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HABERSHAM, A.W. MY LAST CRUISE; or, Where We Went and What We Saw: Being an Account of Visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo Islands, the Coasts of China, Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the Mouth of the Amoor River. By A.W. Habersham, Lieut. U.S. Navy, and Late of the North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1857. First edition. 8vo., brown cloth with decorative blind-stamp, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; frontis, pictorial half-title; 507 pp. + 28 plates + back ads. Lacking ffep, else very good and bright with some mild edgewear and a few edge nicks to the cloth. Internally, mildly over- opened in spots, with a few signatures just starting and an occasional touch of foxing. The overall impression is of a much better than average copy of this delicate book. An interesting and important primary resource on pre-Restoration Japan., Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HABERSHAM, A.W : MY LAST CRUISE; or, Where We Went and What We Saw. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. HABERSHAM, A.W : MY LAST CRUISE; or, Where We Went and What We Saw
HABERSHAM, A. W. MY LAST CRUISE; or, Where We Went and What We Saw: Being an Account of Visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo Islands, the Coasts of China, Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the Mouth of the Amoor River. By A.W. Habersham, Lieut. U.S. Navy, and Late of the North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1857. First edition. 30 plates, including a frontis. and engraved title-page. Octavo. 507 pp., + [4] pp. adv. Original brown cloth with decorative blind-stamp to sides, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Early blind- stamped bookseller's seal to ffep. and a pencil ownership to final pastedown. The binding shows evidence of old repairs: The cloth is edgeworn and has been repaired on the backstrip, with inpainting at edges and seams. Also, it shows shallow loss at heel and crown; and, the cloth is generally rubbed on surfaces. Most plates show light to moderate foxing, though it is heavy on a few. Internally, mildly over-opened in spots, with a few signatures just starting and an occasional touch of foxing or thumbing in margins. This is a solid reading copy of an interesting and important primary resource on pre-Restoration Japan. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HABERSHAM, A.W : MY LAST CRUISE; or, Where We Went and What We Saw. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, collectables, antiquarian books, rare books and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |