Diary of Richard Cooks; Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan; 1615-1622; With Correspondence
Author:
THOMPSON, EDWARD MAUNDE (ed) & COCKS, RICHARD
Title:
Diary of Richard Cooks; Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan; 1615-1622; With Correspondence
Publisher:
Hakluyt Society 1883
Description:
FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decorative motif and blind decorative rule to boards, deckled page edges, liv+349pp (Vol. I), 368pp (Vol. II), VG- (moderate cracks to gutters in Vol. I, boards slightly shaky but still attached, rear board detached from text block in Vol. II, front board slightly shaky from moderate cracks to gutter but still attached, both volumes hinges still intact, all pages present but some starting to come loose in Vol. I, a few pages just barely still attached, moderate-heavy soiling to spines and boards, moderate sun-fading to spines, light rubbing and scuffing to spine/board extrems, light-moderate tanning and foxing to page edges, v. light pencil annotation to page ix of preface in Vol. I), both volumes lack d/w
Keywords:
first edition diary richard cocks english factory japanese england trade merchant mercantile industry industrial history colonialism
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