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Condition: Fair. Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1856. 2nd edition. Volume 1. 4to Hardcover. 537pp. B/W and color plates. Fair book. Heavy edgewear. Boards soiled. Backstrip nearly detached. Slight dampstaining to the bottom-edge. Pages age toned. Upper corner of page v torn away. Chipping to the bottom corner of all pages. With typical period foxing throughout. (US history, naval history, exploration, US navy) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request and under his supervision. vii, 624 pp. With 11 folding maps, frontispiece portrait and 76 plates, and numberous text illustrations. Large thick 8vo, publisher's blue blind-embossed cloth with gilt vignettes on from panel and spine. First one-volume edition. Front (inner) hinge cracked and evidently reinforced with glue; first folding map with a 2-3" tear at corner; first two folding maps with a little creasing / misfolding; cloth a bit rubbed and worn. Errata slip tipped in.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover; Hardcover. 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, UNITED STATES NAVY, BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTES AND JOURNALS OF COMMODORE PERRY AND HIS OFFICERS, AT HIS REQUEST AND UNDER HIS SUPERVISION BY FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D. D. LL. D. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. Grey stamped decorative cloth boards with gold vignette on front board, title and decorations in gold on spine. Boards show soil and fading, edge wear. Spine has faded to white. Fore edge soil/tanning. Occasional foxing throughout text. 11 maps and many woodcuts and steel engravings throughout.624 pages. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Illus; 4TO.

I. 2 blank sheets, XVII (I); 537 pages, with 78 xylographic illustrations in the text; 86 singleside-printed toned or colour-lithographic plates (incl. portraits after Daguerreotypes by Eliphalet Brown) and 3 foldout-colourplates of japanese woodblock-prints (89 plates in total) and 3 geographical maps (1 foldout) bound within; 2 blank sheets. / II. (House Edition, 1857). (8) 414, (1) 14 pages ('Treaty of Ka-na-ga-wa'[Kanagawa], the first document ever negotiated by the Empire of Japan with any western nation according to International Law), (1) XI (1) p.; some xylographic text-illustrations, 4 (3 coloured) lithographic plates 'Agriculture of China', 22 (of 23, 17 [hand-]coloured) plates of Natural History (Yack, Japanese Fox), Ornithology (Japanese Birds, 5 of 6), Ichthyology (Japanese Fishes, 10), Conchyology (Japanese Shells, 5); 3 (2 folded) maps in the text, 16 plates with meteorological diagrams; 15 of 17 very large multiple folded maps at the end. / III. XLIII, 705 pages with 365 (of 366) astronomic xylographic plates (lacking plate 66); all plates in I and II on singleside printed cardboards. - I. Thick and heavy 'night-blue' full morocco-binding of the period over 4 raised bands with gilt-ornamental frames at panels and bands and gilt title and owner's name ('P. G. Washington') at bottom-of-spine, colour-marbled endpapers; II./III. Blind-tooled (naval motive) publisher's cloth bindings; lex.-4to.(ca. 31 x 23 x 20 cm; ca. 9 kg.). *** [FRÜHSOMMER-VERKAUF / EARLY SUMMER-SALE: um über 20% REDUZIERTER PREIS bis Montag, den 29.06.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 20% until Monday, June 29; vorheriger Preis / previously EUR 1.800,-] --- (Sabin #30958, Cordier 'Japonica' #513, Nissen ZBI #3132) I. FIRST EDITION, BIBLIOPHILE BOUND ORIGINAL; THE SENATE-EDITION (Senate executive Documents #34 of 33rd Congress, 2nd Session), published parrallel to Nicholson's 'House-Editon'. - FIRST BLANK SHEET WITH 4-LINE INSCRIPTION ''to Baron Gerolt / with the kind regards / of P. G. Washington / Feby. 16 1857''. Peter Grayson Washington (1798-1872), son of the Nephew of a Cousin of George Washington (1732-1799, American Founding Father and first President of the United States) served as 'Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Virginia New York City'; Friedrich Karl Joseph Freiherr von Gerolt (1797-1879) was the German-Prussian 'Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States' and has been the longest-ever serving ambassador of Germany in the U.S. In the quarter+ century of service, Gerolt met presidents James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses Grant. As a studied mining geologist (Freiberg Mining Academy) in ''1824 he travelled to Mexico as an agent of the German-American Mining Association, where significant silver mines were suspected. Together with Carl de Berghes, also an Mining Association Agent, he published the 'Carta geognostica de los principales distritos minerales del Estado de Mexico' in 1827 with Arnz & Comp., a special mineralogical map of central Mexico, which is considered the first geological map of Mexico printed in colour.''(german wikipedia). - Corners of the leather-binding partly somewhat rubbed, panels slightly rubbed and slightly scratched; some textpages opposite of lithographic plates with slight offsetting (shadow) last sheets with slim humidity-stain at top sharp-corner, last 10 sheets (incl. rear endpaper) with small hole in the blank bottom margin; A MAGNIFICIENT COPY WITH A 'WELL NAMED' ASSOCIATION OF THE PERIOD. --- II. Binding somewhat rubbed, lacks plate 6 of Ornithology and textpages 257-262 (beginning of Ichthyology); Acceptably used. / III. Binding rubbed, many pages with humiditystain at foreedge or top sharp-corner (growing towards the end), lacks zodiac-plate #66 (of 352). --- MAIN OFFER IS THE LUXOURIUS EQUIPPED AND COMPLETE HISTORIC ASSOCIATION COPY OF VOLUME I; Vols. II and III have been added from another set to create scientific completeness (more or less). . .

