weeks.The deluxe portfolio, Signed by all the artists. First edition.
Hamilton, Richard; Gavin Turk, Tim Stoner, Philip Treacy, Caruso St John, John Hilliard, Liam Gillick, Georgie Hopton & Josephine Soughton, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Mark Hosking, Grayson Perry, Simon Patterson, Runa Islam, Anish Kapoor, Bella Freud, Tacita Dean, Antony Gormley, Carey Young, Marine Hugonnier, Will Self, Fiona Rae, Tracey Emin, Christopher Le Brun, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Holler, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nigel Shafran, Anya Gallaccio, James White & Tim Sheward, Mark Lewis, Richard Deacon & Martin Kreyssig, Wolfgang Tillmans, Joao Penalva, Matthew Higgs, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph, John Latham, Gilbert & George, Enrico David, Mona Hatoum, Andrew Lewis, Cerith Wyn Evans, Howard Hodgkin, Tom Gidley, Sam Taylor-Wood, Harland Miller, Peter Doig, Hussein Chalayan, Patti Smith, Darren Almond, Michael Craig-Martin, Jeremy Deller, Bridget Riley, artists; Mark Francis; Cristina Colomar; Christabel Stewart, editors; Friary Press, UK, printer.
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Published by London: Spafax Publishing; tate, the art magazine ; Philip Allison 2001
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Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
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Condition: Good. 4to. 21x 29.7cm. Sheets loose as issued in original silver printed chemise and box. 28pp. text; poster and 50 signed broadsides, folded from 59.5 x 42cm. to 8 pages. Fine condition. .The deluxe portfolio, 2000-01, comprising 50 offset lithographs, on smooth wove paper, with title-page and text, each signed by th…e respective artist, the sheets folded (as issued), within the original silver Solander box with debossed cover and spine.Richard Hamilton, Gavin Turk, Tim Stoner, Philip Treacy, Caruso St John, John Hilliard, Liam Gillick, Georgie Hopton & Josephine Soughton, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Mark Hosking, Grayson Perry, Simon Patterson, Runa Islam, Anish Kapoor, Bella Freud, Tacita Dean, Antony Gormley, Carey Young, Marine Hugonnier, Will Self, Fiona Rae, Tracey Emin, Christopher Le Brun, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Holler, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nigel Shafran, Anya Gallaccio, James White & Tim Sheward, Mark Lewis, Richard Deacon & Martin Kreyssig, Wolfgang Tillmans, Joao Penalva, Matthew Higgs, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph, John Latham, Gilbert & George, Enrico David, Mona Hatoum, Andrew Lewis, Cerith Wyn Evans, Howard Hodgkin, Tom Gidley, Sam Taylor-Wood, Harland Miller, Peter Doig, Hussein Chalayan, Patti Smith, Darren Almond, Michael Craig-Martin, Jeremy Deller, Bridget Riley."fig-1" was a project initiated by Mark Francis and White Cube founder Jay Jopling, who held 50 one-week exhibitions at a disused venue in Soho, London.The project called together 49 British artists of different generations, from veterans such as Richard Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, and Bridget Riley, to established YBAs including Jake & Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin, and Gavin Turk, and up and coming, soon to be illustrious names, such as Peter Doig, Grayson Perry and Harland Miller - each one of them exhibiting for one week, with Richard Hamilton showing twice in the first and last week.Divided into 50 sections, the book chronicles each project in the words of the participants through interviews, essays and visual documentaries. .Arrangment of the prints: 01. Richard Hamilton02. Gavin Turk03. Tim Stoner04. Philip Treacy05. Caruso St. John06. John Hilliard07. Liam Gillick08. Georgie Hopton + Josephine Soughan09. Jake + Dinos Chapman10. Mark Hisking11. Grayson Perry12. Simon Patterson13. Runa Islam14. Anish Kapoor15. Bella Freud16. Tacita Dean17. Antony Gormley18. Carey Young19. Marine Hugonnier20. Will Self21. Fiona Rae22. Tracey Emin23. Christopher Le Brun24. Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija25. Nigel Shafran26. Anya Gallaccio27. James White + Tim Sheward28. Mark Lewis29. Richard Deacon + Martin Kreyssig30. Wolfgang Tillmans31. João Penalva32. Matthew Higgs, Oliver Payne + Nick Relph33. John Latham34. Gilbert + George35. Enrico David36. Mona Hatoum37. Andrew Lewis38. Cerith Wyn Evans39. Howard Hodgkin40. Tom Gidley41. Sam Taylor-Wood42. Harland Miller43. Peter Doig44. Hussein Chalayan45. Patti Smith46. Darren Almond47. Michael Craig-Martin48. Jeremy Deller49. Bridget Riley50. Richard Hamilton.
