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London 1878, Macmillan. Green cloth, very good, indentations on cover, contents very clean, 657p., 23 b.w. illustrations & drawings, English translation by Lady Herbet.frontispiece. FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . AN EARLY PRIMARY & RESOURCE . . . TRAVEL TO YOKOHAMA, YOSHIDA, HAKONE, EDO, OSAKA, KOBE, . . .LAKE BIWA, NAGASAKI, SHANGHAI, PEKIN, HONG KONG & MACAO . . * This excellent work begins with the author leaving Tipperary for America in May 1871. He journeyed to New York, and then across America to San Francisco, and visits Yosemite. Boards a ship and is off to Yokohama. He makes observations on the commerce of Yokohama, its foreigners, the city and people. He also travels to Yedo, Osaka, Odawara, Miyanoshita, Fujiyama, Yoshida, Torisawa, Hachioji and Kyoto then back to Yokohama. While in Yedo, he has a dinner with Prince Iwakukra & other Japanese government ministers. He also visits Nagasaki while on his way to China. Shanghai is the next stop, to Peking, Tien-Tsin, Hong Kong, Canton & Macao. His observations run deeper than the usual superficial travelers. . He comments on the life style of the Orientals, customs, manner of executions, boutiques, rivers, products, social situation, and a host of other valuable subject. . These comments are a useful interpretation of the people and things he observed, the life style of the Orientals, customs, manner of executions, boutiques, rivers, products, social situation, and a host of other valuable subject. . *** PARTS & CHAPTERS: . Part I: America: From Queenstown to New York, Washington [D.C.], Chicago, salt Lake City, Corinne, San Francisco, Yosemite to Yokohama. . Part II: Japan: From Yokohama to Hakone, Edo, Osaka, Kiyoto, Lake Biwa, Nagasaki, Deshima, Papenberg, native Christians. . Part III China: Nagasaki to Shanghai, Pekin, Tien-Tsin, Hong Kong, Christian settlements of Se-non, Canton, Canton river Shamien, on to Macao. Homeward bound Hong Kong to Marseilles. . *** Appendix: Summary of events which took place in Japan from September,1971 to September 1872. Extract from a letter from Yokohama, April 1872, and extract from a letter from Yokohama, October, 1872. . An excellent primary resource. . CONDITION: . The front cover shows indentations where it was most likely on the top of a stack of books, the cord mark is across and also top to bottom. . The front endpapers shows an open gutter, nevertheless the book is solidly bound; the inside back cover end paper is not present. There is some of the usual wear to the spine head & tail, typical of a book otherwise the book is solidly bound, corners worn, contents very clean, no marks or issues. . The spine head & tail are as usual worn, a bit frayed and with some small splits. . NOTE: due to the above condition issues, this book is sold "as is" and is NOT returnable or refundable. By ordering you agree to these special terms of business. . Please carefully review the photos posted to our web site. . *.
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