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[VOYAGES AND TRAVELS]. [CHINA]. ROBERTS, Edmund. Embassy to...

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[VOYAGES AND TRAVELS]. [CHINA]. ROBERTS, Edmund. Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat; in the U. S. Sloop-of-War Peacock? New York: Harper & Brothers, 1837. 8vo. 432 pp. Publisher?s full green boards, printed paper label on spine (binding quite worn, soiled, label chipped and toned, hinges starting, ownership signatures and inkstamps on ffep., front blank, title-page, dedication page, text foxed, soiled). Fair. FIRST EDITION OF THIS ACCOUNT OF AN EARLY AMERICAN EMBASSY TO CHINA. Measurements: 9 x 7 x 2?.