2 vols.
Oliphant, Laurence. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan. Edinuburgh and London: William Blackwood and sons, 1859. 8vo, contemp. gilt-pictorial blue cloth; corners bumped, spine heads frayed and faded, joints stressed & frayed, old library label to front cover. With 20 color lithos, in-text engravings & 5 fold maps (large rear map with foxing.) Shaken, with scattered occasional foxing (sometimes affecting plates), some staining to gutters. Bookplates of the Earl of Portsmouth.