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Published by A O P Nicholson 1856
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Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 3 volumes: xvii+[1]+537 pages with 90 lithographs plates including the usual expunged bathing plate, many in color, including 3 "facsimiles" of Japanese woodblock prints (2 folding); 6 maps and charts (2 folding); 79 woodcuts in the text; [2]+414+[4]+14-1+xi pages with 4 color lithographs… of Chinese scenes; 2 uncolored natural history engraved plates; 6 hand-colored lithographs of birds; 10 hand-colored steel-engravings of fish; 5 lithographs of shells, 2 hand-colored; 16 diagram plates of winds and currents; 14-page facsimile of Japanese language version of the U.S.-Japan treaty; 17 folding charts on 16 sheets; numerous woodcuts in the text; xliii+[1]+705+[1] pages woodcut star charts throughout. Volume III titled "United States Japan Expedition. Observations on the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, . by Rev. George Jones, A.M., chaplain United States Navy". Quarto (11½ x 8 ¾") bound in the original blind stamped cloth. Volume 1 rebacked with the original cloth spine laid down. (Hill 1332; Sabin 30968) Stabbed signature of the author included. First edition of the House Issue. Detailed and profusely illustrated account of Perry's expedition to open Japan to the West; Upon his return to the U.S., his chief duty for the following year was to compile his reports of the expedition, aided by Francis Hawks. The first volume has the account of the voyage and lithographs of the travel; the second volume has the natural history reports by D.S. Green and others and includes hand-colored plates of Japanese fishes and shells. In addition to the artist W. Heine, from whose drawings a great number of the lithographs were made, the daguerreotypist E. Brown, Jr., went on the expedition, taking what were undoubtedly the earliest photographic images of Japan, many of them reproduced lithographically in this work. This copy with the nude bathing plate, which was not included on the list of plates and not issued in all copies. Condition: Wear and fading to cloth, large map repair at with archival tape, several others with stub tears and splitting to folds; light foxing, spine ends rubbed with a few with chips corners bumped and rubbed through. Accompanied with encapsulated and graded signature of the author else good to very good. Due to the size and weight additional postage will be required. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.Daniel Montemarano
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Photo. Condition: Fine. 8"x10" color photo ---- SIGNED by actor Matthew Perry (signature only in blue ink). SIGNED PHOTO.
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Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Bound in brown embossed cloth with bright gold lettering (Japan, Perry) on the spine. Heavy wear to one corner and lighter wearto the others. With a 2" separation of the cloth at the top of the spine bordering the front panel. Hinges are tender. A tight, clean copy, with scarce correspondence on the expedition to…open Japan. With several entries by "M.C. Perry." This copy is signed by "M.C. Perry" at the top of the front endpaper, though I doubt it is the Commodore's signature; perhaps a relative's. Signed "M.C.Perry" at the top of the front endpaper. Perry, Commodore Matthew C. Message of the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of the Navy, .Naval Expedition to Japan GPO: Washington, DC, 1855. 8vo; 195 pp; First Edition. Bound in brown embossed fabric, faded (illustrator).
