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A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853 [Association Copy, Inscribed to James T. Fields of Ticknor & Fields]
by Taylor, Bayard
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 7.5" x 5", 539 pp, with frontis engraving ("The Valley of Unna in Loo Choo"). Bound in publisher's green cloth with blind stamped decoration, gilt spine. Chipping to cloth at spine ends and along front joint, first signature slightly loose, offsetting to two rear blank pages from something once laid in. Binding sound, text clean. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To James T. Fields, from his friend, Bayard Taylor, New York, Oct. 25, 1855." Fields was partner in one of the leading American literary publishing firms of the nineteenth century, Ticknor and Fields. The firm published Taylor's Poems of Home and Travel the same year (1855) this travel narrative came out, and Fields and Taylor were friends and regular correspondents. A Visit to India, China, and Japan recounts a full year Taylor spent exploring Asia, Most notably, he traveled with the Perry Expedition in Japan for several months. Smith (American Travellers Abroad) T16; BAL 19650.
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- Walkabout Books
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- 23538
- Title
- A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853 [Association Copy, Inscribed to James T. Fields of Ticknor & Fields]
- Author
- Taylor, Bayard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1855
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel Narratives;
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Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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