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7712Several dozen manuscripts in various formats incl. long folded sheets stitched pamphlets sewn volumes and letters. Japan: ca. 1853-63.<br/> <br/> A substantial group of documents revealing internal high-level debates and discussions in response to Commodore Perry’s landings and later controversies that arose as Western powers established a foothold in Japan. This is an exceptional collection filled with top-secret information on government intrigues as the Japanese state responded to aggressive foreign expansion and dissenting groups within the government urging top-to-bottom reforms.<br/> <br/> The manuscripts touch upon pivotal events in Japan’s history:<br/> <br/> –Commodore Perry’s two expeditions July 1853 & February-March 1854 and the resulting ratification of the Treaty of Shimoda.<br/> <br/> –Japanese translations of the treaties signed with the United States Russia France and the United Kingdom from 1854 to 1858.<br/> <br/> –The assassination of Ii Naosuke in March 1860 also known as the Sakuradamon Incident which precipitated a violent backlash against foreigners under the banner of Sonno joi “Honor the Emperor expel the barbariansâ€.<br/> <br/> –General dissatisfaction with the bakufu and efforts to reform it.<br/> <br/> –The attempted assassination of Ando Nobumasa a chief councillor during this period.<br/> <br/> –The Namamugi Incident in September 1862 when the British merchant Charles L. Richardson was killed by Satsuma domain warriors.<br/> <br/> –The bombardment of Kagoshima August 1863.<br/> <br/> Among all these materials we must highlight several examples of manuscript kengen proposals and commentaries written by aristocrats with policy advice on the difficult situations faced by the Japanese state. These offer compelling perspectives on the most pressing dilemmas of the day. While they were not composed by the decision-makers these documents are filled with the minutiae and data employed in the policy-making process.<br/> <br/> All of the items are in a fine state of preservation.<br/> <br/> ⧠John McMaster “Alcock and Harris. Foreign Diplomacy in Bakumatsu Japan†Monumenta Nipponica Vol. 22 No. 3/4 1967 pp. 305-367. unknown
1747BOOKS005853<p>24548 pages with three folding engraved maps present southern part of South America; part of the Pacific Ocean and the track of the Centurion round the world. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" bound in full leather with five raised spine bands with red label to spine in gilt lettering with decorative blind-stamped ruled edges. Compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson and published under his direction by Richard Walter M.A. Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion in that expedition. Hill I pp 317-138. Third edition.<br /><br />"This is the official account of Anson's voyage. England at war with Spain in 1739 equipped eight ships under the command of George Anson to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America for the purpose of cutting off Spanish supplies of wealth from the Pacific area. Lord Anson who was a friend and patron of Benjamin Robins after returning from the voyage around the world in the Centurion appears to have entrusted to Robins for revision the account of the voyage which had been compiled from the journals by his chaplain Richard Walter. It is probable that Robins revised and edited the work wrote an introduction and added dissertations." Hill. Perhaps the most popular account of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century. Anson's account of harrying the Spanish of South America and the taking of the Manilla galleon with treasure with a contemporary value of $800000 and his circumnavigation has long enjoyed a distinguished place as a masterpiece in descriptive travel.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Some small closed tears at the edges of the maps. Rebound in tooled leather with raised bands. Over all a very good to fine copy.</p> John and Paul Knapton and Office of the Lord High Admiral hardcover
1717E01353559index pages 36 of 37 maps and copper cuts of the coasts harbor cities plants and other curiosities comprising: 14 plates 3 folding 22 maps charts or plans 14 folding. title page printed in red and black. Printed from the author's original plates inserted in the Paris edition. Lacks the frontispiece map. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" bound in leather with raised spine bands and red label with gilt lettering. Postscript by Dr Edmund Halley and an account of the settlement commerce and riches of the Jesuits in Paraguay. Palau 94965 Sabin 25926 Nissen ZBI 1433 Hill p117 First English edition.<br /><br />Frézier was educated in Paris and served as lieutenant of infantry from 1702 til 1707 when he entered the engineer corps. In 1712 the government sent him to examine the condition of the Spanish colonies in America. After visiting the principal points in Peru Chili and Brazil he returned to Marseilles. He pointed out several mistakes in the "Relation" of Father Feuille and this led to a bitter controversy between the two travelers. Frézier introduced the large Chili strawberry into France. First published in France in 1714. The first edition into English is preferable to the French original "because it contains Halley's. postscript which corrects certain geographical errors made by Frézier" Hill. "The first part of this book gives an interesting account of the voyage from France around Cape Horn. The second part relates to the voyage along the coasts of Chile and Peru describing the chief towns and cities. Frézier a man of observation brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value. Much data is included about the native inhabitants.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br /> Rebacked with original spine label laid down; lacking frontispiece map and binder's leaf free endpapers renewed intermittent foxing else a very nice copy. Jonah Bowyer hardcover
2004002379Montreal: McGill Queens U press. Very Good book no DJ. AS NEW text block. 1st thus. 9.5"x6". 271. 2004. 1st ed thus. Hardcover. VG book no DJ. Publisher info on spine heel worn away. Account of a MAJOR Canadian wilderness canoe expedition. . Spine heel erasure has partially extended into the last word of the title. See scan. Odd flaw it left the "M" of "McGill" in place. Fold out "Map of EASTERN LABRADOR" at book's end with Mina's route and that of her husband's earlier ill fated trip. The fascinating story of this expedition and the two others is a Canadian classic. It has been explored in numerous books and articals. Even Margarat Atwood wrote a short booklet "The Labrador Fiasco" about her father's opinion. Page 233 refers to the Atwood booklet. . McGill Queens U press. hardcover
1927067310New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1927. Square and unmarked copy in full cloth binding that is lightly rubbed. Top edge gilt. xiv 414pp. Introduction by Roy Chapman Andrews. Plates. Fold-out map. An expedition to collect specimens for the American Museum of Natural History this is a great journey through Central Asia. India the Himalayas the Pamirs Thian Shan Mongolia Siberia across the endless steppes to Manchuria Peking Kashmir Kashgaria the "Celestial Mountains" Kara Shar Dzungaria Kobdo. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
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1970009165Frank Cass Publishers 1970. Published for the Royal Commonwealth Society Imperial Studies series this is number XXIX in that series.xxviii 330pp 4 maps in text. This excellent biography includes a genealogical table and a 38pp bibliography along with a 12pp index. A FINE AS NEW copy in a FINE AS NEW dustwrapper. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. NOT Inscribed or Signed. Blue Cloth. FINE AS BRAND NEW/FINE AS NEW. Illus. by Black and White Drawing & Maps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hard Back. Frank Cass Publishers Hardcover
1970009533Frank Cass Publishers 1970. Published for the Royal Commonwealth Society Imperial Studies series this is number XXIX in that series.xxviii 330pp 4 maps in text. This excellent biography includes a genealogical table and a 38pp bibliography along with a 12pp index. A FINE AS NEW copy in a FINE AS NEW dustwrapper. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Inscribed or Signed. Blue Cloth. Near Fine NEAR NEW/NEAR FINE NEAR BRAND NEW. Illus. by Black and White Drawing & Maps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hard Back. Frank Cass Publishers Hardcover
186914451London & Glascow: William Collins Sons & Company. 1869. Hardcover. With two hundred illustrations after drawings by Gustave Dore Berard Lancelot Jules Noel and other eminent artists and six finely engraved maps full coloured title page reads the same for both volumes. Volume 1 first series - xii 820 pages six finely engraved maps full coloured and four others folding panorama of Jerusalem approx 200 other illustrations some full page Volume 2 second series - xii 810 pages six finely engraved maps full coloured and two others approx 200 other illustrations some full page bound in half leather as a matching 2 Volume set front hinge on Vol. 1 has small split at top new endpapers overall a very good set Heavy books may require extra postage cost. . William Collins, Sons & Company hardcover
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1964007892Philadelphia PA: J.B. Lippincott 1964. First Edition First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Embossed blue linen boards/NF. DJ/Good; nips chips to edges & small losses to upper/lower spine & lower corners. Dyed upper text edge; map to endpapers. Record of first American ascent of Mt. Everest 1963. Led by Swiss born explorer film-maker and veteran mountaineer Norman G. Dyhrenfurth whose father led international expeditions to Kangechejunga and Batoro in the 1930s. Sponsored by Nat'l Geographic Society the expedition was scientific research in nature; the team was the most academically brilliant . 5 members with doctorates and 8 holding masters degrees. May 22nd 1963. Luther G/ Jerstad and Barry Bishop reach the summit of the South East Ridge via South Col route while Will Usoeld and Tom Hornbein of the West Ridge team conquered the West Ridge/Northface; the two teams rendevous and descend together. July 8th the Expedition was received at the White House by President Kennedy and awarded the Nat'l Georgraphic Society's Hubbard Metal. An exciting chronicle by celebrated author on the subject of mountaineering and official historian for the expedition James Ramsy Ullman 1907 - 1971 who was distinguished by being the oldest member of the team at the age of fifty-five. Illustrated with b/w photographs. <br/> <br/> J.B. Lippincott hardcover
013650London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited 1877. This was the first work devoted to an account of the geography people history and administration of Aden to be published and as such rates a special place amongst works on this controversial part of the Yemen. Written in 1877 of the request of the Indian government it is a comprehensive survey of Aden at that time which remains of considerable value today. There is a full geographical and physical description of the settlement and account of the population the various tribes their habits and occupations and a careful summary of the trade and commerce carried out within the peninsula. xii 232pp A FINE COPY in a near fine dustwrapper. In the 1870s ADEN them was administered by the Indian government and the author describes the various means of administration in detail the history of Aden before the British settlement in 1939 is briefly summarized and that of the following is told more fully. In view of the present situation in Eitan. It is felt that many readers will find this insight into the early years of the British involvement of great interest.This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. This the First New Edition of 1968. Red Cloth. NEAR FINE NEAR BRAND NEW/NEAR FINE NEAR NEW. Illus. by Two Large Foldout Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited Hardcover
009534London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited 1877. This was the first work devoted to an account of the geography people history and administration of Aden to be published and as such rates a special place amongst works on this controversial part of the Yemen. Written in 1877 of the request of the Indian government it is a comprehensive survey of Aden at that time which remains of considerable value today. There is a full geographical and physical description of the settlement and account of the population the various tribes their habits and occupations and a careful summary of the trade and commerce carried out within the peninsula. xii 232pp A FINE COPY in a near fine dustwrapper. In the 1870s ate them was administered by the Indian government and the author describes the various means of administration in detail the history of Aden before the British settlement in 1939 is briefly summarized and that of the following is told more fully. In view of the present situation in Eitan. It is felt that many readers will find this insight into the early years of the British involvement of great interest.This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. This the First New Edition of 1968. Red Cloth. NEAR FINE NEAR BRAND NEW/VERY GOOD AVERAGE. Illus. by Two Large Foldout Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited Hardcover
009849London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited 1877. This was the first work devoted to an account of the geography people history and administration of Aden to be published and as such rates a special place amongst works on this controversial part of the Yemen. Written in 1877 of the request of the Indian government it is a comprehensive survey of Aden at that time which remains of considerable value today. There is a full geographical and physical description of the settlement and account of the population the various tribes their habits and occupations and a careful summary of the trade and commerce carried out within the peninsula. xii 232pp A FINE COPY in a near fine dustwrapper. In the 1870s ate them was administered by the Indian government and the author describes the various means of administration in detail the history of Aden before the British settlement in 1939 is briefly summarized and that of the following is told more fully. In view of the present situation in Eitan. It is felt that many readers will find this insight into the early years of the British involvement of great interest.Small Damp stain to front board.This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. This the First New Edition of 1968. Red Cloth. Very Good Contents Fine/NEAR FINE NEAR BRAND NEW. Illus. by Two Large Foldout Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited Hardcover
1761E6754xxxiii270215148xix1 pages 14 of 18 engraved plates maps many folding and index. Quarto 10 1/4" x 8 1/4" in original leather binding. First edition.<br /><br />Richard Owen Cambridge was a British poet. He was educated at Eton and at St John's College Oxford. Leaving the university without taking a degree he took up residence at Lincolns Inn in 1737. Four years later he married and went to live at his country seat of Whitminster Gloucestershire. In 1751 he removed to Twickenham where he enjoyed the society of many notable persons. Horace Walpole in his letters makes many jesting allusions to Cambridge in the character of news-monger. His chief work is the <i>Scribleriad</i> 1751 a mock epic poem the hero of which is the Martinus Scriblerus of Alexander Pope John Arbuthnot and Jonathan Swift. The poem is preceded by a dissertation on the mock heroic in which he avows Cervantes as his master. The satire shows considerable learning and was eagerly read by literary people; but it never became popular and the allusions always obscure have little interest for the present-day reader. He made a valuable contribution to history in his <i>Account of the War in India on the Coast of Coromandel from the year 1750 to 1760</i> 1761. He had intended to write a history of the rise and progress of British power in India but this enterprise went no further than this one work as he found that Robert Orme who had promised him the use of his papers contemplated the execution of a similar plan. The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge includes several pieces never before published. It contains an <i>Account of his Life and Character</i>by his Son George Owen Cambridge 1803 the Scribleriad some narrative and satirical poems and about twenty papers originally published in Edward Moore's paper The <i>World</i>. His poems are included in Alexander Chalmers' English Poets 1816.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Previous owner's name in neatly written dated 1806 on front end paper with his book plate on front past down with his library stamp. Lacks rear free end paper. Front hinge separated back hinge cracked. Lacks the Mongol on horse back plate map of Maratta County view of the attack on Geriah and view of Surat. Front worn spine ends and corners reinforced and repaired new spine label else about very good. Printed for T Jefferys hardcover