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. MATTHEW PERRY OPENS TRADE WITH JAPAN Hawks, Francis L. 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, UNITED STATES NAVY, BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTES AND JOURNALS OF COMMODORE PERRY AND HIS OFFICERS, AT HIS REQUEST, AND UNDER HIS SUPERVISION. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Washington: Beverly Tucker, Senate Printer. 1856. 4to; three volumes. Vol. I (Report of the expedition with many full-page lithographs): xvii, errata, & 537pp. Vol. II (Natural history reports with numerous full-page hand-colored lithographs of birds, fish, etc.): (8), 414, (4), 18, xi & (1)pp. Vol. III (Zodiacal observations): xliii, 705pp & 14 terminal folding charts. Uniformly bound in contemporary half green morocco with marbled flyleaves and red edges. A small amount of rubbing to leather, a few scuffs to boards. Immaculately clean internally. An unusually fine set with all plates including the nude bathing scene (tipped in opposite p.405 in volume 1) that is not included in the table of illustrations. "In March 1852, Commodore Perry was appointed commander of a naval expedition to be sent to Japan to induce their government to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. Perry felt the only way to force Japan to cease her isolationist foreign policy would be through exhibiting superior naval forces. After entering Araga Harbor on July 8, 1853, the Japanese were eventually forced to accept a treaty that stipulated better treatment of shipwrecked seamen and permitted American ships to obtain fuel and supplies at two Japanese ports, Hakodate and Shimoda. The most important result, however, was that the visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the modernization of Japan. Hawks, the editor of this work, was rector of Calvary church, New York City. The Commodore, underrating his literary powers, declined to write the official report of the expedition. Instead, Hawks was engaged as editor and the two worked together in preparing the report using a number of journals written by men on the voyage." Hill, pp. 230-231. Publisher's fine leather binding.

Thick 4to. xvii, [1], 537, [1] pp. With 88 lithographs, some colour, others colour-tinted, 2 large folding colour lithograph reproductions of colour Japanese woodblocks, numerous woodcut-engraved text illustrations & plates, numerous maps (2 large folding). Contemporary full sheep, rebacked w/ red & gilt morocco spine label, minor scuffing, edgewear, slight bumping to corners, still VG bright copy, w/ admonishment on front cover in MS advising "Do not touch the plates." First edition of Volume I of this account published for the U.S. Senate, and without the suppressed bath house plate. This fascinating historical and travel document chronicles Perry's voyage to St. Helena, Cape Town, Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan for half a year where he opened the isolated country to commerce with the Western World by sailing into Edo Bay.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Single Volume Edition. 4to. Pp. vii, [4]. 4-624. Prefatory note note by M. C. Perry. Appendix, index. Marbled edges. Illustrated throughout with black & white engravings. Several fold-out maps. Errata slip bound in. Re-backed with original boards, original spine laid down with new leather title label. Very Good, tear to first map with crude tape repair, foxing to frontispiece. The narrative of Perry's famous visits to Okinawa and Japan, in 1853 and 1854, at the initial behest of President Fillmore. Using gunboat diplomacy, Perry eventually negotiated treaties with Moriyama Einosuke, representing the Tokugawa Shogunate. (Incidentally, Moriyama Einosuke had been taught English by Ranald MacDonald (b. 1824), who had grown up at Fort Astoria and, later, Fort Vancouver.). A handsome, presentable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Matthew Perry (illustrator). 1st Edition. Perry was appointed commander of a naval expedition to Japan, with orders to induce the Japanese government to enter into diplomatic relations with the United States. Perry believed that the only way to force Japan to abandon her isolationist foreign policy was through a display of superior naval force. After his entry into Araga Harbor on July 8, 1853, the Japanese were eventually compelled to accept a treaty stipulating better treatment of shipwrecked seamen and opening the ports of Hakodate and Shimoda. The most significant result, however, was that Perry?s visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the subsequent modernization of Japan. Francis Lister Hawks, the editor of this work, was rector of Calvary Church in New York City. Commodore Perry declined to write the official report of the expedition, underrating his own literary skills. Hawks was then engaged as editor and the two worked together to prepare the report, using a number of journals written by men on the voyage. Journalist Bayard Taylor (q.v.) accompanied this expedition for a part of the time, and his papers were among those used in the preparation of this report.? (Hill), Size : Large 4to, Profusely illustrated with in-text woodcuts. Illustrated with 154 plates, 93 of which are tinted lithographs, 21 of which are hand colored and with 23 maps (some folding) & and 16 of which are charts.This is the rare set which includes the suppressed Bathing or nude bath house plate and scene found some believe in the House Edition not in the Senate Edition. Sets were in a very limited Edition. I am sure that fewer than 300 sets were produced total. . There are also a profusion of in-text star charts in volume 3., Volume : Three Volumes, References : Sabin pp. 159-60 (unnumbered, listed as BA); Cordier Japonica 513-4; Cordier Sinica 2122-3; Bennett 88; Hill 1332. 