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Good. First American edition. Octavo. 645pp. [2p ads], frontis, ill. Original black cloth, gilt dragon on front. Chipping, fraying to joints, foxing. Taylor 239. Cordier Sinica 2376. Cordier Japonica 1735.
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NY 1860 Harper. 1st American edition. Octavo, 645pp., color frontis, numerous text illustrations, original gilt illustrated brown cloth. Near VG, tiny cloded tear in cloth on backstrip, spine ends lightly worn down about 1/8th inch, cover tips worn; inner hinges not cracked; binding secure; text clean; color frontispiece in fine condition. Covers both China and Japan complete in in one volume. Pictures available on request.
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Book. Octavo, 645 pages. In Very good minus condition. Green and black spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in green cloth. Boards show light shelf wear and modest discoloration to spine. Text block has minor soiling on fore-edge. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. 1374648. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Fine. Illustrated. 2 thick 8vo volumes, gilt-lettered red cloth with black spine labels. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1969. Reprint of the 1859 edition. Fine. Reprints of Economic Classics.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7"-9" tall. BC01C Two Volume reprint of the 1859 Edition. Bindings tight square, corners sharp. Pages clean, no writing. All maps and plates present and in as new condition. As Lord Elgin's private secretary, Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) provides the most important and comprehensive account of British diplomacy and military intervention in the Far East during the years discussed. The primary result of Elgin's mission was the completion of the 1858 Treaty of Tientsin, which the Chinese were finally compelled to sign in 1860, under the threat of a military assault on Peking by a combined British and French expeditionary force. The treaty resulted in the guarantee of the rights of Europeans to travel and to send missionaries into the interior of China. At the same time, a new tariff agreement was signed which legalized the importation of opium. Oliphant's account deals with all of the important preceding events, including the "Arrow Affair, " the Indian Mutiny, the bombardment of Canton, the signing of the 1858 treaty at Tientsin, the Chinese attack on Sir Frederick Bruce's naval escort in 1859, and the landing of the expeditionary force at Taku. He provides detailed descriptions of his extensive travels throughout China and of the mission's visit to Japan.