Captain John Baxter Will (3 results)

Tan Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (in mylar). Textblock and binding is very clean and tight. Unclipped dust jacket, chipped at the foot of the spine, with several closed edge tears and overall scuffed extremities; 190p., including index. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Folded Plates (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Tokyo: Sophia University (In cooperation with the Diplomatic Press, Tallahassee, Florida), 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Beautiful book in original dust jacket. Golden beige cloth boards with red title box, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, slight rubbing to red title box background. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, with clean patterned endpapers. Previous owner name neatly ink-stamped at top edge of half-title page. Frontispiece is a Japanese drawing of Captain Will, used by him as his bookplate. Lovely illustrations, many of them fold-out. 190 pages with index. Clean dust jacket with price intact (12.50 on upper corner of front inside flap), small clip to lower corner of front inside flap, no chips, one tiny closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Recollections of the author who was a pioneer in the development of Western navigation and commerce in Northern Japan. He worked in and out of Hakodate for most of his life as navigator, captain and trader. Illustrated with fold-out maps.…