182146092London W.Bulmer and W. Nicol 1821. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1821 - Part I. Pp. 164-190 a. 5 folded tables. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of the paper in which Sabine relates his discoveries with the pendulum on his 2 voyages the first on John Ross' expedition in 1818 - relating observations from Island of Brassa Shetland Hare Island London - and from the second voyage with William Parry on the arctic expedition - relating observations from Melville Island. From these observations he estimated the figure of the earth."An artillery officer Sabine was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. While retaining his commission - Sabine eventually reached the rank of general - the started scientific work at the close of the Napoleonic Wars. On the recommendation of the Royal Society he accompanied John Ross on an expedition to seek the Northwest Passage in 1818 and was with William Edward Parry on his 1819-1820 Arctic expedition. From the latter voyage. he said came the idea of a great ship-borne expedition of “physical discovery†to the southern hemisphere."DSB. </em> unknown
1878W1292London: C. KEGAN PAUL & CO. 1878. x 237 pages. First printing of Stevenson's first book a description of his experiences traveling in Belgium and France. The edition is reported to have been limited to only 750 copies and few copies in collectible condition come on the market. In an early twentieth century 3/4 blue morocco binding by Riviere & Son; gilt ruled spine with 5 raised bands; gilt spine decoration and lettering; top edge gilt;. The book is clean and tight with very minor rubbing of leather and slight toning of pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Fine-/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Walter Crane. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. C. KEGAN PAUL & CO. Hardcover
1909H18498London: Royal Society 1909. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Quarto rose cloth over deep plum cloth boards good with some waterstaining and discoloration to covers ex-library but with very few marks contents good to very good 274 pp 42 plates. Royal Society hardcover
1857000151London: J.B. Nichols and Sons 1857. Hardcover. See Description. Tall 4to. pp. viii 2 508. Volume XXVII. 12 plates including several in color and 2 folding maps one map is folded in six sections and backed with thin gauze or mull. B&W illustrations with the text. Pages are generally clean with a couple small marginal tears. Light brown cloth; re-backed preserving part of the original spine minus 25mm at the tail and 15mm at the top. Inner hinges neatly strengthened. Some rubbing and wear; corners bumped. Contents include: An accound of the discovery of Anglo-Saxon remains at Kemble in North Wilts; On choirs and chancels particularly as to their use in the South of Europe; Remarks on some early churches in France and Switzerland partly in the time of Charlemagne; The City of Cumae and the recent excavations there; An account of the investigation of some remarkable circular trenches and the discovery of an ancient British cemetery at Stanlake Oxon.; The Burning and burial of the dead.and many other articles. <br/> <br/> J.B. Nichols and Sons hardcover
8522Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1967-69 London: Curzon Press 1988. First edition. Some light wear to the paper-covered boards of volumes I-III volume IV as new; a bright and clean set in very good condition. Pp. vol. I: pp. 129 33 black-and-white photo-plates; vol. 2: pp. 164 140 full page plates black-and-white photos and line-drawings 2 plates are double foldouts of the excavation in progress 4 maps or excavation plan views in pocket at rear; vol. III: pp. 53 24 black-and-white photo-plates of human skeletal remains; vol. IV: pp. xii 150 6 38 photo-plates of cave interior and kettle-drums numerous text-figures. vols. I-III: one-quarter green cloth lettered in white on the spine over orange and white pictorial boards lettered in white and black vol. IV: white pictorial boards lettered in black 4to all volume hardback. The contents of each volume are: Volume I: Sai-Yok Stone-Age Settlements in the Kanchanaburi province; Volume II: Ban-Kao Neolithic Settlements with Cemeteries in the Kanchanaburi province Part 1 - Archaeological Materials from the Burials; Volume III: Ban-Kao Neolithic Settlements with Cemeteries in the Kanchanaburi province Part 2 - The Prehistoric Thai skeletons and Volume IV: Surface Finds and Minor Excavations. Archaeological Excavations in Thailand is a voluminous record of the finds of the Thai-Danish Prehistoric Expedition 1960-1962. The first three volumes were published in Copenhagen in 1967-1969. The fourth volume appeared as Occasional Paper no. 1 of the Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies in 1988. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1967-69 + London: Curzon Press, 1988. First edition. hardcover