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, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. / Compiled from the Original Notes and Journals of Commodore Perry and his Officers, at his Request, and under his Supervision, By Francis L. Hawks, D.D. L. L. D. with Numerous Illustrations. / Published by Order of the Congress of the United States. [Three Volumes] M.C. Perry; Francis L. Hawks In large 4to volumes near fine original cloth light blue Navy cloth gilt, pictorial spines and embossed figured cloth, near fine, all the plates and leaves are clean, and free of any foxing, this is the finest set of this work I have ever seen in pristine original condition. Collated complete with the rare bathing plate.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Second Edition. Second Edition of Vol. I and II only of Commodore Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, compiled by Francis L. Hawks, with the suppressed "Public Bath at Simoda" plate which depicted men and women together in the nude (Vol. I, p. 408). This is the Senate Report, preceded by the House Report. Vol. I being the 'Narrative' and Vol. II the 'Natural History Reports' of the expedition. Lacking two plates of facsimile Japanese paintings in Vol. I, also the plate of the Temple of Hat-chi-man-ya-chu-ro; the plate of the First Landing at Goraham is bound in at p. 272 instead of 256. With 86 plates in Vol. I and 42 plates of 43 in Vol. II, many aquatint or hand colored. With three additional cartographic plates and two folding maps in Vol. I, and 16 large folding maps in Vol. II, with some paper reinforcements at the folds. Seven leaves of facsimile text, of the Japanese language version of the treaty signed during Perry's expedition. Modern rebinding with library style gray cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine. Very Good. (Sabin 30958). Very Good binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete in three volumes. Volume 1 is illustrated with 88 (of 89 - missing the "Chinese Temple" plate) lithographic plates and 6 maps (two of them fold-out). It does not contain the suppressed nude bathing scene plate. Volume 2 is illustrated with 43 lithographic plates, 3 maps (two of them fold-out), a facsimile of the original treaty with Japan, and 14 folded charts at the rear. Volume 3 is illustrated with 352 zodiacal plates. First edition. Large quartos, bound in decorated cloth (two dark green and one brown) with gilt lettering and design on the spines. Moderate shelf wear and aging, previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down of each volume, light foxing to endpapers, occasional creasing or edge tears to some of the fold-outs, else all volumes are very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Quarto. Single volume edition. Original black cloth, gilt vignette to spine and front board. Gift inscription from John Weir Perry, great grand-nephew of Admiral Perry, on second blank. Includes the suppressed bathing scene plate, "Public Bath at Simoda" on page 408. xviii,537 pp. 2 color and 88 tinted lithographic plates. Several maps, including fold-out maps. Fading to spine, minor chipping to edges of boards. Minor toning, bathing scene plate has soiling along upper margins. "In March, 1852 Commander Perry was appointed head of this naval expedition to induce the Japanese government to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. In the following year the Japanese were finally forced to accept a treaty demanding better treatment of shipwrecked seamen and which allowed American ships to dock at two Japanese ports to purchase fuel and supplies. "The most important result, however, was that the visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the modernization of Japan" - Hill. Hill, pp. 471-172 (for First Edition); McGill/Wood, p. 517; Sabin 30958.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Three volumes. Hardcovers, bound in cloth, recased preserving most of the original backstrips. Corners bumped. Toning; occasional foxing; tears to maps; some signatures pulled.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Three volumes. 