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Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2 vols. color plates (including frontises), 4 folding maps, xii, xiii, 492, xi, 496p. Original plum-colored cloth. djs. 22cm. Backstrips faded. Reprint of the 1859 Edinburgh edition which was titled "Narrative of the Early of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan...." This Oxford edition has a new Introduction by J. J. Gerson.
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Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857-59 (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints) Hardcover - 1970
by Oliphant, Laurence
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- Title Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857-59 (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints)
- Author Oliphant, Laurence
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint Edition
- Publisher Oxford University Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1970-07
- ISBN 9780196410043
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Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857, 1858 and 1859 (2 Vols)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1969. (two volumes) in dark red vinyl with gilt lettering in glassine wrappers. 492 pages plus plates and fold-out map with large fold-out map of China inside rear cover, and 496 pages plus plates. Illustrations and fold-out maps. An account of Elgin's mission, tasked with settling the differences between China and Britain since the Nanking Treaty of 1842. The mission followed the brief Arrow War. A fine account on an often forgotten episode in British foreign policy. Clean. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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