1st in this attractive edition, edited by Arthur Power Dudden. 291pp, brown cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and publisher's logo to front, no dustjacket, as issued. Frontispiece and other b + w illustrations. A new, Mint, copy. The autobiography of a member of the company of USS Saratoga, part of Commodore Perry's squadron on his expedition to open up Japan.

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