The North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition

Philadelphia 1857, Lippincott. Brown blind stamped cloth, 28 engraved plates, including the Nude Bathing view, 507p.,very good copy, corners bumped & bit worn, gold stamped. R A R E SUBTITLE: cont. the Mouth of the Amoor River. * This is an early and fascinating primary resource and account of Japan, performed just a year after Perry's historic visit. It is… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1858. Half Leather. Good binding. First published in 1857, quite a good travel chronicle by Alexander Habersham detailing his observations while on duty as a lietenant with a US surveying and exploring expedition to the North Pacific and China Seas. With 30 plates including the frontispiece and engraved half-title with vignettes. Of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, 1858. 507pp. plus twenty-nine plates (including frontis.), and [4]pp. of advertisements. Original cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine ends a bit frayed. An occasional light fox mark. Overall, very good. Second printing, after the first of the year before. "Habersham was an American naval officer who later became a tea and coffee merchant. He was descended from… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, 1857. 507pp. plus twenty-nine plates and ads. Modern three-quarter polished calf and boards, gilt-lettered spine. Some internal soiling. Overall, very good. "Habersham was an American naval officer who later became a tea and coffee merchant. He was descended from a family of early English settlers in Georgia who became prominent rice plantation owners and merchants. This expedition, under… Read more about this item

Philadelphia 1857, Lippincott. Brown blind stamped cloth, 28 engraved plates, including the Nude Bathing view, 507p.,very good copy, neatly rebacked. Q U I T E R A R E SUBTITLE: cont. the Mouth of the Amoor River. * This is an early and fascinating primary resource and account of Japan, performed just a year after Perry's historic visit. It is… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lippincott. Very Good+. 1857. Hardcover. Brown stamped cloth, professionally rebacked, new endpapers, small chips on page edges, clear tape on edges, neat firm copy ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Paperback / softback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.