130 of 132 plates present. Numerous woodcuts in the text. Large quarto. (9.5 x 11.5 inches) Publisher's cloth with blind-stamped decorations, minor foxing and offsetting. Mixed Senate and House issues. Vol. 1: xvii, [1], [1]-537 pages. Senate issue, Beverly Tucker printer. Non-authorial presentation on the second blank flyleaf. Text generally bright and clean. Binding loose and worn with crude repair job and dampstaining to rear panel and hinge. Marginal dampstaining to a dozen or so leaves, the largest six inches long protruding an inch into the margins. Occasional pencil marks. Minor surface adhesion damage to plate page 130. Bathing plate not present at p. 408 (apparently these were excised from most Senate copies) here replaced with another plate and noted as such in the plate index. Plate at 281 is "Lew Chew" rather than the "Inner harbor and ruins, Timagusko". Plate at page 90 is trimmed and laid in. Plate at page 462 is missing. Several short edge tears or scuffs to a few pages (375, 389, 407, 469) one extending into the text. Old paper repair to page 461. Maps present at pages 151 (damaged), 186, 197, 242, 483, and 512. In total, Vol 1 contains 87 (of 89) plates in the index plus one replacement. Otherwise complete as called for. Fair. Vol. 2: [8], [1]-414, [20 - facsimile treaty w/Japan], [iii]-xi (index), [1 - list of charts]. Plus 17 charts bound in rear as called for. Plus 43 plates total (4 tinted occupational, 2 b&w natural history, 6 colored birds, 10 colored fish, 5 shells [2 colored], 16 plates of diagrams related to weather patterns). Plates I and II are not present at page 256 (where colored fish plates III-XII are bound in), but they are also not referenced in the text index on 286 and hence we feel this is complete as published. House issue, O. P. Nicholson printer. Very good. Tears and edge browning to the edges of several of the folding plates in rear. Vol 3: xliii, [1]-705 pages. Very good. House issue, O.P. Nicholson printer. The first portion is text, the last 705 pages are zodiacal light observations (sky charts), each with a diagram of the night sky with explanation in text opposite. Cloth. An important work documenting Commodore Perry's expedition. Volume 2 contains "Observations in Relation to Cyclones of the Western Pacific : Embraced in a Communication to Commodore Perry" by William C. Redfield, and was the last work done by Redfield before his death. This set is often found with different plate counts and/or occasional substitutions. There was also a one volume edition published in the same year by Appleton missing some of the information in this three volume set. A fascinating read and view into this expedition.

Hardback half-leather cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed with wear to leather spines and fading to lower edges of front cover of vol. II. Both vols. with stamp and bookplate of the Cruising Library Association. Some mild browning to pages and sporadic light foxing. 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). xvii, 537pp; 414pp, xi. Vol. I with 88 [of 89] colour plates including two folding facsimiles of Japanese paintings. Additional folding maps. Vol. II with chromolithographic plates (natural history), and 16 charts, plus two folding maps. This edition of does not include the suppressed 'nude bathing scene'. The two volumes of the American expedition to China and Japan refer to the period which saw the beginnings of international relations between the two major powers. Profusely illustrated with drawings which display all aspects of the Orient from a Western perspective.Volume two contains a facsimile of the original treaty with Japan. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Condition: Fine. Facsimile Reprint. [A facsimile edition of Volume 1 of the original Government Narrative of the Perry Expedition published in 1856 and 1857]. This is Volume 1 (537 pp) which is the key volume in the three volume set and contain the majority of the lithographs/engravings. All illustrations are rendedered in black and white. The title page indicates this is a facsimile of the Beverly Tucker printing (Senate Printer) -- Condition. The book is in Fine condition without faults except for minor cove and edge scrapes and a couple of slightly bumped corners -- clean and solid.

Condition: Fine. Facsimile Reprint. [High Quality Facsimile Edition of Volume 1, 2 and 3 of the Original Government Narrative of the Perry Expedition published in 1856 and 1857]. This is Volumes 1 (537 pp), Volume 2 (414+ pp) and Volume 3 (705 pp) All illustrations are rendered in black and white. The book is 4to with page size of 8 1/4 x 11 in). Volume 2 does not contain the map folio which is at the back of Volume 2 in the original printing. It does have the maps and charts that were in the body of the volume rather than the map folio at the rear of the volume. AMS printed the maps found at the back of the original Volume 2 in a separate folio (not a part of this offering) rather than with Volume 2. An excellent way to enjoy the Narrative of the expedition as originally published but at a fraction of the cost. No other reprint/facsimile edition of the Narrative matches this set in completeness or quality. The title page indicates this is a facsimile of the Beverly Tucker printing (Senate Printer) -- Condition. All volumes are Fine without faults except for minor cover scrapes and a couple of slightly bumped corners -- clean and solid.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1856. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 760, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 760 760.