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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Second Edition. xvi, 488, 8 p. 24 cm. Frontispiece engraving, 3 other engraved plates, 7 woodcuts in text, and 4 fold-out maps. Bound in half leather with grey cloth. Gilt trim on spine. New endpapers. Frontisiece had dampstain, foxing and tear in edge. Second plate also dampstained. Some foxing and staining throughout, esp. to plates and maps. Rear map of Canton River has large tear and stained edge. 8 p. of publisher's ads at rear. Title continues: "and of The combined Naval and Military Operations in China: Comprising a Complete Account of the Colony of Hong=Kong, and Remarks on the Character & Habits of the Chinese. From Notes of Commander W. H. Hall, R. N. With Personal Observations by W. D. Bernard, Esq. A. M. Oxon." Commissioned by the East India Company, the Royal Naval Ship Nemesis, under command of Captain Hall, was instrumental in the British Navy's success during the First Opium War, 1840-42. The Nemesis was designed to draw only six feet of water, enabling her to sail anywhere a junk might go, and offer close support to landing parties. Excellent map of Hong Kong. Appendix with list of officers on board the "Nemesis" and the 48 ships in the British Squadron that sailed into Chinese waters, as well as the Treaty of Nanking and the Supplementary Treaty. Cordier 2371. Lust 558. Hill 120.…