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Phillips Sampson, 1855. Good. Hildreth, Richard. Japan as it Was and Is. Boston: Phillips Sampson, 1855. 576pp. 12mo. Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Good. Rubbing and chipping to extremities. Heavy chipping to spine ends. 3/8 inch wide horizontal tear across the spine near upper end with torn cloth still attached at front joint. Presentation bookplate on front pastedown. Former owner's name penciled on front free endsheet. Textblock is solid. Inset foldout map in immaculate condition.

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

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Paperback / softback. New.

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Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1906. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Only light wear to green cloth covered boards, circular stamped design on front board, gift notation on FFEP. Top edge gilt, hinges intact, 'containing one hundred illustrations and maps.' ; Top edge gilt, 2 fold-out maps, bright, solid book. ; Vol I only; 401 pages; Richard Hildreth (journalist and historian) originally published this in 1855 with editions in 1856 and 1861 closely following. This edition has attempted to make the information more accessible to the Western reader .

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson & Co.; New York: J.C. Derby, 1855.. Third thousand". 576 pp., one fold-out map. Light staining along edges of first 60 pages, else contents near fine; front board has come completely loose, else the marbled boards are in good condition with wear to extremities and a lightly burned corner.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

McClurg. Used - Good. 1906. Hardcover. Dec. cloth, 401 pp.; 388 pp. Illustrated. Folding map. Both hinges of vol. 1 cracked but holding. Ex-library with usual markings and labels. Sound working copy.

Boston: Philips, Sampson. GOOD book. 2nd tp in red & black. Blind stamped brown cloth.. 1855 (1855cp). 3rd thousand. Hardcover. GOOD book. Gilt lettered spine. Spine cocked & ends frayed. Tight, VG inside, aged some but NO foxing, soiling, staining. . Fold out map has several incorrect fold lines, BUT no tears, even at the corners .

Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Co., 1906. Introduction by William Elliot Griffis. Two hardcover octavo volumes. First edition thus, Volume I: pp. xxix, (iii), 401; Volume II: pp. x, 388 plus pp. 3 of ads. Illustrated with frontispieces & a total of 73 black & white plates. Volume I with two folding maps: (a) Sketch Map of Old Japan and (b) Map of Feudal Japan. Armorial bookplates on front pastedowns, and small gold owner tickets on rear pastedowns. Previous owner signature in pencil on free front endpapers of both volumes. Date and city (Boston) written in a calligraphic hand on rear pastedown of Volume I. Offsetting from an old clipping on front pastedown & free front endpaper of Volume II. Top edges gilt. A solid, very good set in the publisher's decorated pictorial green cloth.

Tokyo 1902, Sanshosha. Reprint of 1861 ed. Green cloth, small damp stain to covers. Index, appendix, notes, map. LIMITED EDITION, #281 of 500 copies. *** Important primary source. Hildreth was in Japan less than 10 years after Perry. He was a keen student, and wrote a useful history of Japan and the Japanese, from the earliest Europ- ean knowledge down to Perry's third visit. Fascinating! RARE .

Boston 1855, Phillips. Black blind stamped cloth, very good, neatly rebacked, 576p. index, appendix, glossary.S C A R C E FIRST EDITION *** Important primary source. Hildreth was in Japan less than 10 years after Perry. He was a keen student, and wrote a useful history of Japan and the Japanese, from the earliest Europ- ean knowledge down to Perry's third visit. Fascinating! RARE .

Boston 1855, Phillips. Black blind stamped cloth, neatly rebacked, 576p., index, appendix, glossary,library cancelled stamp on title page, else clean, no marks solid. FIRST EDITION *** Important primary source. Hildreth was in Japan less than 10 years after Perry. He was a keen student, and wrote a useful history of Japan and the Japanese, from the earliest Europ- ean knowledge down to Perry's third visit. Fascinating! RARE .

Printed at the Sanshusha, Kanda, 1905. Limited Edition. Unknown Binding. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Limited edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. This is the very rare limited edition . This is copy # 233 of 500. Has folded original map in front.Tokyo : Sanshusha , Kanda 1902. PON on endpaper. Bound in green cloth. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.