Chief Magistrate of Napha. Lew Chew. [Caption title]
[PERRY, COMMODORE MATTHEW]. BROWN, ELIPHALET; P. S. DUVAL & CO. (LITHOGRAPHERS)
Published by (A.O.P. Nicholson). [circa1856.], (Washington). 1856
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Tinted lithograph 21.8 x 15.5 cm, 28.8 x 22.5 cm (sheet), edges a little age-toned, small stain affecting the margin of one lower corner, inner edge ragged, but the image in very good condition. Fine cameo portrait of the Chief Magistrate Napha, Lew Chew, (Ryukyu) Japan, prepared for the official account "Narrative of the Expedi…tion of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.". The expedition visited the then independent kingdom of Lew Chew (Ryukyu) in 1854, where famously Perry signed a trade agreement on July 11th. In 1875 Japan posted a military garrison in Lew Chew, annexing the Islands in 1879.
Village near Napha, Lew Chew. [Caption Title].
[PERRY, COMMODORE MATTHEW] HEINE, WILHELM; BROWN, ELIPHALET; SARONY & CO (LITHOGRAPHERS).
Published by (A.O.P. Nicholson). (Circa1856)., (Washington). 1856
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Tinted lithograph, 15.3 x 22. 9 cm; 21.9 x 28.9 cm (sheet), lower edge creased, some marginal age toning and wear, but the image in very good condition. An idyllic view of traditional life drawn on the spot, "From nature" by Wilhelm Heine, with figures after daguerrotypes by Eliphalet Brown, prepared for Commodore Perry's "Narra…tive of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.". The expedition visited the then independent kingdom of Lew Chew (Ryukyu) in 1854, where famously Perry signed a trade agreement on July 11th. In 1875 Japan posted a military garrison in Lew Chew, annexing the Islands in 1879. Perry's Narrative goes into considerable detail about traditional life and customs on Lew Chew [Ryukyu].
Tshan-Di-Coo-Sah Lew Chew. [Caption Title].
[PERRY, COMMODORE MATTHEW] HEINE, WILHELM; BROWN, ELIPHALET; SARONY & CO (LITHOGRAPHERS).
Published by (A.O.P. Nicholson). (Circa1856)., (Washington). 1856
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Tinted lithograph, 15 x 23. 8 cm; 21.9 x 28.9 cm (sheet), upper and lower edge creased, but the image in very good condition. View prepared for ''The Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854.'', by Wilhelm Heine with figures based on the daguerro…types by Eliphalet Brown. The expedition visited the then independent kingdom of Lew Chew (Ryukyu) in 1854, where famously Perry signed a trade agreement on July 11th. The American flag can be seen flying atop the building in the middle ground, but it is almost an afterthought: the focus of the picture are the Lew Chew coolies and the landscape.
Napha from the Sea. [Caption title]
[PERRY, COMMODORE MATTHEW]. HEINE, WILHELM; WALKE, LIEUT. H.; QUEEN J.; P. S. DUVAL & CO. (LITHOGRAPHERS)
Published by (A.O.P. Nicholson). [circa1856.], (Washington). 1856
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Tinted lithograph 15 x 22.6 cm, 22.8 x 28.8 cm (sheet), edges a little age-toned, small stain affecting the margin of one upper corner, lower edge ragged, but the image in very good condition. A view of Commodore Perry's fleet at anchor in Napha, Lew Chew, (Ryukyu) Japan, prepared for the official account "Narrative of the Exped…ition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.". The expedition visited the then independent kingdom of Lew Chew (Ryukyu) in 1854, where famously Perry signed a trade agreement on July 11th. In 1875 Japan posted a military garrison in Lew Chew, annexing the Islands in 1879. Perry's Narrative dwells on all aspects of Lew Chew life, with keen interest in their commerce and manufactured goods.
