HAWKS, Francis L. (1798-1866). Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan....under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. Large 8vo. Numerous plates including 11 folding maps; errata slip. (Hinges starting.) Original gilt-stamped cloth (spine and extremities sunned, few small splits to joints). Provenance: William C. Wilson (armorial bookplate).

FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION, of Perry's three-year expedition to Japan which resulted in the signing of a treaty to open Japan to the West.