The Japan Expedition. Japan and Around the World. An account of three Visits to the Japanese Empire?.

Japan, Weltreise, Travel around the world, Perry - Spalding, J. W.:

Published by London, Sampson Low, 1856.

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8°. 377 pp., 8 tinted lithographic plates Contemporary half-calf with richly gilded spine and marbled endpapers "First British edition, published in New York with Redfield the year before. Spalding was captain of the steam-frigate Mississippi during the Perry expedition. He describes mainly Japan but gives also "sketches of Madeira, St. Helena, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Loo-Choo". At the end there is an appendix by the lieutenant S. Bent with sailing directions for Napa, Island great Choo-Loo. " - Little browning, somewhat rubbed and corners bumped but still quite decorative, inside mostly clean. Old bookplate for Prinz August von Württemberg. Seller Inventory # 6673

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Title: The Japan Expedition. Japan and Around the ...

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, 1856.

Edition: 1st Edition