Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United StatesAuthor: Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794 1858) signed Year: 1856 Publisher: A O P Nicholson Place: Washington, D C Description: 3 volumes: xvii+[1]+537 pages with 90 lithographs plates including the usual expunged bathing plate, many in color, including 3 "facsimiles" of Japanese woodblock prints (2 folding); 6 maps and charts (2 folding); 79 woodcuts in the text; [2]+414+[4]+14 1+xi pages with 4 color lithographs of Chinese scenes; 2 uncolored natural