Henry heusken (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. A few stains on side page edges. Interior clean. Pictures on request.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. (1964); Near Fine/Very Good Plus dj, octavo, 247pp., white cloth hardcover, gold lettering on backstrip, unclipped ($6.00) pictorial dj with several minor tears along top edge, binding tight, text unmarked.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. [Henry Heusken was the Dutch-American interpreter for the first American consulate in Japan] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 247 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. P/C DJ, OWNER'S NAME, CLEAN TEXT.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st. 247pp.incl.index; HB white w/gilt; some rub&soil; spine sunned; clean,tight pgs. DJ yellow w/blk.; rubbed w/spine sunned; sml.chips&tears. Japan in the 1850s. illus.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Japan Journal 1855-1861 — Henry Heusken (1964, Rutgers University Press) Japan Journal 1855-1861 presents the diary of Henry Heusken , the Dutch-American interpreter who served as secretary to Townsend Harris, the first American consul-general to Japan. Written during the crucial Bakumatsu period, the journal provides an intimate Western perspective on the political negotiations, cultural encounters, and everyday scenes that unfolded as Japan opened to foreign powers after centuries of controlled isolation. Translated and edited by Jeannette C. van der Corput and Robert A. Wilson , this first English edition brings together material originally recorded in French and later discovered in multiple manuscript versions. The editors contribute introductory essays, annotation, and contextual commentary that illuminate Heusken's role in treaty negotiations, his relationship with Harris, and his observations on Japanese officials, samurai, merchants, and townspeople. The diary moves from formal diplomatic audiences to travel between treaty ports, festivals, and street scenes, culminating in the tense atmosphere that led to Heusken's assassination in 1861. Beyond its narrative value as travel writing and personal reflection, the journal stands as a foundational primary source for the study of early U.S.-Japan relations. Heusken's entries reveal both fascination and frustration as cultures collided and new diplomatic protocols were tested. The editors' annotations clarify historical figures, place names, and political developments surrounding the Harris Treaty and the growing influence of Western powers in the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate. Book Details Title: Japan Journal 1855-1861 Author: Henry Heusken Translators / Editors: Jeannette C. van der Corput & Robert A. Wilson Year: 1964 (First Edition) Special Features: Introduction, editorial notes, index Subjects: Japanese History; Bakumatsu; Diplomatic History; Diaries & Correspondence; U.S.-Japan Relations Primary source account from the interpreter central to early U.S. diplomacy in Japan. Rich detail on daily life in Edo and treaty ports during the late Tokugawa period. Scholarly apparatus including notes, contextual essays, and index. Valuable to historians, researchers, and collectors of Japanese studies. Combines travel narrative, political reportage, and cultural observation. LCCN: 63-23314 An essential document of nineteenth-century diplomacy and cultural contact, Japan Journal 1855-1861 offers an unmatched window into the complexities of Japan's forced opening to the West and the high-stakes negotiations that preceded the Meiji Restoration. Dust jacket and boards exhibit rubbing and shelf wear consistent with age. ).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 247, [1]; 8 illustrations on rectos and versos of 2 plates; fine copy in a fine but somewhat faded price-clipped dust jacket. "This book is the first translation into English of the journal of Henry Heusken, who was the secretary to Townsend Harris, the first American Consul-General in Japan. Heusken kept his journal from October 25, 1855, when he sailed from New York, until shortly before his assassination by Japanese extremists. Because of his facility in several languages and his sensitivity to Japanese customs, Heusken became a useful and popular member of the foreign community. His accounts of events as Japan prepared to end its isolation, to open the country to trade with the West, is both fresh and rewarding in itself and a valuable compliment to the writings of Commodore Perry and Townsend Harris" (jacket blurb).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Jacket priceclipped with average wear and small tears. Book has moderate wear, pages yellowed with an occasional minor blemish, binding firm, trace of price sticker inside front cover.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. no dj. Japan Journal 1855-1861. Book.

New Brunswick 1964, Rutgers. White cloth, very good, dust jacket, 247p., index, notes. 8 b.w. illustrations,translated & edited by J.C. Van der Corput & R. A. Wilson. * * FIRST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . . FIRST & ONLY EDITION . . * The journal of Henry Heusken, secretary to Townsend Harris, the first American Consul-General in Japan. . Along with the details of America's first diplomatic adventure in Japan in the 1850's. . An epic and fascinating early story of the first American diplomatic triumph in opening Japan. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** INDIVIDUAL COPY VARIANTS: . Copy 1 is in excellent, like new condition, unused, with the dustjacket clear laminated for long lasting service. . Contents pristine, no marks or issues. . This copy has Robert A. Wilson's warm penned presentation to a former student, signed example. . *.…