New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868., 1868.. Good. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in blind on the front cover. The covers are stained with evidence of early worming and splitting along the rear joint. The cloth is also splitting along the very top… Read more about this item

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The Capital of the Tycoon: a Narrative of a Three Years'residence in Japan Volume 1

by Alcock Rutherford Sir 1809-1897 (Creator)

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The Capital of the Tycoon: A Narrative of A Three Years' Residence In Japan, Volume I of II

by Alcock, Sir Rutherford

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1st Edition

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1863

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NY: Harper & Brothers, Publisher. VG. 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Volume One only, first edition bound in black cloth with a blind stamp ed design of an oriental mythical beast on the front board, floral des ign on the spine and gold spine lettering. Black & white Illustrations , fold-out map of Japan in near fine condition. A Very Good… Read more about this item

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THE CAPITAL OF THE TYCOON: A Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan Two Volume Set Complete

by Sir Rutherford Alcock

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Scholarly Press Book. Fine. Hardcover. NEW SET. Two volume set complete. Each volume has a folding map of Japan. Large set so no priority or international orders please. oriental hist..

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The Capital of the Tycoon: a Narrative of a Three Years'residence in Japan; 2

by Sir Rutherford Alcock

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The Capital of the Tycoon: a Narrative of a Three Years'residence in Japan; 2

by Sir Rutherford Alcock

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THE CAPITAL OF THE TYCOON: A NARRATIVE OF A THREE YEARS RESIDENCE IN JAPAN

by Alcock, Sir Rutherford

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1969

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9780837118659

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Very Good, No Dust Jacket Greenwood Press 1969 8VO, Hardcover Hardcover 2 volumes. Dark grey cloth boards with title in gold on spine. Light edge wear and soil. Light fore edge soil. Text pages are clean. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

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The Capital of the Tycoon: A Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan ( In two volumes)

by Alcock, Sir Rutherford

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Used - Some wear to the bottom of the spines and the previous owner's small ink stamp to the title pages otherwise in very good co

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Firs U.S. Edition

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1863

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Black cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind stamp borders to covers

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Each volume has a frontris and a folding map in the front plus numerous illus. in the text

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The capital of the tycoon: a narrative of a three years' residence in Japan. London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green (colophons: printed by Spottiswoode & Co.), 1863 [reissued with publisher's advertisements dated April 1875]. 2 volumes. 8vo. With 2 chromolithographed frontispieces, 2 folding engraved maps (partly coloured), 14 tinted, double-tinted and chromolithographed plates (at least one highlighted with silver colour) drawn mostly by Charles Wirgman (1832-1891) and lithographed by Hanhart, 2 black & white wood-engraved plates (engraved by Pearson) and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text (some signed by Pearson). Original publisher's gold- and blind-blocked green cloth.

by ALCOCK, Sir Rutherford.

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XXXII, 469, [2]; X, 539 pp.First edition of a famous work on Japan by Sir Rutherford Alcock (1809-1897), the first British consul in Japan extensively illustrated with numerous chromolithographs and wood engravings. Alcock describes Nagasaki, Yokohama, a trip to Hokkaido and Japanese foreign relations, including differences between the U.S. Consul and the European Consuls. Alcock made many journeys during… Read more about this item