My Adventures in Japan before the treaty came into force February 1859 by Captain Henry Holmes
[Japan] Very scarce, early work on Japan that appears only in a handful of Japanese libraries in facsimile form. A note written and inserted in 1984 presumably by a bookseller or collector states, "After a twelve year search, this book was finally found in the catalogue of Reg & Philip Remington. During this time I had never once seen it offered for sale. I have also advertised extensively for the book without success. I know for certain of only two other copies in institutional libraries."
The book contains an interesting account of Holmes' visits and brief stays in Nagasaki, Yokohama and Hakodate.
London, R.E. King & Co. Ltd. ND (c1860)
frontispiece, 70pp + 2 plates + 1 large folding colour plate of the ship Kaisei Maru. 18.5 x 12.5cm.
In very good condition. Minor age wear and fading to covers. Paper covering spine with some loss. Internally very good. In modern, custom made clamshell case. b37101964