Napha from Bamboo Village. [Caption title]
[PERRY, COMMODORE MATTHEW]. HEINE, WILHELM; SARONY & CO. (LITHOGRAPHERS)
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Tinted lithograph 15.1 x 22.3 cm, 22.4 x 28.8 cm (sheet), lower edge creased and a trifle ragged, but the image in very good condition. A tranquil view of Napha, Lew Chew, (Ryukyu) Japan, prepared for the official account "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.". Perry's fleet can be see…n at anchor in the distance. The expedition visited the then independent kingdom of Lew Chew (Ryukyu) in 1854, where famously Perry signed a trade agreement on July 11th. In 1875 Japan posted a military garrison in Lew Chew, annexing the Islands in 1879.
More imagesChart of the World shewing the Track of the U.S. Steam Frigates, Mississippi, Susquehanna and Powhatan as Flagships of the Japan Squadron under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, U.S.N., 1853-54 World Map 1854
PERRY, M. (MATTHEW), C. (CALBRAITH) COMMODORE AND EDWARD SELS.
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Large black and white folded map. Some browning at the folds, some fold lines have been repaired with archival tape but overall in good condition. Scale 1:37,000,000. 54 x 91 cm "In January 1852 Perry was selected to undertake the most important diplomatic mission ever entrusted to an American naval officer, the negotiation of a… treaty with Japan, a country at this time sealed against intercourse with the Occidental powers" (DAB). By March 31, 1854, the treaty granting the U.S. trading rights had been signed by the Japanese. Drawn by Edward. Sels and engraved by Selmar Siebert this map was issued as part of the United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854. Shows the route of the US Steam Frigates Mississippi, Susquehanna and Powhatan. Some regions such as Antarctica and Enderbury's Land appear to be un-explored, Tasmania appears at Van Diemen's Land.
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Second copy recorded of the printed programme (serving also as invitation) to a minstrel show performed on-board Commodore Perry's flagship by the "Japanese Olio Minstrels", comprising sailors from the ship's crew, many performing in black-face, but also with a few African-Americans. Perry made his expedition to Japan to deliver… the American President Millard Fillmore's letter of friendship to the Emperor of Japan and negotiate the Treaty of Kanagawa. As the ship left Hong Kong for Japan in January 1854, it set up an on-board printing office with a small press that had been sent from America by the State Department. The treaty was signed on 31 March 1854 and after it was tested at Hakodate (Hakodadi) Perry invited various Japanese dignitaries to attend the minstrel show on-board his ship on 29 May 1854, at 7 pm. The only copy recorded in the literature belonged to the wife of Commodore Perry's grandson and passed to the Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland.The programme lists the pieces performed and gives the names of the crew members for each act. Programmes are known for three shows given on the ship, but only two were printed by the ship's own press. They are extremely rare.Somewhat foxed but in very good condition, with only a few folds and with the paper stretched apart at a couple points along the edge. A remarkable document of a unique American musical genre, as performed for Japanese on Commodore Perry's ship.l Morison, Commodore Perry's Japan Expedition Press and shipboard theatre, 1967, pp. 40-41; Yellin, "Mrs. Belmont, Matthew Perry and the 'Japanese Minstrels'", in: American Music, 14 (1996), pp. 257-275, at pp. 267-269 (including fig. 6); cf. Lovett, "The Japan Expedition Press", in: Harvard Library bulletin, 12 (1958), pp. 242-252, illustrating a similar programme for a concert on 26 May 1854. A programme and invitation, printed letterpress on washi mulberry tissue paper with a lace-like decorative flower pattern in white.
More imagesPublished by London: Spafax Publishing in association with tate: the art magazine, 2001 2001
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First edition, first printing. Edition of 50 signed by the artists. Fig-1 was 50 projects in 50 weeks initiated by Mark Francis and Jay Jopling, set in a small warehouse building in Soho, each project lasting one week. Each poster is signed by the relevant artist or artists. The projects embraced a broad range of contemporary cr…eative productions including fine art, with 13 Turner Prize nominees, as well as literature, film and video, fashion, design, and architecture. Quarto, 32 page stapled booklet, A1 folded poster with photo-portraits of all the artists, 50 A2 folded posters. With the original silver card clamshell box. Box lightly rubbed to edges, else fine.
