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GOLOVNIN, Vasilii Mikhailovich (1776-1831). Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan during the years 1811, 1812, and 1813; with Observations on the Country and the People . London: for Henry Colburn and Co., 1824. A very attractive set in the original cloth. This edition, the second in English, is the first to present all three volumes of Golovnin’s narrative as a set. Volumes 1 and 2 were published in 1818, and volume 3 ( Recollections of Japan ) appeared separately in 1819. Volume 3 includes Vice-Admiral Schischkoff's "Account of the voyages of Messrs. Chwostoff & Dawidoff". Howes G-231; Wickersham 6166; see Lada-Mocarski 65, 82, 153. Three volumes, octavo (225 x 140mm, with deckle edges). Half-title in volume 3 only, as issued. Volume 2 unopened. (Negligible light spotting.) Publisher’s original dark brown cloth. Provenance : Pablo Butcher, bookseller.