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A SON OF SATSUMA OR WITH PERRY IN JAPAN.
by MUNROE, Kirk
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York 1901, Scribners. Green pictorial cloth, very good, 306p., 8 b.w. illustrations, 12 x 19 cm. R A R E FIRSTS & ONLY EDITION Th e story of the ship wrecked Japanese Shimadzu Katto, who was rescued in the Northwest pacific from several indians by the crew of the Friendship." The only survivors were already taken as slaves by the Chinook indians. Shimadzu Katto was retaken by the Americans and taught English by the ship's crew. * The crew sailed to China, and was pirate by Malays. Shimadzu and an American were set adrift, and eventually got to Satsuma. They refused to be brow beaten by the local Jap- anese, but insisted on being brought to the Governor of Sat- suma. This was finally done. It turned out that Shimadsu was the governor's son, the prince of Satsuma! Great reading! .
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- Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91025701
- Title
- A SON OF SATSUMA OR WITH PERRY IN JAPAN.
- Author
- MUNROE, Kirk
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Japanese Social Science, History, Law, Economics & Eclectic Item; Commodore Matthew C. Perry: The American Admiral Opened Japan, 1854; Foreigners In China: All Periods; Guidebooks On Japan: Old, Rare, Scarce & Choice Items;
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An Art & Intellectual Property Co. Since 1967* * * * *SINCE 1967, THE PAST FIFTY-YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PURVEYORS OF FINE & RARE BOOKS ON ALL ASPECTS FAR EASTERN, ASIAN & SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURES, COUNTRIES & SUBJECTS.Specialties include but are not limited to: CHINA, KOREA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM, INDO-CHINE, CAMBODIA, LAOS, PHILIPPINES, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, CANTON, MACAO AREAS. LAFCADIO HEARN: First Editions, Manuscripts, Collections, Obscure Items, Japanese Cirimen-bon [Crepe Paper Books], LIBRARIES PURCHASED, APPRASIAL FOR ANY REASON. MEMBERS OF THE ABAA & ILAB SINCE JUNE 1973
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