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Three rare Japan Expedition Press imprints printed in Hong Kong and at sea, including the critically important letter from Perry to the Emperor of Japan, accompanying the letter from the President of the United States. Printed at seaon board the U.S.S. Powhatan off the coast of Japan in May, 1854, on the small press supplied to…Commodore Perry's expedition by the State Department, which had arrived in Hong Kong on the storeship Lexington at the end of 1853, prior to Perry's second Japan visit. I. Japan Expedition Press. U. S. Steam Frigate Powhatan, Sumoda, Japan, May 8th, 1854. Letter from Commodore Perry, accompanying that from the President of the United States, to His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Japan, 1854. (Signed) M. C. Perry, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Naval forces in the East India, China and Japan Seas. (not in Morison). Printed on buff paper. 343 x 209 mm. Provenance : Christie's, Printed Books and Manuscripts. From the Estate of John F. Fleming. Friday, November 18, 1988, lot 48 (USD $11,000, this example) Printed at sea on board the U.S.S. Mississippi in June, 1854, on the small press supplied to Commodore Perry's expedition by the State Department, which had arrived in Hong Kong on the storeship Lexington at the end of 1853, prior to Perry's second Japan visit. II. Japan Expedition Press. U. S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, At Sea, June 28th, 1854. Regulations representing pilots, and the supplying of American vessels entering the port of Sumoda (text in English and Dutch). Silas Bent, Flag Lieutenant. (Signed,) Kura-Kawa-Kahei, Lieutenant Governor. Approved, M. C. Perry, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Naval forces in the East India, China and Japan Seas. (Morison: Kress Library, Harvard Business School). Printed on buff paper. 343 x 209 mm. III. Japan Expedition Press. U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Hong Kong, Sept. 4th, 1854. Sailing Directions for Yedo. By Lieut. Wm. L. Maury, U.S. Navy.By order of Commodore M. C. Perry. Silas Bent, Flag Lieutenant (Morison: Philadelphia Maritime Museum; U. S. N. Records, Kress Library, Harvard Business School). Printed in blue paper. 320 x 196 mm. Three broadsides, folio, printed letterpress on washi mulberry tissue paper or blue rag paper; headlines printed in a large ornamental display type, with a vignette beneath of the American eagle; text in two columns in roman type; each example with old fold lines and signs of mounting tape verso,housed in a handsome custom clamshell box. 'Since the State Department had not seen fit to supply paper for the press, the Commodore wrote to his flag interpreter, the sinologist S. Wells Williams, "in great haste" on 4 January 1854, begging him to procure paper at Canton. Perry's paymaster had already purchased "a quantity" of European-made paper at Hong Kong but not enough for probable needs. Williams procured a lot of the flimsiest sort of mulberry-leaf paper and some blue rag paper, which Perry used to splice out his insufficient supply of low-quality white stock bought in Hong Kong. The press was capable of printing only single sheets of about 6 by 8 inches, but by running double sheets through twice, a number of two-page leaflets were produced. Perry used the press for three purposes: (i) to print sailing directions for the harbors and coasts of Japan and Okinawa ("the Great Lew Chew") which his officers had surveyed; (2) to disseminate throughout the Squadron copies of official documents, such as President Fillmore's Letter to the Emperor and the treaty with Okinawa; and (3) to print playbills for theatrical performances on board his ships. The sailing directions are evidence of Perry's desire to help all ships of all nations. He did not keep them for his own country's vessels; they were reprinted in his official Report, in the Hong Kong newspapers, and elsewhere.'(Morison, p.35). Reference: S. E. Morison, Commodore Perry's Japan Expedition Press and Shipboard Theatre. In: Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society.Worcester, Mass.Vol.77,Iss.1, (Jan 1, 1967): 35-43.
