John glendy sproston (11 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Second Edition. Covered in plastic; A Monumenta Nipponica Monograph; B and w illus.; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Second 1968 edition hardcover and dust jacket in VG condition: slight wear, unmarked, slight foxing on page edges, DJ price-clipped. The author writes of events in 1854 incident to Commodore Perry's trip to the Japan and the Philippines. [1.4 lbs]. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Second edition, revised. Original quarter cloth (spine) , index, 128 pp, illustrated with facsimiles pages of the original journal + color fold-out. Hardcover, near fine in near fine dustjacket. Minor shelf wear on dustjacket, price clipped. Book itself has a touch of foxing along edges of textblock, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. History; travel; Japan.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Cloth very good. Dj lighly rubbed and soiled. End papers foxed.; A Monumenta Nipponica Monograph; 128 pages.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good++. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good++. Book slightly bowed. Otherwise a very clean and tight copy. No underlining or highlighting.

Hardback. Reprint edition. Very good condition book in a Very good condition price-clipped dustjacket. Tight, sound, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. First Edition. 122 pgs. Very good hardcover copy in red cloth; previous owner's signature on inside cover. 19 illustrations. (925).

Hardback. Condición: Below Average. Hardback copy. Spine a little shaken and some paper separation at front inside. Front cover a little Generally good. xii, 122pp,b/w plates. Bookplate inside cover. Size: 26x19cms. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 2nd Edition. "A Private Journal of John Glendy Sproston, U.S.N." by John Glendy Sproston. Edited by Shio Sakanishi. With a new foreword by George Alexander Lensen. First published in 1940 by Sophia University (Tokyo). This copy: Second Edition. Sophia University (Tokyo), 1968. Hardcover. xvii, 128 pp. Binding: Hardcover. Dust jacket: Present. Size: 27.0 x 20.0 cm Language: English Condition: Dust jacket: Good - Soiling, rubbing, and noticeable signs of use. Body: Very Good - Clean and solid. Binding: Good - Sound. Edges: Good - Minor foxing and light soiling. Pages: Good - Very slight tanning. Text: Very Good - Clean and legible. Price on front flap: Yes. Description: Eyewitness account of the Perry Expedition to Japan by U.S. naval officer John Glendy Sproston. Edited by Shio Sakanishi, with a foreword by George Alexander Lensen. This 1968 Second Edition, revised and reset, was published by Sophia University in cooperation with Charles E. Tuttle Company. Includes illustrations and documentary appendices. An important primary source for early U.S.-Japan diplomatic history. Shipping from Tokyo, Japan. International shipping available. Please note: All sales are final, especially for higher-value items. Returns are not accepted unless the item is significantly not as described. Stock availability may change, as our listings are shared with a physical bookstore.…

Second edition "revised and reset" (first published in 1940); 8vo, pp. xvii, [3], 128; title page printed in red and black; 20 plates (1 folding and in color); fine copy in a very good dust jacket. "John Glendy Sproston served as officer aboard the U.S.S. Macedonian, frigate in the fleet of the first Perry expedition to Japan. From Japan the ship was ordered by Commodore Perry to visit the Ryukyus, Bonin Islands, Formosa and the Philippines. His careful and accurate accounts of what occurred along the way from Tokyo to Manila cover the few eventful months between 15 February 1854 and August of the same year" (jacket blurb).…