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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. VG+ softcover, slight wear, price sticker on rear wrap, no marks. See photo. Ships same day or next day.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 16.5 x 24 cm.; 0.7 Kg; 305 pages with a few illustrations. Used with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket thats that show wear signs throughout and edge wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; A century ago Commodore Perry of the United States Navy opened Japan to the influence of the Western world when he stationed his squadron or ironclads and sailing vessels at the entrance to Tokyo Bay and insisted in disturbing a seclusion which the Japanese emperors had maintained since the seventeenth century. The resulting treaty in 1854 paved the way for Japan's swift rise to the status of the world power. In his 1952 Reich Lectures The World and the West Professor A.J. Toynbee had discussed as a historian the reasons why the Eastern world failed to resist this Western penetration in the nineteenth century and had touched on some of the tremendous consequences. The present narrative describes a most significant episode of this historical process, for it consists of Commodore Perry's own chronicle of the expedition, compiled at his request and under his supervision, which is here published for the first time in country and in a modern edition. It is a most intriguing and instructive chronicle, for the Commodore was a most tenacious diplomat, who took the trouble to ready forty books on Japan before he sailed on his mission., bearing the credentials of his President. The effect of this massive and picturesque personality upon and outwardly hostile but inwardly curious oriental hierarchy, with both sides unwilling to contemplate the use of force, provides an interesting commentary upon the methods and outlook of two very different forms of society, which, for good or ill, are now closely associated in the modern world.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Expedition to Surinam is the narrative of a five years expedition against the revolted peoples of Surinam in Guiana on the wild coast of South America from the year 1772 to 1777. There is a small indentation to the fore edge of thew front board. A very good, clean and tight copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 414 pages (complete). Previous owner stamps about: for Louis Miller, a skilful and formidable Johannesburg defence advocate (he was not only an anarchist at heart and personal belief, but he was a collector of stamps, law reports and anything else that caught his eye, although unlike Queen Mary, he offered to pay for these items!); Maurice Eugen Lang, the author of the prestigious and magisterial 'Codification of the British Empire and America'. The boards have wear, scuffing, marks from shelving, handling and storage. Gilt titling and borders. The spine has age, storage and user wear. The spine and boards are sure and secure. The contents are pleasingly healthy. They are clean, clear, tidy, neat, confident, authoritative, knowing, earnest. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 414 pages (complete). Two previous owner signatures of these the most notable is that of Walter Pollak. Pollack was a teacher of law, an author of textbooks and a lawyer of repute, but it was his association with Nelson Mandela that he is most remembered. Not only did he, together with his colleague Bram Fischer, teach law to Mandela, but he defended Mandela in the fifties (when Mandela was threatened with disbarment), once as Chairman of the Johannesburg Bar Council. There is also Pollak's stamp on the title page. Frontispage has been removed. The boards have shelving, handling, storage wear about the edges, corners. Stamped gilt borders and titling on the spine. The spine has wear to the head and foot. The boards are scuffed, lightly marked from shelving and handling. The boards are sound and sure. The contents are pleasing. The title page is tanned. There are very occasional annotations. Overwhelmingly, the pages are clean, clear, orderly, tidy, confident and more than competent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…