THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN MANJIRO

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The standard biography of the samurai and translator who was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States. John Manjiro (or Nakahama Manjiro, 1827-98) was also instrumental in negotiating the Convention of Kanagawa, which ended Japan's 220-year-old policy of national seclusion by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels. Octavo: xii, 257, [3] p. with photographic illustrations and a map. Original blue buckram binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (Inventory #: 77231)