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1859 Fankwei; Or, the San Jacinto in the Seas of India, China and Japan
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition of this work.
William Maxwell Wood offers a detailed travel narrative and naval memoir recounting his experiences aboard the USS San Jacinto during a diplomatic and exploratory mission in Asia.
Wood, a U.S. Navy surgeon and the first medical officer to circumnavigate the globe, provides vivid descriptions of colonial ports, local customs, and political conditions.
With an advertisement leaf to the rear.
With a former owner's inscription to a front blank.
The book combines personal observations with commentary on American naval strategy, and offers insights into early U.S. engagement with East and South Asia.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with losses of cloth in these regions. Losses of cloth resulting from worming to rear board, with worm holes not penetrating the board itself. Minor losses of cloth to joints. Front hinge strained to tail, with board firmly held. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, with spotting to perimeters.
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