Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854. (2 volume set)

Matthew Calbraith Perry; Lambert Lilly; George Jones; United States. Congress

Washington : Beverley Tucker (US Congress; Navy Department), 1856

2 volume set. Superior condition. Volumes 1 & 2. (Volume 3 not included). Rebacked on later blue cloth, with original cloth boards. Hardcover. Good bindings and covers. Internally in exceptional condition.  Clean, unmarked pages. Refs: Hill 1332; Sabin 30968. <br>Contents: Vol. 1. Narrative ... compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks. --Vol. 2. [Natural history reports] by D.S. Green and others. 

  Signature of Frederick Tomlinson Peet (of Brooklyn & Auburn, NY), 1841 - 1925.  Peet joined the 7th New York State Militia in 1861, the day Fort Sumter was fired on.  He served as a Lieutenant with the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula Campaign, siege of Yorktown, and saw action at the battles of Chicahominy, Hanover Court House, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale.  He was wounded in 1862 and taken prisoner at Libby Prison in Richmond. He was freed in a prisoner exchange.  He later joined the US Marine Corps was served in Charleston and Stone Inlet, SC, as well as on the USS Ossipee and Niagra. - History of Cayuga County, New York, 586-587 p. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.