THE FIRST JAPANESE EMBASSY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sent to Washington in 1860 as the First of the Series of Embassies Specially Sent Abroad by the Tokugawa Shogunate.  Tokyo:The American Japan Society. 1920. 312pp. 1st edition. Rear cover partially sun-faded where something had laid on it. Otherwise the blue covers with gilt are still bright. Internally, aside from some age-toning to end-pages, the pages are clean with no previous owners marks or signatures. A very good copy.