A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853
By Bayard Taylor
Rare First edition. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855.
Hardbound green cloth volume is in acceptable condition. xvii, 539 pages. Acceptable condition. Cover is warn, corners slightly bent, binding still usable, some pages loose. Slight discoloration of cover and faces. Names penciled and front bookplate sticker reading: "W.S. Rusk, Bookseller and Stationer, 604th 8th Ave, NY" and "C.E. Waters from Edward M Couger, Middleton, September 1856." A striking travelogue from antebellum America. Price reflects condition.
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