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Tokyo.: Hakubunkan.. Second edition.. 1908.. 107pp + 13 page appendix in English, 85 + [14]pp in Japanese, endpapers foxed, lower edge of lower cover damaged with small loss, text very good and clean. Original green cloth titled in gilt both covers (in English and Japanese respectively). Bilingual account of the events surrounding the opening of Japan from a Japanese perspective. Lord Hotta favoured Japan's engagement with the west when many around him were strongly opposed to this policy. Important biography of a controversial figure, who negotiated the commercial agreement between Japan and the United States with Commodore Perry. An insight into an extraordinary period in Japanese history. Includes as the appendix Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan. .

Tokio ( Tokyo ): Hakubunkan, 1908. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2nd edition. A Very Good copy. Publisher's green cloth with gilt title on front and rear covers. 8vo., x, 108, 13 pages in English, approx. 100 pages of the same text in Japanese, the Japanese text starting at the rear of the book and proceeding to the middle. The Japanese text lacks at least seven pages which have been removed else Very Good with the front hinge starting, some pencil scribbling on front end papers. With the October 18 - 25, 1908 ownership inscription of then Lieut., and later Admiral, H. E. Yarnell when he was in Yokohama with the famous Great White Fleet. Admiral Harry E. Yarnell had a very distinguished career which included predicting the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932 making this an interesting association copy.