PERRY, Matthew Galbraith. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan [edited by Francis L. Hawks], Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1856, 3 volumes, 4° (289 x 227mm.), FIRST EDITION, House of Representatives Issue, 18 hand-coloured lithographed and engraved plates, 17 folding maps, and a further 118 plates, diagrams and maps, most tinted lithographs, 3 coloured, wood-engraved illustrations, original blind-stamped cloth (lightly rubbed and faded). Sold not subject to return. (3)