Narrative / Of The / Expedition Of An American Squadron / To The / China Seas And Japan / Performed In The Years 1852, 1853, And 1854 / Under The Command Of / Commodore M.C. Perry /./ Compiled from the Original Notes and Journals of Commodore / Perry and His Officers, at His Request and Under / His Supervision

Hawks, Francis L.

Verlag: D. Appleton & Co; NY; 624 pp.; ; VG; 1856/1856, 1856

Beschreibung

____cf.Sabin=30968.(note) _____ Preceded by a three volume quarto edition, issued with with either Appleton or GPO imprints._____ . _____ This is the first (and only) one volume, royal-octavo abridgement, eliminating the drier scientific data. _____ Collated & complete, with all 11 folding maps, full-page engravings, intertext woodcut illustrations present. _____ Errata slip tipped in. _____ There is scattered foxing, and a couple of the maps are misfolded. _____ There is a recurring dampline to the top edge, ranging from non-existent to 2"._____ The worst of it occurs in the last 45 pages. _____ The covers are generally worn, with the cloth just splitting at the outside gutters._____ The endpapers show similar cracking. _____. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 08828

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Narrative / Of The / Expedition Of An ...

Verlag: D. Appleton & Co; NY; 624 pp.; ; VG; 1856/1856

Erscheinungsdatum: 1856

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition