Narrative of The Earl of Elgin's Mission To China And Japan In The Years 1857, '58, '59.
Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons. 1859. 1st edition. Volume II only: 3 folding maps, 15 coloured lithographs with foxed tissue-guards, text wood engravings, xi + 496pp, appendices. Marbled endpapers and edges, contemporary full decorative calf gilt, raised bands, hinges cracked and inner hinges re-enforced, spines a little dull, occasional scratches..... More