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PERRY (MATTHEW CALBRAITH) Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854..., 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1856 with KEATE (GEORGE), An Account of the Pelew Islands..., second edition, G. Nicol, 1788 4to (4)
1 February 2017, 13:00 GMT
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PERRY (MATTHEW CALBRAITH)
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, 133 lithographed plates (most tinted, some hand-coloured, 2 folding) including the suppressed nude bathing plate "Public Bath at Simoda", 22 maps (18 folding, several with short tears at folds), numerous illustrations, occasional spotting to margins, modern green half morocco gilt, spines gilt with repeated ship tool [Hill 1332; Sabin 30968], Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1856--KEATE (GEORGE) An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 15 engraved plates, one folding map, one plate dampstained, offsetting from plates to text, later half calf gilt, rebacked preserving most of original spine, worn [Hill 907], G. Nicol, 1788, 4to (4)
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Provenance: Second work, Helen Cutting, bookplate.