OSBORN, SHERARD (1822-1875) . - Quedah, A Cruise in Japanese Waters & The Fight on the Peiho. By Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B. Royal Navy .

Edinburgh And London : William Blackwood And Sons, MDCCCLXV [ 1865 ] . 0. New Edition. A very good tight binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.0" x 1.75" . pp.xvi./pp.283/[3pp.]/pp.287-535 . Maroon cloth over bevelled boards. Spine with gilt titles. Hinges carefully strengthened. Original dark green endpapers. Small lable to recto of rear board: "Bound By Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St.". 'Contents" and Half-title inserted after title-page. Clean text and illustrations. Second half title inserted after p.283 - "A Cruise In Japanese Waters". Third half title inserted after p.485 - "The Fight On The Peiho In 1859". With one folding map: "Map Of The Straits Of Malacca..". carefully repaired without loss. VG. N.B.: Also issued as Vol.III of the author's Narratives of voyage and adventure, with the same imprint (see extra title leaf at end). N.B.B.: The first and second works were originally published in 1857 and 1859 respectively; the third first appeared in 'Blackwood's Magazine' (1860?).

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