A True Description of the Mighty Kingdoms of Japan & Siam. Reprinted from the English Edition of 1663.
London: The Argonaut Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #40469
Edition limited to 475 numbered copies on Japon Vellum, this being #20. Cxxix, 197pp. Quarter vellum over bright red cloth with coat of arms stamped in gold, white and blue, spine lettered in gold, fore edge uncut, silk bookmark. Portrait frontispiece, twelve illustrations and seven maps. With a substantial introduction, notes and appendixes by C. R. Boxer of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Many leaves still unopened. Tiny bookstore label of Edgar H. Wells and Co. of New York on the rear pastedown endpaper. Light toning to spine and pages, rear lower corner tip bruised. Near fine. ; Quarto.
Price: $400.00