The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk
by Sewall, John S
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- Hardcover
- first
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1995. First edition. Fine in decorated dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and a gilt top edge to the text block. Still within the publisher's original shrink wrap. The Lakeside Classic release of 1995. Sub-titled: Adventures in the China Sea. The first book in the series to begin to explore the narratives of Americans to travel outside of the borders of the US.
Synopsis
A memoir by John Sewall, the captain's clerk aboard the *U.S.S. Saratoga*, on Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB15052
- Title
- The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk
- Author
- Sewall, John S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1995
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- Gilt
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