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1889 The New Far West and the Old Far East, Being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, ETC.
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Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed
The first edition.
Signed by the author to the half-title, 'Isabel Birkbeck. From her affec. Cousin, the author. .... Hereford 31st May 1906.'
Plate facing page 196 with the author's own ink annotation, noting who the men are in the photograph.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, three colour folding maps, and seven plates.
Four pages of adverts to the rear.
Collated, complete.
William Henry Barneby's travel work recounting his explorations of North America, Japan, China, and Ceylon. This was an interesting expedition in which Barneby visited Asia for the first time, and provide a first hand account of the changing countries towards the end of the nineteenth century.
Including six appendices discussing the Riel Rebellion, Manitoba, the relationship between the United States and Japan, Japan's constitution, the situation of England in Japan, and more.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Author's ink inscription to the half-title and to the plate facing page 196. Plate facing page 202 is detached but present.
Very Good
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