Description: "Old Bruin" Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry by Samuel Eliot Morison: The Easton Press, 1990. Book is in excellent condition, like new. Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Collector's Edition. First Easton Press Edition.;8vo - 6 x 9 ½. 482 pp. This wonderful "Old Bruin" Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry by Samuel Eliot Morrison is the story of Commodore Matthew C. Perry 1794 - 1858': The American naval officer who helped found Liberia, and later commanded the African Squadron of the U. S. Navy which hunted slave traders and protected the American colonist against attack by the natives. He fought in the War of 1812. In the war with Mexico, he captured Veracruz. He fought pirates in the West Indies. The climax of Perry's career came when he headed the Japanese Expedition of 1853-43. He executed his mission of "opening" Japan without firing a hostile shot.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Genuine Leather
Place of Publication: Norwalk, Conneticut
Language: English
Special Attributes: Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Leather Bound
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: The Easton Press
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1990
