Charles Eliot — Letters from the Far East

London, Edward Arnold, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Interesting illustrated first edition on travels through China and Japan by Sir Charles Eliot, who would later become the British ambassador to Japan, 1919-1925. First edition.In publisher's original blue cloth binding.With the bookplate of Cliff Parfit, author of Exlibris Japan: An Introductory Handbook to the Bookplates of Japan (1982).Featuring sixteen photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete.Sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.Insightful collection of letters, originally written for the Westminster Gazette during a trip to China and Japan in 1906. From prominent diplomat Sir Charles Eliot, Commissioner of British East Africa in the years 1900 to 1904 and British ambassador to Japan in 1919 to 1925. As well as a number of scientific texts on malacology and marine biology, Eliot prolifically published about his travels, including The East Africa Protectorate (1905) and Turkey in Europe (1900). In publisher's original blue cloth binding. With the bookplate of Cliff Parfit to the front paste down. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing. Some light discolouration and a few marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean with the exception of some mild spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .